TechnologyIreland testing decryption key that could ease impact of health system cyberattack Reuters 2 minute read National flag of Ireland flies above the President's residence, ahead of the arrival of Pope Francis, in Dublin, Ireland, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo Ireland said on Thursday that experts were examining a decryption tool that had been posted online that might help unlock IT systems disabled by a massive ransomware attack on its health service operator. The government said it had not paid and would not pay any ransom in exchange for the purported key. It did not comment on reports that the gang had threatened to make reams of patient data public next week.