Cyberattack 'could have put us back to medieval times', says security consultant

The HSE has said that no systems are back up and running yet following last week's cyber attack, with the health sector remaining under massive pressure today with widespread cancellations.

A former director of military intelligence has called on the Government to establish a “lessons learned” group to analyse what led to last week’s cyberattack of the HSE to ensure that such an attack does not happen again or to a more vulnerable sector.

The HSE said that no systems are back up and running yet following last week's cyber attack, with the health sector remaining under massive pressure today with widespread cancellations.