The Emergency Department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, remains open despite the HSE cyber attack. “My first priority of concern was about (the ransomware attack) spreading to other places, the Department of Finance, for instance. The ransomware attack led to the health service’s system shutting down. Europol is also assisting Irish officials and will analyse digital malware recovered from the attacks on the HSE and Department of Health. “This attempted attack remains under investigation, however there are indications that this was a ransomware attack similar to that which has affected the HSE,” a spokesman said.

Source: Irish Independent May 17, 2021 01:31 UTC