A man who found sensitive patient data on a city centre street and who highlighted his concerns in the media has been accused by the HSE of a data breach.

Cork City Council has reported a data breach to the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) after a councillor claimed that parking offence warning letters were found outside City Hall.

Marriott has announced 500 million guests' data may have been exposed during breaches in a reservation database that began in 2014.

The Data Protection Commission confirmed it has launched an investigation into a data breach at Facebook last week.

More than 5,000 people have been affected by the data breach at Cork City’s Park by Phone service, it emerged last night.

Attempts have been made to “silence” the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), it has been claimed in the Dáil.

An alleged data breach within Independent News and Media represents a very significant threat to freedom of the press in Ireland, the Taoiseach has warned.

Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the misuse of users' data was a "big mistake" as he gave testimony to Senate committees in Washington.

The watchdog responsible for MPs' pay and expenses in the UK is investigating a "serious data breach" after a document containing confidential details about MPs' staff was wrongly posted online.

Almost half (46%) of Irish businesses wouldn’t disclose a data security breach to impacted third parties, including customers and suppliers, a new survey has found.

The extent to which Irish consumers fear their data being breached has been laid bare in a new report which shows 50% would never shop with a business if their bank details were compromised in a cyber attack.

Russian hackers have stolen 1.2bn usernames and passwords in a series of internet heists affecting 420,000 websites — in what is likely to be the biggest data breach ever recorded.