UK Hospital Hackers Say They’ve Demanded $50 Million in Ransom

A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers is demanding $50 million from a UK lab-services provider to end a ransomware attack that has paralyzed services at London hospitals for weeks, according to a representative for the group.

Qilin, as the group is known, confirmed through the representative that it had breached the pathology services company Synnovis and demanded the money in exchange for code to unlock affected computers. In an interview, the representative said the hackers were preparing to post online data stolen in the attack.