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HSE Cyberattack: RTE points out some of the massive failings

Igotadose · 2021-12-10 14:18:05

No 24/7 monitoring of security threats. A "Frail IT infrastructure." Implicitly, no decent backups (hence the months it took to restore service, if in fact that's even accomplished.) Paul Reid, he of a business background, rushes to the HSE's defense, seems they've outsourced some of the security work. Woot.…

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10-12-2021 3:18pm

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No 24/7 monitoring of security threats. A "Frail IT infrastructure." Implicitly, no decent backups (hence the months it took to restore service, if in fact that's even accomplished.)
Paul Reid, he of a business background, rushes to the HSE's defense, seems they've outsourced some of the security work. Woot.

https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2021/1210/1265985-hse-cyber-attack/
They appear to be using MFA now to login to their systems - won't help with the Conti attack that did them in, but I suppose maybe next time the crack team there won't open phishing e-mails.

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