Tunstall under cyberattack: emergency system (for the elderly and ill people) not working

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    Tunstall under cyberattack: emergency system (for the elderly and ill people) not working

    In the Netherlands the Tunstall emergency system is not working, nation-wide.
    Tunstall says due to a cyberattack; no details as for now.
    The system is used by thousands of elderly and ill people. They depend on it!

    At the moment I have only articles in Dutch. It is all over in the news.

    Tunstall is active in more countries world-wide, but I don't know whether the system is there also under cyberattack.

    Articles in Dutch:
    https://www.security.nl/posting/818...odknopsysteem van duizenden ouderen en zieken
    https://www.tunstall.nl/ict-storing/
     
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    Tunstall NL says today that the first parts of the system are working again. (What that exactly means, I don't know).
    They are not saying what kind of cyberattack it was and with which cybersecurity company they are working on it.

    https://www.tunstall.nl/cyberaanval/

    PS:
    Just only one example of the system:
    An older person falls on the floor, is alone and cannot stand up anymore on his/her own. The person has a "button" on the arm on which to push for help.
     
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