Paul Reid: It will take weeks, not days to deal with impact of HSE hack

HSE chief executive Paul Reid said they have made some good steady progress throughout the weekend in managing the cyberattack and trying to get national IT systems back in operation.

The chief executive of the HSE has admitted the process of dealing with the impact of last week's cyberattack on the HSE could take weeks rather than days.

However, Paul Reid said a decryption key, given to Irish authorities by the hackers on Thursday, helps the process.