Mercy Hospital secures court injunction against ransomware hackers

Cork hospital brought its own proceedings after ransom messages were found on its own private IT systems

The Mercy University Hospital has brought  proceedings after ransom messages were found on its own private IT systems, including its radiology and emergency department's systems. File picture: Denis Scannell

A Cork-based hospital has secured injunctions from the High Court restraining any sharing, processing, selling or publishing of data believed stolen from its computer systems in the cyberattack.

The orders were made in favour of the Mercy Hospital Cork against “persons unknown” responsible for accessing the hospital's IT system, that is separate from systems operated by the HSE, and planting a ransomware note on it as discovered by the hospital on May 14.