Ireland's centralized health care system all but ground to a halt on May 14, after suffering a major ransomware attack that shut down all its information technology (IT) systems nationwide. In the subsequent days, provision of care for the entirety of Ireland's population of 4.9 million was severely impacted, a large ransomware demand was made and rejected, a handful of patient records were released online by the hackers, and the country's health system started a long slog back to full functionality.
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