Sections of the HSE website were taken offline after an issue was detected by its cybersecurity monitoring teams. The situation has not posed any risk to data or other ICT systems and services, the HSE has stated.
A number of pages on hse.ie and other “additional information websites” are unavailable.
According to the HSE, at the end of January “an issue affecting some legacy hse.ie websites and a number of standalone information websites that were managed by an external vendor” was detected by the HSE’s cybersecurity monitoring teams.
“These websites were taken offline. The subsequent analysis of the issues by external expert partners confirmed it was isolated to these information websites and did not pose any risk to data or other ICT systems and services,” said the spokesperson.
“The analysis also determined that the legacy software and web servers managed by the external vendor cannot be reinstated.”
Some impacted page links have a message that reads: “Page not found. We cannot find the page you are looking for. The link may be broken, or the page may have been moved or deleted.”
Others have a message reading: “Website update. A number of health service web pages are unavailable at the moment. We are working to resolve this.”
The HSE spokesperson said that several additional information websites, including those of Cork University Hospital, Cork University Maternity Hospital, understandtogether.ie, sexualhealth.ie, nationalambulanceservice.ie, and ehealthireland.ie, were also taken offline.
“We are working to make these available as soon as possible,” they added.
According to the Executive, hse.ie provides information about how the HSE works as an organisation. It includes information about what the HSE does, details of how it is structured, relevant publications, and news.
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