The cyberattack on IT systems in the health service will cost it at least €100 million, according to chief executive Paul Reid. Appointments for about 7,000 patients a day are being cancelled, almost two weeks after a criminal gang hacked the HSE systems. Progress has been made in restoring services, especially in the past 48 hours, but the HSE is “a long way” from having all services restored. Patients are facing delays “across the board” in the health service, HSE chief operating officer Anne O’Connor said, though IT systems are being incrementally restored. Out of 80,000 devices in the health service, 14,000 have been “plugged in” as a first step to logging them in again.

Source: The Irish Times May 27, 2021 15:22 UTC