IT firms ordered to hand over details of those who downloaded information stolen in HSE cyberattack

High Court orders secured against Google-owned companies ChronicleSecurity Ireland Ltd and its US-based parent Chronicle LLC

The HSE has to be given details of those who uploaded and downloaded confidential material taken in the recent cyberattack onto an internet security firm's web service, the High Court has ordered.

The HSE has to be given details of those who uploaded and downloaded confidential material taken in the recent cyberattack onto an internet security firm's web service, the High Court has ordered.

The orders were secured against ChronicleSecurity Ireland Ltd and its US-based parent Chronicle LLC, in respect of material downloaded onto its malware analysis service 'VirusTotal'. Both companies are owned by Google.