Cancer patient to sue Cork's Mercy Hospital over cyber hack 

Case lodged at Cork Circuit Court on behalf of man who had received treatment for cancer at the hospital and whose files were put up on dark web

A case lodged has been lodged at Cork Circuit Court on behalf of a man who had received treatment for cancer at Cork's Mercy Hospital and whose files were put up on dark web. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

One of the first legal cases over the release of sensitive medical information on the dark web as part of the HSE cyber hack has been lodged at Cork Circuit Court.

The case was lodged on Monday against Mercy University Hospital (MUH) by a Cork solicitor acting on behalf of a middle-aged family man who received treatment there for cancer.