Internet crime costs €300m

Irish computer users may have lost up to €300m from cybercrime, according to a survey of 1,000 adults.

The survey, commissioned by computer security company ESET Ireland and conducted by Amárach Research, found that one-in-four adults surveyed had been ripped off as a result of cybercrime.

The financial loss ranged from having to repair computers because of malicious viruses to having credit and debit cards abused online or over the phone.