HSE confirms sensitive data of 520 patients leaked online by hackers
The HSE say they are not aware of any further attempts to publish HSE data online
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The HSE has confirmed that the sensitive data of 520 patients has been published online following and unprecedented cyber attack on the health system.
It says it informed the
Financial Times of a court order obtained last week, and asked them to supply the information, which they agreed.
A HSE statement says: We have examined it and can confirm it is HSE data relating to approx 520 patients, as well as some corporate documents. The data includes sensitive patient data, minutes of meetings and correspondence with patients. The HSE s Data Protection Office has followed the appropriate procedures, including notifying the relevant health service providers and the Data Protection Commission. The process of notifying the patients involved has commenced. This will involve some further analysis of the data, and we will do this as quickly as possible.