“Any public release by the criminals behind this attack of any stolen patient data is equally and utterly contemptible,” they said.“There is a risk that the medical and other data of patients will be abused. Anyone who is affected is urged to contact the HSE and the Garda authorities,” they added.
Early on Friday, the HSE announced it had temporarily shut down its IT system after it was targeted in a"significant ransomware attack". Described as possibly the most significant cybercrime attack on the Irish state by Minister of State for eGovernment Ossian Smyth, it has caused major disruptions to health services across the country.after the ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive earlier this week.The Department has since shut down its systems and is working to safely restore its data amid the attack and has been"working to respond" to the incident since Thursday.
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