Cyber hack: companies being targeted daily by criminal gangs

Ransomware attacks increased by 311% last year globally, and €285m worth of cryptocurrency was paid in disclosed ransoms. Picture: iStock

New laws must be drawn up to tackle and punish life-endangering cybercrime following the unprecedented attack on the health system, a leading expert has said. 

Pat Larkin, one of the country's foremost digital security specialists and former Defence Forces officer, said a Digital Geneva Convention is needed to deter ransomware attacks that could result in deaths.