Russian man linked to deadly London hospitals hack arrested

German police have detained a Russian man accused of being part of a cyber-crime gang which caused chaos at London hospitals and contributed to a patient's death.

The hack of blood testing company Synnovis in 2024 led to disrupted pathology services across several London hospitals and was the first cyber attack in history to be directly linked to a death.

The BBC can confirm German detectives are now including the incident in their investigation into the detained Russian and his associates.

The detained suspect is a 28-year-old Russian man named by German press as Vladimir K.

He was arrested in Japan in May when he travelled to the country for a holiday.

According to German officials, the suspect's holiday plans were intercepted and he was arrested by Japanese police when he entered the country.

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