Irish healthcare shuts down IT systems after ransomware attack

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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."

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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NZ firm helps Irish health service recover from ransomware attack:

Authorities in Ireland have turned to a tool provided free-of-charge by Nelson-based cyber-security company Emsisoft to help the Irish health service recover from a devastating ransomware attack.

Emsisoft has also offered to provide free help to Waikato DHB which has experienced a similar cyber attack, although in the DHB’s case it is less clear what assistance it could immediately provide and it has yet to hear back on its offer.

The Irish Times reported that Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was assessing a tool offered by Emsisoft which might be able to restore the systems of the country’s health service, HSE, faster and more safely.

A tweet from Brian Honan, a director of Ireland's not-for-profit computer emergency response team, Iriss-Cert, indicated Emsisoft’s tool was now in use there.

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