The HSE has secured injunctions from the High Court restraining any sharing, processing, selling or publishing of data stolen from its computer systems in a massive cyberattack. HSE chief executive Paul Reid told the court in an affidavit he feared all of the HSE’s data “is potentially compromised”. The orders prevent the intended defendants selling, processing, publishing, sharing or making available to any member of the public, the stolen HSE data, which includes private medical data of HSE patients. In an affidavit, Mr Reid said he was advised it is “highly likely” data has been stolen and an investigation is ongoing to determine the extent of the stolen data. We’ve downloaded your data and are ready to publish.” He was also aware of reports of samples of files being offered by the “Contilocker Team” for the purpose of seeking to demonstrate they hold HSE data.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 17:38 UTC