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Cyber Attacks On The HSE Have Increased By 60%

The increase has occured in the past two months.

Attempted cyber-attacks on the Irish health service have increased by 60 percent in the past two months.

Cybersecurity firm SmartTech24/7 says patients' data security could be at risk as a result.

It comes two years after the HSE was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack, which cost over 100 million euro.

CEO of SmartTech24/7, Raluca Saceanu, says a holistic approach is needed to protect the health service:

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