Irish Examiner view: Public needs to be on high alert for fraudsters

Living with the fallout of the HSE cyberattack

Cybercriminals can use phone calls, text messages and emails to contact people and trick them into giving their bank details.

The HSE is said to be making slow but steady progress in restoring its IT systems after it was paralysed by an international criminal gang in a cyberattack earlier this month. 

It had been bracing itself for stolen patient data being released, but there was still no evidence that patient and staff data had been published on the internet, despite a warning by the criminal gang behind the attack that this would happen on Monday.