Paul Hughes reports:
Two of five laptops stolen from the Health Service Executive over the past twelve months were taken from a HSE premises in Mullingar. This week, the HSE confirmed the theft took place at the Ard Solas facility, part of the Midland Regional Hospital complex in Mullingar.
The two were taken on the same date – Friday, July 4. “The bulk of the data concerned was server-based and password protected, and therefore not compromised,†a HSE spokesperson told the Westmeath Examiner this week. However, it is understood that the data was not encrypted.
Read more in the Westmeath Examiner