More than 470 legal proceedings have been issued against the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to a cyber attack that shutdown the health service’s IT systems and compromised the data of thousands of patients and staff three years ago.
Conti, a Russia-based cybercrime group, launched its ransomware attack on the health service on May 14th, 2021. It was the biggest attack on a health system anywhere in the world and led to lengthy delays in patient treatment and compromised the personal data of almost 100,000 staff and patients.
Read more…
Source: The Irish Times
Related:
- Ireland: Almost 7,000 Government data breaches over last ten years
October 30, 2024
There have been 6,885 data breaches across Government departments over the last ten years. More than half of the breaches, 3,637 of them, occurred at the Department of Social Protection. The Department of Justice accounted for 862 of the breaches, with 757 breaches reported at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The majority of the data breaches ...
- Ireland fines Meta 91 mn euros over EU data breach
September 27, 2024
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches. The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users’ password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the ...
- Ireland: More than 470 legal proceedings issued against health service after ransomware hit
May 14, 2024
More than 470 legal proceedings have been issued against the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to a cyber attack that shutdown the health service’s IT systems and compromised the data of thousands of patients and staff three years ago. Conti, a Russia-based cybercrime group, launched its ransomware attack on the health service on May 14th, ...
- A bug in an Irish government website exposed COVID-19 vaccination records
March 14, 2024
Two years ago, the Irish government fixed a vulnerability in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. But details of the vulnerability weren’t revealed until this week after attempts to coordinate public disclosure with the government agency stalled and ended. Security researcher Aaron Costello said he discovered the ...
- Ireland: Dept of Foreign Affairs investigating potential cybersecurity incident
February 29, 2024
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has said that it is investigating a potential cybersecurity incident involving its systems. The DFA said that it was notified by Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) yesterday about the possible security breach and is working closely with the NCSC to establish whether this allegation is authentic. It follows reports ...
- Dead Man’s Fingers maker cuts over 500 jobs and enters the red after cyber attack hits sales
February 16, 2024
The maker of Crabbie’s Ginger Beer and Dead Man’s Fingers spiced rum shed more than 500 jobs and entered the red after its sales were hit by a cyber attack, it has been revealed. Halewood Artisanal Spirts, whose brands also include Whitley Neill Gin, Liverpool Gin and Samuel Gelton’s Irish whiskey, has posted a turnover of ...