Government ministers briefed on 'despicable' HSE cyber attack situation

In a statement issued this afternoon, the Government said its main concern is to get all medical services affected by the hack back on track.

Government ministers met with officials from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as the Health Service Executive (HSE) this afternoon to discuss the ongoing impact of Friday's ransomware cyber-attack on the health system.

The leaders of the coalition parties met with representatives, along with Justice Minister Heather Humphreys, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and Communications and eGovernment Minister Ossian Smyth to review the ongoing efforts to recover the HSE's IT systems and to ensure that an attack like this cannot happen again.