Ireland's hospitals at risk of deadly cyber-attacks, leading security expert warns

The European Medicines Agency was the subject of an attempted data breach in recent weeks, and hospital IT systems have been targeted in other countries. Ireland could also be at risk, an expert has warned. File picture

Ireland’s hospitals risk being hit by the same deadly cyber-attacks hitting hospitals in other countries, a leading American cybersecurity expert has warned.

One such attack in September was being blamed for contributing to the death of a pensioner needing emergency care for an aneurysm in Düsseldorf, Germany.