Gardaí are examining whether online accounts of nearly 7,000 state and bank employees have been hacked after details of their email addresses and passwords were found on a website.

Online child abusers and fraudsters are getting more sophisticated in hiding their crimes, the country’s top cybercrime expert has warned.

A DEPRAVED employee was fired from three different companies before gardaí eventually caught up with his child pornography distribution activities, writes Juno McEnroe.