Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: University Hospital Limerick
Affected country: Ireland
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: University Hospital LimerickÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃÂ¢ÃÂ¢'ÃÂ¬Ã'ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ (UHL) is in the process of sending letters to over 600 patients following an alleged major data breach concerning patient data, including details of 95 children, which was then posted on social media. It is believed that the data was extracted by a third-party employee without authorization.