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THE HSE HAS confirmed that data from at least 520 patients has appeared online.
Late week the Financial Times reported that it had seen screenshots and files proving that medical and personal information belonging to HSE patients had been shared online.
The HSE shut down its IT systems a fortnight ago after it became aware of a significant ransomware attack, with widespread disruption across the health service as a result.
The Financial Times story appeared to be the first confirmation of a data leak since the attack.
The Minister for Heath subsequently confirmed that the leak was genuine and the HSE has now said that it includes “sensitive patient data” and other documents.
“Recently a news publication wrote a story saying they had seen HSE data that had been illegally accessed. We informed the publication of the court order we obtained in relation to this matter last week and asked them to supply it to us, and they agreed,” the HSE said in a statement.
We have examined it and can confirm it is HSE data relating to approx 520 patients, as well as some corporate documents. The data includes sensitive patient data, minutes of meetings and correspondence with patients.The HSE’s Data Protection Office has followed the appropriate procedures, including notifying the relevant health service providers and the Data Protection Commission.The process of notifying the patients involved has commenced. This will involve some further analysis of the data, and we will do this as quickly as possible.
“This data was the initial small tranche of data that was previously reported on, and we are not aware of any further attempted publication of our data. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to our patients and service users.”
An Garda Síochána is investigating the hack as a criminal matter and the HSE says it is working with with gardaí.
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He wants the eu to come up with solutions to the protocol that both him and Boris made up and signed off by the queen!!!!he clearly suffers from amnesia.the eu is going out of its way to come up with solutions and it doesn’t seem good enough for him.best thing to do is call his bluff and give him nothing.if he wants to pull article 16 go ahead and watch countries never strike any trade deals with them.this has been dragged out way to long and frost is only listening to a few hard line unionists that are the minority in northern Ireland.
He’s slowly backing away from his earlier position on article 16. It may be because he always knew that the EU had his number, or it may have been the telling off he’s gotten from the US Foreign Dept. In any case Frost is a disingenuous bad actor in relation to NI. The Tories are playing ‘culture war’ with a region that could erupt into real war, to distract their failing hyper capitalist policies while their doners reap the reward of the insanely unequal system they maintain.
@Dennis Laffey: Total identity politics
The Brits are bad faith actors in all of this process. Any international treaty or agreement with them is not worth the paper it’s printed on.
@Skipper Mac: Only a matter of time before the sleaze reaches Frosty & Bojo like it did to their tory friends.
They can’t help it, its in their nature.
I think BJ and his buddy’s think they have the EU in there pockets, but they should remember that England is an island and if they trigger Article 16 they won’t have to worry about not having enough lorry driver’s, no body will sell them anything. I’d say BJ and his palls all have EU passport in there back pockets!
Let’s face it, this all comes down to money. They don’t care about peace and what’s practical. I don’t think they even care about the ECJ have the jurisdiction over this protocol. I believe what they really dislike is that trade has shifted from East West to North South (South being all EU). The Brits are feeling it in the pocket and still paying the large bill for the North. Long may it continue :D
Oh God he annoys me so much. A complete gombeen….
Back tracking, he’s a waffler who’s be found out
Sloppy reporting. Border communities against Brexit organised and held protests at many main crossings from Derry to Newry yesterday which were well supported. All MSM have ignored or played down the numbers and message of these, what is their agenda??
@M Bowe: from the article:
It comes hours after campaigners gathered at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic to warn the UK government against triggering Article 16.
A crowd gathered at Carrickcarnon yesterday to demand that the post-Brexit arrangements introduced for Northern Ireland are retained and protected.
@Elaine Phelan: yes at Carrickcarnan AND several other ‘crossing’ points. Why mention only one? BBC and RTE have given anti protocol protests, with less numbers, coverage but have ignored yesterday’s protests.
@M Bowe: You did not get blanket coverage of a protest and it is a MSM plot.
They cover a certain amount of things and they mentioned the protest in context of the over issue.
It is constantly been brought up in articles on the issue
It’s an article in The Mail, talking to his anti EU brethren. There is some in the Tory’s that will stop Frostie doing anything rash.
There’s more to this than meets the eye. UKG doesn’t give a toss about NI.
@Rúraíocht: Absolutely. They have an end game in mind. My guess: finally getting rid of N.I.
At this stage who knows what they are going to do, including them.
UK government keeps digging itself holes to fall into.
I do not like Coveney at all but he seems to be the hardest working Minster in the cabinet.
Put up border posts give in to nothing
The sooner there is an election the better
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