RTÉ reports: The Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Adviser for Acute Operations has said there is an “enormous risk” across health services following the cyber attack last week which forced a shutdown of the HSE’s IT systems. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Vida Hamilton said it is a “major disaster” and described it as…
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Ie: Cyberattack on HSE: Scale of damage from Conti’s ransomware attack will not be known for days
Jack Horgan-Jones and Conor Lally report: It will be at least three days before the scale of the damage from “possibly the most significant cyber crime attack on the Irish State” is clear, a Government Minister has said. Green Party Minister of State for Communications Ossian Smyth said the attack, which led to HSE IT systems being…
Ie: HSE shuts down IT system after ‘significant’ cyber attack
RTE reports: The Health Service Executive has temporarily shut down its IT system following what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”. The health body said it had taken the precaution of shutting down its systems to further protect them, and to allow it to assess the situation. The issue has led to Dublin’s Rotunda…
Private information of thousands who received Covid vaccine exposed in HSE blunder
Ailbhe Daly reports: The private information of thousands of people who have received the Covid-19 vaccine have been exposed following a HSE blunder. The IT system used by the HSE was compromised due to ‘human error’, meaning that confidential data was accessible despite earlier warnings by data chiefs. Crucial details that can often be used…
Revealed: 1,400 data breaches at HSE included patient photos and medical files
Ken Foxe reports: The HSE has suffered almost 1,400 separate data breaches over the past two years involving photographing of patients, infection status being disclosed to other family members, and the discovery of confidential medical files in public places. The number of breaches showed a sharp rise between 2018, when 556 incidents were recorded, and…
Finder of patient details accused by HSE of data breach
From the no-good-deed-shall-go-unpunished-until-we-find-where-we-misplaced-our-common-sense dept., Catherine Shanahan reports: A man who found sensitive patient data on a city centre street and who highlighted his concerns in the media has been accused by the HSE of a data breach. Luke Field, who found data containing patient names and details of surgical procedures on the pavement of South…