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HSE hack: High Court grants orders barring use of stolen data

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Dissent

Mary Carolan reports:

All of the HSE’s data “is potentially compromised” following a massive cyberattack, its chief executive, Paul Reid, has told the High Court.

[…]

…. the HSE applied for orders, granted by Mr Justice Kevin Cross, restraining persons unknown, and any persons with knowledge of the orders, from sharing, selling, publishing, processing or otherwise dealing with the data without consent of the HSE.

Read more on Irish Times.

So what does that mean for the press in terms of looking at a data dump, analyzing it, or reporting on it?


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