they did when I registered for the Covid Vac. No idea why.
Hacked Medical records (HSE)
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I always presumed it was an additional check to make sure you are who you say you are
Laughahalla
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My GP asked for my PPS number very recently when I was getting the Covid vaccine.
First of all, you will need the Tor browser to surf the dark web, then spend hours going from forum to forum to find links to popular market sites (dark web is isn't indexed by the likes of Google search engine). However, don't expect to stumble across your data. The perpetrators of this attack run this as a business, so they don't give away the data for free. They'll likely publish snippets to prove they have valuable data and package up the rest for sale to scammers.
Update:
HSE say that if they are alerted to data being published online they will notify the Data Protection Commission & take the "necessary action".
Not sure if that includes contacting the impacted person & letting them know what has been published.
Link: https://www2.hse.ie/services/cyber-attack/if-you-are-affected-by-a-data-breach.html
HSE say that if they are alerted to data being published online they will notify the Data Protection Commission & take the "necessary action".
Not sure if that includes contacting the impacted person & letting them know what has been published.
Link: https://www2.hse.ie/services/cyber-attack/if-you-are-affected-by-a-data-breach.html
I agree, who cares if they find out I've had my appendix out etc.
Cancer patient to sue Cork's Mercy Hospital over cyber hack
Case lodged at Cork Circuit Court on behalf of man who had received treatment for cancer at the hospital and whose files were put up on dark web
www.google.ie
This man cares his cancer treatment information is available online and is suing mercy hospital cork.
The solicitor in question has written a post - I'd have to agree with a great deal of what is said here.
www.odowd.ie
I find it astonishing that people don't think this is a big deal; the "I don't care, so I don't see why anyone else should" response is quite incredible.
HSE Cyber Attack - July Update - O'Dowd Solicitors
It remains something of a surprise to us that there has been so little media coverage of late of the HSE Cyber Attack. Almost two months has now passed since the hacking incident and it appears that health services are still greatly affected and the Health Service Executive remains remarkably...
www.odowd.ie
I find it astonishing that people don't think this is a big deal; the "I don't care, so I don't see why anyone else should" response is quite incredible.
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I have unfortunately lots of medical issues - many of them I couldn't care less if they were on the dark web! If someone knows I had an operation for gall stones I don't care however there are some issues I certainly wouldn't like publicly known! after reading the article by the solicitor it worries me a little as I've had loads of scam calls lately - one day I counted 12.
I would hope that if the HSE knew that any information regarding me was on the web that they would tell me.
I would hope that if the HSE knew that any information regarding me was on the web that they would tell me.
I don't believe that will happen.
Again, it's not a question of what any person might be comfortable or otherwise being made public; *all* medical information is private and confidential and the paucity of response and action from HSE is disgraceful.
blanketyblank
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I was shocked to get a letter today from HSE saying my medical information had been part of the group hacked during the cyber attack. I thought it was all so long ago that I'd have known by now. My name, PPS, And medical information. As many have said on this thread there are many pieces of medical info I couldn't care less about but there are some things that are very private that I would hate if they ever became public. I'm just wondering what if anything should I be doing about this? What , if anything, have other people done? Theres a contact number on the letter which i will contact but would they even know if anything s published about me?
If you received a letter from the HSE about the cyber-attack
We are writing to people whose personal information was illegally accessed and copied during the cyber attack on the HSE. Read advice if you have received a letter from us about the cyber attack.
www2.hse.ie
NoRegretsCoyote
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I know it's upsetting but as above, it's extremely unlikely that anyone you know will ever stumble across any of your confidential medical information.
The HSE have said the below. I suspect they have paid serious money to cybersecurity consultants on this for assurance and they would not be so categorical if they weren't very sure.