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Cyber-crime: Irish government briefed by cyber security authorities
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image captionDigital footprints of the virus found on the computers have been sent to the Europol Malware Analysis Centre in the Hague
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Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin was among those briefed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Health Service Executive (HSE).
The NCSC has identified the gang behind the attacks, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
It is believed to be the Wizard Spider group, from Eastern Europe.
The criminal investigation team has contacted international law enforcement partners and sent digital footprints of the virus found on the computers to the Europol Malware Analysis Centre in The Hague.