HSE Confirm Virus Was Not Ransomware

The Health Service Executive has now confirmed that the three hospitals, which reported infections earlier this morning, were not from the WannaCry ransomware virus.

The executive says the 20 machines were quickly isolated from networks – before it spread – with the machines replaced and the systems put back online.

The HSE network will remain isolated for a further 48 hours to maintain protection from the attack.

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The HSE’s Chief Information Officer Richard Corbridge says they actually found an older virus