Ransomware attack continues to disrupt healthcare in London nearly two years later
2026-04-20T02:51:55Z•e2164bde4bcdd8eab526cfcc9131b33fea285eb8e0f4e30dc2d6f2cd5437176d
APT28DDoS-for-hireDOJEuropolFISANHSNorth KoreaPowerOFFRCERoundcubeUkrainecybercrimehealthcare disruptioninternational arrestslaptop farmsransomwareremote code executionsentencingsurveillance extensiontakedownwebmail
What happened
Multiple high-impact cyber developments: a ransomware incident that hit South East London NHS hospitals continues to disrupt care 18+ months later with at least one trust still operating without fully restored systems and large backlogs of delayed test results; a coordinated international takedown (20+ countries) led to arrests linked to “PowerOFF” DDoS-for-hire services; Ukraine attributes a suspected APT28 campaign to exploitation of vulnerabilities in the open-source Roundcube webmail platform that enable remote code execution when a victim opens an email, targeting prosecutors and anti-cor
Why it matters
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- 2026-04-20T02:51:55Z
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