UK: All outpatient appointments cancelled as Arrowe Park Hospital hit with 'cyber attack'

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust reported a cyber attack that led to a significant outage of computer systems. This incident affected patient services across its facilities.

The Trust confirmed it had declared a 'major incident' due to the cyber security breach, signaling the severity of the situation and the impact on hospital operations.

Officials announced that all outpatient appointments scheduled for November 26 were cancelled as a result of the incident, with apologies issued to patients and assurances of rescheduling.

As of the latest updates, no ransomware group has claimed responsibility for this cyber attack, indicating a potentially different motive or method behind the breach.

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