Patient death at London hospital linked to cyber attack on NHS

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Guy's and St Thomas', King's College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected by the cyber attack in June last year

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The death of a patient has been linked to a cyber-attack on the NHS last year.

Cyber criminals attacked two major NHS trusts causing more than 1,000 cancer treatment delays, 2,000 outpatient appointments to be cancelled and more than 1,000 operations postponed.