Cyber-attacks hit hospital construction companies

Interserve, who helped to build Birmingham’s NHS Nightingale hospital, and Bam Construct, who delivered the Yorkshire and the Humber’s, have reported the incidents to authorities. 

The government warned healthcare groups involved in the response to the virus were being targeted by malicious actors, earlier this month. The two attacks, however, were not linked. 

But Bam Construct said the "significant" cyber-attack on it "forms part of the wave of attacks on public and private organisations supporting the national effort on Covid-19".

A spokesman said that the company had shut down its website and some other systems as a precaution, after being hit by a virus but day-to-day business had remained largely unaffected.

Meanwhile, Interserve said ‘some operational services may be affected’ but it was working with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to 'contain and remedy the situation'.