Tusla still depends on obsolete computer system after HSE cyberattack

Tusla chief executive Bernard Gloster told the PAC the impact of the cyberattack of May 14 was a great deal more damaging than that of Covid-19 to Tusla’s operations. File picture: Denis Minihane

The Child and Family Agency’s chief executive has admitted that some of Tusla’s computer infrastructure is still run off the obsolete operating system Windows 7.

It comes as Bernard Gloster told the Public Accounts Committee that the devastating cyberattack on the HSE’s computer systems last May “brought Tusla to its knees”.