- Jan 21, 2018
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"Ireland's Health Service Executive(HSE), the country's publicly funded healthcare system, has shut down all IT systems after its network was breached in a ransomware attack.
"There is a significant ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems," the Irish national health service said.
"This has caused some disruption to our services. But most healthcare appointments will go ahead as planned.
"We have taken the precaution of shutting down all our IT systems in order to protect them from this attack and to allow us fully assess the situation with our own security partners."
HSE Ireland also said that the country's National Ambulance Service and emergency departments (EDs) operate normally, with no direct impact from the ransomware attack on ambulance dispatch and call handling."
"There is a significant ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems," the Irish national health service said.
"This has caused some disruption to our services. But most healthcare appointments will go ahead as planned.
"We have taken the precaution of shutting down all our IT systems in order to protect them from this attack and to allow us fully assess the situation with our own security partners."
HSE Ireland also said that the country's National Ambulance Service and emergency departments (EDs) operate normally, with no direct impact from the ransomware attack on ambulance dispatch and call handling."
Irish healthcare shuts down IT systems after Conti ransomware attack
Ireland's Health Service Executive(HSE), the country's publicly funded healthcare system, has shut down all IT systems after its network was breached in a ransomware attack.
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