The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said "no effort is being spared", and "everything is being done" to repair the damage caused.
The Minister said over the weekend the "base layer" server of Health Service Executive data was rebuilt. He said this is the first layer server upon which all the other systems are built. He reiterated that the emergency departments are operational, as well as the ambulance service, testing, tracing and the vaccine program, which he said is "running at full speed ahead".
He said he does not know if there was any communication from the cyber security team to the HSE on Thursday, but the Department of Health's communication was with the National Cyber Security Centre. The HSE was last week forced to shut down all of its IT systems following the "significant" ransomware attack, which focused on accessing data stored on central servers.
— RTÉ News May 18, 2021 Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys said the Government will not be blackmailed into paying the criminals who carried out the cyber attack. Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications @EamonRyan says minimising sharing of any data leaked after the cyber attack on the HSE is the first step. He says the public and media should avoid sharing any leaked data | https://t.co/J7sPBG0Vy2 pic.twitter.com/qbL2ZP1PVa
Meanwhile, the Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has spoken to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, about the cyber attack.The organised cyber crime group blamed for the attack in Ireland - Wizard Spider - is based close St Petersburg in Russia, according to intelligence agencies.
He said that the ordering of tests, comparing of results and writing of results are "completely linked to IT", and there are people in hospitals now delivering results to consultants, while medical teams are phoning GPs directly.
Did he realise the ‘inherently risky’ situation the IT systems were in, prior to the attack? He definitely knew about trampolines! HowIrelandWorks
Is it Mckesson storage that has been attacked?
I suppose they were waiting in the wings