UK Police Investigations Still Affected by Ransomware Attack

Akshaya Asokan reports:

The June ransomware attack against one of the largest forensic labs in the U.K. continues to delay police investigations in Britain while authorities await test results.

At one point, authorities were confronted with a backlog of 20,000 forensic samples – including DNA and blood-samples – that were awaiting analysis for criminal cases, according to a report by the BBC.

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