The Ministry of Health said it was now working with the DHB and National Cyber Security Centre as well as an "external specialist cyber security company" to recover from the attack. And it appeared Tuesday's attack was unlikely to be the last major attack New Zealand's hospitals would face. "All DHBS face cyber attacks in various forms daily," a Ministry of Health spokeswoman said. A Waikato DHB spokesperson earlier told the Herald they hoped to have everything up and running by the weekend. The outage has impacted all hospitals under the Waikato DHB, including Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 19, 2021 03:53 UTC