A total of 473 legal proceedings have been taken against the Health Service Executive (HSE) arising from the 2021 cyberattack.
A total of 473 legal proceedings have been taken against the Health Service Executive arising from the 2021 cyberattack.
The HSE that the current estimate as to the total cost of the cyberattack is €102m but a report from the State's spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General , has found that the HSE will need to spend almost €657m over a seven-year period to implement cyber security improvements following the breach.
The HSE said that Damien McCallion will take up the Chief Technology and Transformation Officer role on 1 June.
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