- Date posted: 9th April 2024
CVS Group hit by cyber attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been informed.
CVS Group, which owns more than 450 veterinary practices in the UK, has been hit by a cyber attack.
In a statement, the group said the incident involved unauthorised external access to a limited number of its IT systems. As soon as the attack was discovered, the group took its IT systems temporarily offline, causing ‘considerable operational disruption’.
It has warned that the security steps taken and ongoing plans to move its operational systems and IT infrastructure to the Cloud are likely to have an ongoing impact over a number of weeks.
Due to the risk that personal information was accessed, CVS has informed the Information Commissioner’s Office. The company is working with third party consultants to investigate the incident.
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