Department of Health - Ireland

The Health care department of Ireland was targeted by a ransomware attack.

The attack resulted in substantial cancellations across outpatient services and temporary closure of Covid vaccination.

The officers at the department tried to clean the systems and restored them from the backups.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57134916

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/department-of-health-ireland

"id": "dep2329322",
"linkid": "department-of-health-ireland",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Ireland',
                        'name': 'Health Care Department of Ireland',
                        'type': 'Government Department'}],
 'description': 'The Health Care Department of Ireland was targeted by a '
                'ransomware attack resulting in substantial cancellations '
                'across outpatient services and temporary closure of Covid '
                'vaccination.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': ['substantial cancellations across '
                                   'outpatient services',
                                   'temporary closure of Covid vaccination']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['tried to clean the systems'],
              'recovery_measures': ['restored them from the backups']},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Health Care Department of Ireland',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}