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politics

Ireland will collaborate with other EU states on security amid concern over Russia

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it made sense for Ireland to work with EU states that have expertise in drones, protection of undersea cables, and cyberattacks

The operation by the international police organisation took place in July and August (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

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Interpol says 260 suspects in online romance scams arrested across Africa

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news

Irish firms vulnerable to new generation of email fraud and cybertheft scams

Marks & Spencer Group Plc Stores Ahead Of Trading Update

companies

Clothing shortages, food waste, and millions lost each day: Inside the M&S cyberattack chaos

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Gardaí probe whether boy spoken to after Clare schools 'mass shootings' email was hacked

Online cyber skills summer courses

news

Talks begin to move National Cyber Security Centre to Department of Justice

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Scammers accused of defrauding Spanish women of €325,000 by posing as Brad Pitt

One woman, based in Northern Spain, told police she had been conned out of €150,000

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Digital security

Ireland's cybersecurity body to get power to scan the networks of State institutions

Draft law proposes to grant National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) the power to actively scan the networks of critical online organisations including State bodies

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Fota Wildlife Park 'has contacted all customers affected by cyberattack'

Fota Wildlife Park 'has contacted all customers affected by cyberattack'

The scam came to light on Wednesday when the wildlife park on Fota Island in East Cork contacted all patrons who had bought tickets on its site between May 12 and August 27

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Fitting tribute to Irish soldier who died a hero in Lebanon

Letters to the Editor: Fitting tribute to Irish soldier who died a hero in Lebanon

During an Israeli air strike on C Company’s HQ in 1999, Pte Billy Kedian got his men to safety but was mortally wounded himself

Sat, 27 Jul, 2024

Coronavirus - Sat Mar 19, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Ireland's Covid inquiry is coming. But then, so is Christmas

Ireland has plenty of legitimate criticisms to make about our next door neighbours — but we really should emulate Britain's prompt and revealing inquiry into its handling of covid-19

Sat, 20 Jul, 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris visit to UK

Irish Examiner view: Anglo-Irish relationship reset is very welcome

It is reassuring to know that the UK’s new leader seems genuinely committed to building relationships and fostering trust with Ireland and Europe

Fri, 19 Jul, 2024

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Email fraud cost Irish SMEs nearly €10m last year

FraudSMART says the total scammed from small to medium-sized firms increased by 23.8% year-on-year during 2023

Fri, 12 Jul, 2024

Sweden's Economy Posted Record Slump During Pandemic Peak

Sweden's move to ditch cash has created a surge in fraud

Sweden is an important test case in terms of cashless crime as it’s gone further on switching to digital payments than almost any other European country

Sun, 23 Jun, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: We need human backup on the digital battlefield

Ireland escaped relatively lightly from malign intervention in the elections

Sat, 15 Jun, 2024

22 Chinese nationals jailed in Zambia for multinational cyber crimes

22 Chinese nationals jailed in Zambia for multinational cyber crimes

A Zambian court has sentenced 22 Chinese nationals to long prison terms for cyber crimes that included internet fraud and online scams targeting Zambians and people from Singapore, Peru and the United Arab Emirates.

Sat, 08 Jun, 2024

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Irish consumers likely to be among 800,000 victims of fake online shops

Fake websites purporting to be selling goods by Nike, Dior, Lacoste, and Hugo Boss, scooped up unwary shoppers' bank details in one of the world’s largest online scams

Thu, 09 May, 2024

Software helps gardaí identify and rescue child sex abuse victims

Software helps gardaí identify and rescue child sex abuse victims

The software enabled the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to detect 175 cases of child sexual abuse material last year

Sun, 03 Mar, 2024

Ripping right past the password

Cybercrime gang Lockbit hit by authorities who seized network's extortion website

Lockbit, which launched a cyber attack on Britain’s Royal Mail last January, has previously been blamed for at least two attacks on the island of Ireland

Tue, 20 Feb, 2024

Ireland's list of "safe countries"

Head of Europol offers expertise to help fight crime and terrorism in Ireland

Catherine De Bolle said there was a 'shared concern' across the EU at the threats posed online by harmful content, disinformation, and hate speech

Sun, 11 Feb, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: Campaign mud starts to fly in the US

First primary in New Hampshire will take place next Tuesday

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: Listen to teachers’ warnings about children using mobile phones

Waterford primary schools set a fine example for other teachers and parents as minister advocates stricter age verification

Fri, 29 Dec, 2023

Waterford gardaí investigating scams seize €1.12m in 'first major seizure of cryptocurrency'

Waterford gardaí investigating scams seize €1.12m in 'first major seizure of cryptocurrency'

The Waterford Division Crime Hub says large amount of smishing texts, theft, deception and money-laundering are linked to international criminal organisations

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

Christmas online shopping study

Reports of investment fraud up 77% as criminals exploit cost-of-living crisis

On average, almost 70% of victims of investment fraud are aged over 40. Just under two-thirds (65%) are men.

Wed, 15 Nov, 2023

Irish cybersecurity chief warns of link between cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns

Irish cybersecurity chief warns of link between cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns

The NCSC is involved in combating disinformation campaigns from abroad

Mon, 06 Nov, 2023

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Cybersecurity chief says Ireland is under attack right now

Richard Browne tells Cormac O’Keeffe the National Cyber Security Centre is growing to face down the threat from hostile states and cybercriminals, often using artificial intelligence

Mon, 06 Nov, 2023

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Emer Walsh: Fraud is already on the rise, and AI is set to turn it into a perfect storm

Irish people lose €300m a year in phone or text scams and now artificial intelligence could give fraudsters an extra edge

Sat, 23 Sep, 2023

Incidents of driving while intoxicated increase in two of three Cork Garda divisions

Incidents of driving while intoxicated increase in two of three Cork Garda divisions

Using drug swabs on suspected intoxicated drivers was allowing gardaí to “pick up more people” than before, said Chief Superintendent Vincent O’Sullivan.

