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Medical organisation outside Ireland contacts a patient whose data was leaked

Waterford, Ireland / WLR May 19, 2021 | 5:00 PM A medical organisation from outside the State contacted a patient whose details were released on the “dark web” offering to provide the procedure he required, the Dáil has heard. Labour leader Alan Kelly said that “one of my local GPs was in touch. One of his patients was contacted by a medical organisation from outside the State with all his details as regards a procedure he needed, medical history”. Mr Kelly said the organisation knew exactly what he required and offered in a short period of time to provide the operation he needed because he could not get it as a public patient for a certain period of time.

Irish government briefed over cyber attacks

Irish government briefed over cyber attacks © Getty Images Digital footprints of the virus found on the computers have been sent to the Europol Malware Analysis Centre in the Hague Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin was among those briefed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Health Service Executive (HSE). The NCSC has identified the gang behind the attacks, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ. It is believed to be the Wizard Spider group, from Eastern Europe. The criminal investigation team has contacted international law enforcement partners and sent digital footprints of the virus found on the computers to the Europol Malware Analysis Centre in The Hague.

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