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Hackers threaten to release stolen HSE patient data next week if ransom not paid
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Hackers threaten to release stolen HSE patient data next week if ransom not paid
Share this article Personal medical information stolen during last week’s cyber attack on the HSE has reportedly been shared online. The Financial Times reports that the records posted online are internal health service files, including patient correspondence, minutes of meetings and equipment purchase details. Newstalk Tech Correspondent Jess Kelly said the 27 files uploaded show personal records of 12 people. “These include admission records, lab results and other personal, very sensitive data that we believe is stored within the 700 gigs of data taken by the hackers in this instance,â...
Share this article The Health Service Executive shut down its computer systems last Friday The Financial Times says it has seen screenshots and files containing patient data, minutes of meetings and equipment purchase details. It is the first confirmation that people's private information has been leaked. The files were offered by the 'ContiLocker Team' as samples to prove that they had confidential information, according to screenshots seen by the FT. Conti is the name of the type of cyber attack perpetrated on the HSE. The HSE patient and business files were offered in a chat between Cont...
Irish patients’ medical and personal data leaked online after HSE cyberattack
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. 1 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 Ti...