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Gardaí urging people to contact them if they believe their data was shared online in HSE hack
Gardaí have said they are not certain on the reports that data from the HSE hack is circulating online. By Tadgh McNally Friday 21 May 2021, 6:27 PM 11 hours ago 10,857 Views 21 Comments
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GARDAÍ HAVE URGED people who think they may have been impacted by the recent cyber attack on the HSE to contact their local Garda station.
It comes as the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) is continuing to investigate the ransomware attack on the HSE last Friday.
Cyber-attack on Irish health service catastrophic
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image captionIreland s Department of Health and the Health Service Executive have both been targeted by hackers
The head of the Republic of Ireland s health service has described the catastrophic impact of a stomach-churning hack of its IT systems.
Health Service Executive (HSE) chief executive Paul Reid criticised the ransomware attack as a callous act and an attack on health workers.
The number of appointments in some areas of the system has dropped by 80%.
Health workers are attempting to continue with paper records while work continues to recover IT systems.
The hack has caused substantial cancellations to outpatient services.
Confidential medical data stolen from HSE by Russian hackers leaked online
Updated: 19 May 2021, 10:33
CONFIDENTIAL medical data stolen from the HSE by Russian hackers has been leaked online, reports claim. It is understood 27 files which include the personal records of 12 individuals have been published on the internet.
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The internet criminals, who have demanded a ransom of up to €16 million, also released internal health service files
The sensitive documents leaked online contain hospital admission records and lab results for a man receiving palliative card according to the Financial Times.
The National Cyber Security Centre, which is leading the hack probe, has identified the gang behind the attacks, believed to be the Wizard Spider group from Eastern Europe.