Organisation: National Cyber Security Centre

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<p>A spokesman said the impact of the attacks was 'minimal', adding that this was mainly because the websites were prepared for potential attacks.</p>

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Hackers and fake accounts thwarted in lead-up to elections

It is thought that the suspect accounts were most likely linked to the Russian state or were operated by groups backed by the country’s intelligence services

<p>Ransomware — where a gang targets and cripples a company’s IT system and demands payment to release its control — is still the biggest threat, cyber security chief says. File picture: iStock</p>

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Ireland and Europe at risk of cyber attacks from Russia and China, Dáil committee told

<p>Since the last elections four years ago, there have been dramatic changes to the political landscape, such as the widespread disorder at the Dublin riots last November. Election authorities are conscious it may spill over onto the electoral system itself. File Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

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Integrity of the electoral system 'fundamental' to democracy

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Cyberattacks on elections 'could happen here' and 'once could be very bad news'

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Social media giants 'aware' of consequences of failure to stop election disinformation

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Election security: ‘The important thing for us is to retain the integrity of the electoral process’

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Cybersecurity staff boost planned amid Ireland joining biggest 'cyberwar game'

The Defence Forces’ communications and information services corps is due to receive 30 new members by January 2025, with a further 70 three years after that

Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Micheál Martin's delicate balancing act

Tánaiste Micheál Martin must achieve a balance between polite diplomacy and speaking truth to power on his State visit to China

Tue, 07 Nov, 2023

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

Sports clubs and TV shows among passwords easily guessed by hackers

October is Cyber Security Month and Irish people are being urged to re-evaluate and strengthen their password choices

Tue, 24 Oct, 2023

'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

Hairdresser chain Peter Mark hit by cyberattack

The incident has been reported to both the Data Protection Commission and the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, as well as An Garda Síochána and the National Cyber Security Centre

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

Person with computer and mobile phone hacking with the PEGASUS program.

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

IDA staff told to remove client company TikTok's app from phones

The State's foreign investment agency has told staff to remove TikTok from work phones, despite the social media platform being a client company.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2023

Public servants advised to remove TikTok from work devices

The guidance came to all government departments yesterday from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) after weeks of scrutiny around the app's collection of data

Sat, 22 Apr, 2023

Social media firms have helped MTU stop publication of cyberattack material, court told

The judge was told that 6GB of data taken from MTU's IT system had been made available for publication by the hackers, believed to be based in Russia

Thu, 02 Mar, 2023

MTU cyber breach: Probe after ransomware attacks 'like a murder investigation'

Munster Technological University is preparing for a phased reopening following a 'significant' IT breach but there are concerns the attack could be worsened by allowing access to thousands of onsite computers

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Ransomware attack may have caused IT breach that shut all four Cork MTU campuses

Gardaí and the NCSC working to establish if cybercriminals were behind the Munster Technological University security breach

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

First victims of HSE hack will find out today

The first letters were sent out Tuesday to the first of 94,800 patients, and 18,200 staff

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

Cyber gangs target small businesses for scams

Departments 'working together' to protect energy and internet cables

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

State cybersecurity body and HSE take part in Europe-wide simulated attack

Exercise tested participants’ response to simulated major cyberattack on health services and infrastructures

Fri, 10 Jun, 2022

Ireland’s cyber security body in 'heightened state' due to invasion of Ukraine

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said that there is a “moderate to high risk” of knock-on effects on Ireland from cyberattacks abroad

Fri, 04 Mar, 2022

Russia threat 'most dangerous' of our lives as war on Ukraine looms

Hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be on the move amid the escalating tensions

Sat, 19 Feb, 2022

Computer hacker or programmer commits cyber attack using laptop.

Ireland taking part in EU-wide cyberattack simulation

The six-week exercise testing our defences against potential online attack comes as Russia masses troops at Ukraine's border

Sun, 23 Jan, 2022

Die Hard scenario unlikely but not impossible, says cyber security chief

The National Cyber Security Centre will be 'getting into people’s faces' under Government plans and EU requirements

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

Cyber untruths 'biggest threat' to democracy warns defence forces expert

Defence Forces expert says online disinformation attacking "nature of truth"

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

National Cyber Security Centre will not have new director until 2022

Mark Griffin told the Public Accounts Committee today that the €89,000-a-year role “had been rejected, for reasons I won’t go into”

Thu, 14 Oct, 2021

State cyber security body understaffed and overworked, report finds

Forthcoming EU cyber security measures will 'add considerable strain' in the coming years

Thu, 23 Sep, 2021

Funding and staffing increase for National Cybersecurity Centre after HSE hack

Experts have welcomed moves to strengthen the cybersecurity centre but said even more is needed to ward off rogue nation states

Tue, 13 Jul, 2021

Ireland-UK partnership key to tackling cybercrime

Head of UK National Cyber Security Centre will speak to an audience at the influential Institute of International & European Affairs in Dublin today

Fri, 25 Jun, 2021

HSE boss unaware of further cyberattack ransom demands

The head of the HSE has said he does not know whether the criminal gang behind a crippling cyberattack has made further requests for ransoms based on patient data.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2021

'No penny pinching' over cybersecurity chief's salary, Oireachtas committee told

Minister says pay will be higher than €127k previously advertised but unlikely to reach €300k that experts recommend

Wed, 26 May, 2021

Health service 'functioning like it did in the 1970s' after cyberattack

HSE gradually restoring systems as damage is expected to take 'many weeks and tens of millions of euro' to repair

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Minister issues warning that people working from home are open to online scammers

Minister for Communications Richard Bruton has issued guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Covid-19 leading to greater cybersecurity challenges

People working from home have been warned about the dangers of scamming by online hackers and have been advised to protect themselves from cyber-attacks.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Cyber crime — and how to beat it

When Richard Bruton, the communications minister, says Ireland must take robust steps to protect its national infrastructure from cyber attacks, he is not crying wolf.

Sat, 28 Dec, 2019

Cyber attack here poses ‘immediate’ EU threat

A cyber attack on a tech giant based in Ireland could have an “immediate” impact across the EU and even globally, according to the State’s new cyber strategy.

Fri, 27 Dec, 2019

Ireland's steadily growing reputation as a global leader in internet security

Joe Dermody looks at a selection of cyber security companies which IDA Ireland has helped establish in Ireland.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2019

Huawei ‘not contacted’ by State cyber security audit

The Chinese telecoms giant battling claims it poses a security risk has said it has not been contacted by the Irish agency conducting a security review of proposed 5G systems.

Thu, 04 Jul, 2019

Huawei’s Irish boss says it is not affected by US ban

Controversies surrounding Chinese telecoms company Huawei are not impacting on the company’s business, the firm’s country director for Ireland has said.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2019

New national cyber security strategy due soon as funding rises

The Government’s much-awaited second national cyber security strategy is due to be published in the coming weeks.

Mon, 17 Jun, 2019

Cybercrime will be worth €5 trillion in two years, security body claims

The new national cybersecurity body that will be led out of Cork has been launched with a warning that cybercrime is expected to be worth almost €5 trillion in two years.

Mon, 20 May, 2019

National security chief will report to civil servant and not to the Taoiseach

The country’s first national security chief will not answer directly to the Taoiseach, but to the country’s top civil servant, under the job advertisement just published.

Thu, 04 Apr, 2019

No borders in cybersafety

There is one topic that neither side has put on the table in the EU-UK divorce negotiation, and that’s just as it should be. There is no reason at all why the political wrangling over Brexit and the shape of a final deal should be a barrier to the closest possible co-operation on cybersecurity between Britain and Ireland and, indeed, other EU members.

Sat, 03 Nov, 2018