Ransomware attack forces Office of the Ombudsman to take IT systems offline

The said since they provide IT support to the Information Commissioner, the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the Protected Disclosures Commissioner, the Standards in Public Office Commission, and the Commission for Public Service Appointments, these services have also been 'disrupted'

The Ombudsman's ICT team says it is currently working with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and external cyber incident response specialists 'to assess the nature and extent of the incident and to support containment and recovery'. File photo

The Office of the Ombudsman's IT systems have been taken offline after the body was hit by a ransomware attack on Wednesday.

The Ombudsman's ICT team says it is currently working with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and external cyber incident response specialists "to assess the nature and extent of the incident and to support containment and recovery".