Ireland’s cybercrime police conducted a “significant disruption operation” targeting the IT infrastructure of a cybercrime group. As part of the operation, police seized several domains used in a May ransomware attack against Ireland’s national health services provider Health Service Executive. The operation has “directly prevented” other ransomware attacks around the globe, a Garda spokesperson tells ISMG. About 95% of HSE services, including servers and devices, have been fully restored, an HSE spokesman says. HSE was first alerted to the cyberattack in the early hours of May 14, when malicious malware was first spotted on its IT network.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/irish-police-significantly-disrupt-attackers-operations-a-17466