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

34 arrested in Ireland as part of Interpol operation targeting West African crime syndicate

34 arrested in Ireland as part of Interpol operation targeting West African crime syndicate

The arrests took place in Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Dublin, Meath, Kildare, and Longford

Thu, 10 Aug, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Data security is vital to the rule of law

Irish Examiner view: Data security is vital to the rule of law

PSNI members whose privacy has been compromised in the data breaches must be given every support

Thu, 10 Aug, 2023

Data protection firm Vault365 eyes further UK expansion and revenue growth

Data protection firm Vault365 eyes further UK expansion and revenue growth

The business, which has an office on Little Island in Cork, has experienced high demand since it launched on the Irish market last year amid a surge in cybercrime and ransomware attacks

Wed, 26 Jul, 2023

'Ireland has to co-operate to counter cyberattacks' – Forum

'Ireland has to co-operate to counter cyberattacks' – Forum

Panel of experts at the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy hears

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy

Elaine Loughlin: International security is something Ireland needs to discuss

Micheál Martin tells Consultative Forum on International Security Policy that Ireland should not be 'squeamish' about security co-operation given existing threats such as cybercrime

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

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Cyber report urges Government to ban 'high risk' companies' services from critical functions

A company could be designated high-risk if it has a 'strong link' with a government of a country in which there is the potential for 'interference' from that state

Wed, 21 Jun, 2023

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'Unacceptable and disappointing': Tech giant decline invitations from Oireachtas committee

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the Oireachtas finance committee had sent invitations to Google, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon last month.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

Surge in attempted cyberattacks on Irish hospitals poses severe threat

Surge in attempted cyberattacks on Irish hospitals poses severe threat

The 2021 attack on the HSE caused havoc for patients, medics, and admin staff with the wide-ranging impacts lasting for months

Mon, 29 May, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Hybrid threats, hybrid answers

Irish Examiner view: Hybrid threats, hybrid answers

On one thing we can all agree. Much of the conflict and being carried out in the third decade of the 21st century is taking place online, and we will need the right kind of soldiers and law enforcers to combat it.

Sat, 20 May, 2023

Letters to the Editor: St Raphael’s deserves praise for high standards of care

Letters to the Editor: St Raphael’s deserves praise for high standards of care

Youghal care centre took exceptional care of my brother

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Sarah Harte: We struggle to keep up as artificial intelligence technology surges ahead

Sarah Harte: We struggle to keep up as artificial intelligence technology surges ahead

Even tech libertarian Elon Musk warns against the power of unregulated AI software — fears that will be heightened as Kuwait News unveils its first AI-generated news presenter

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

Ripping right past the password

Neil McDonnell: Stress-test of finances a must for the future

Ireland has to plan around risks ranging from our dependence on FDI and threats to energy security to the risk of stagflation

Sun, 09 Apr, 2023

Tackling the growing and ever more sophisticated cybercrime threats

Tackling the growing and ever more sophisticated cybercrime threats

'Five years ago, businesses would say — ’who would attack me?’ Now everybody is a target'

Thu, 30 Mar, 2023

Analyzing the back door

Ireland's ethical hackers uncovering weak points in IT systems

Andrew Cushen helps uncover the weaknesses in technology systems which hackers might take advantage of

Thu, 09 Mar, 2023

Warning that Ireland's FDI at risk if cyber security not taken seriously

Warning that Ireland's FDI at risk if cyber security not taken seriously

Senator said foreign multinationals would 'all walk' if they suffered a serious cyber attack and 'Corporate Ireland was responsible for negligence'

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

'I don’t think students seem to be too concerned': MTU classes resume following cyberattack

'I don’t think students seem to be too concerned': MTU classes resume following cyberattack

Munster Technological University's four Cork campuses reopen after ransomware cyberattack

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Stealing from a credit card

Digital Rights Ireland to sue for damages for Facebook users over dark web data leak

Some 100 million EU-based Facebook users were affected. The vast majority of the leaked records included phone numbers, names, genders, and Facebook IDs.

Sat, 04 Feb, 2023

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Gardaí assist in major international operation to bring down notorious hacker group

The Hive Ransomware group is believed to have extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victims across the world

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

Belfast bomb experience led UN cybercrime expert to career in law enforcement

Belfast bomb experience led UN cybercrime expert to career in law enforcement

Father-of-four Neil Walsh from Glengormley works as the UN’s regional representative in Eastern Africa, helping governments in 13 countries to combat organised criminality.

Thu, 29 Dec, 2022

Garda ceremony to present Commemorative Centenary Medal/Coin

Kinahan gang leaders will likely be arrested abroad – Drew Harris

Garda Commissioner says gangland figures will likely be caught arising out of international policing cooperation on drug trafficking and the illicit movement of money

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

New guide to help frontline workers and victims combat technology-facilitated abuse

New guide to help frontline workers and victims combat technology-facilitated abuse

Perpetrators of abuse are using technologies to control their partners but this new form of crime is not always understood by first responders

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Book of evidence served on lawyer representing man charged in Cork with cybercrimes

Book of evidence served on lawyer representing man charged in Cork with cybercrimes

A book of evidence was served on the lawyer representing a 40-year-old man charged in Cork with alleged cybercrimes following an investigation here and by the FBI in America.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022