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Don't blame us for people suffering - London hospital hackers

They claim the cyber attack - which has disrupted more than 1,000 procedures - was politically motivated.

Qilin, which has a well established record of attempting to extort money, claims in this instance it carried out a cyber attack as revenge for the UK government’s actions in an undisclosed war. Experts are sceptical, however, with Jen Ellis, from the organisation Ransomware Task Force, telling the BBC that "cyber criminals like this gang lie routinely." On their darknet site, crew members regularly post details about their latest victims - of the dozens currently listed there are no others purportedly linked to political activism.

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