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Cyber gangsters looking for money believed to be behind attack on HSE computer system
The ransomware attack is called Conti which is used by criminal gangs to extort two separate ransoms, one to unlock data by the gangs and the another demand of money not to release sensitive data
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The attack is believed to be the “most significant cybercrime attack” on the Irish State
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A Toshiba Corp unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group believed to be behind the U.S. pipeline attack, while Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a "significant" ransomware attack.