Ransomware attack continues to disrupt healthcare in London nearly two years later
2026-04-17T20:51:55Z•ca1bb7cab7eb24e21e9c27d1e01e66414e2b8e3c7c89a6c45f94149916c25d7d
APT28DDoS-for-hireDOJEuropolFISANHSNorth-KoreaPowerOFFRoundcubecyber-crimecyber-espionagegovernment-surveillancehealthcare-disruptionlaptop-farmslaw-enforcementransomwareremote-code-executionsentencingweb-application-vulnerabilities
What happened
Multiple high-impact cyber incidents and enforcement actions reported: a ransomware attack that hit South East London NHS hospitals continues to disrupt care and backlogs more than 18 months later; an international takedown (including Europol and DOJ participation) targeted ‘PowerOFF’/DDoS‑for‑hire platforms used to sell cheap DDoS access; Ukraine confirmed a suspected APT28 campaign abusing vulnerabilities in the open‑source Roundcube webmail platform to achieve remote code execution simply by victims opening emails; the U.S. House passed a short 10‑day extension of a warrantless electronic‑e
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- 2026-04-17T20:51:55Z
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