HSE hackers cut off communication link in mid-June

Link through which the hackers communicated was disabled and they had 'deliberately locked themselves out', court told

Hackers who attacked the HSE IT system and planted a ransomware note on it cut off contact by the second week in June, the High Court heard on Thursday.

Mr Justice Senan Allen was told it is believed the link through which the hackers communicated was disabled and they had “deliberately locked themselves out".