The Health Service Executive (HSE) is currently examining to what extent patients’ medical records are among data that has been “compromised,” as a result of the major cyberattack, which has curtailed many hospital services. Paul Reid, HSE chief executive, said officials were currently trying to determine “what level of data may have been compromised” in the ransomware attack. At present it would be at least several days before health service and hospital IT systems returned to normal, she said. The HSE has warned delays should be expected as hospitals attempted to move to offline manual processes. Members of the public have been advised by the HSE that updates about changes to appointments and services will be published on its website.

Source: The Irish Times May 15, 2021 12:08 UTC