The HSE say many of their priority systems are back online on local sites, including radiology and diagnostic systems, maternity and infant care, patient administration systems, chemotherapy, radiation oncology, radiotherapy and laboratories.Restoration of HSE staff email is also taking place on a phased, controlled basis, with the majority of staff having access to email. Work remains ongoing in certain areas on enabling access and accessing historical mails.
The HSE reiterated that it did not engage with hackers, and in line with state policy a ransom was not paid. A spokesperson also said that the decryption tool continues to be deployed on individual systems based on clinical priority and that this is a slow and methodical process. The HSE's Chief Executive, Paul Reid, said the HSE has invested €300m in capital infrastructure over the past three years.
Speaking at a recent HSE press briefing, he said €82m of that over the three years was related specifically to the core network, protecting the core network from cyber entry.
Good to know. The Covidtracker's bi-weekly county stats have been stuck at May 11 since, well, the cyber attack in May.
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