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Taoiseach reveals cyber security under review across all State agencies amid fears Russian crime gang could strike again
Updated: 18 May 2021, 21:24
THE Taoiseach has revealed cyber security is under review across all State agencies amid fears the Russian crime gang who hacked the HSE could strike Ireland again.
Security experts have warned the country could be facing a wave of cyberattacks as health chiefs today admitted it “will take weeks” until crippled HSE systems will be back up and running.
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Adata dump of heavily redacted material was posted online in the wake of the HSE hackCredit: Getty
HSE boss Paul Reid says Covid healthcare heroes are now facing another “major national crisis”. With key treatment put on hold for many patients, Reid declared the hack was having “very serious consequences” and revealed there was now “significant pressure on hospitals”.
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Sampling shows increase in incident of new variant (file image)
Ireland now has the highest daily number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world for every million people, according to figures published by the Our World in Data organisation.
The seven day rolling average is 1,394 cases per million - ahead of the UK on 810, Portugal on 735 and the USA on 653.
The research website is linked to Oxford University.
As of 2pm today, 1,582 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, with 146 of them in intensive care.
Figures show that Cork University Hospital has the largest number of coronavirus patients, with 135 cases.