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HSE given stolen data, including medical records, taken by criminals during cyber attack in May

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dissent

Eilish O’Regan reports:

The HSE has been given stolen data, including medical records, obtained by criminals during the May cyber attack, it emerged today.

The material was given to the HSE by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau who received it from the Department of Justice in the United States under a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) which was processed by the US courts.

It follows the ransomware attack on the HSE in May by Russian criminals.

Read more at The Independent.ie.


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