More than 500 data breaches at Department of Social Protection 'a matter of great concern'

The Department of Social Protection reported nearly 10 data breaches a week last year as they coped with a massive spike in applications and payments during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department of Social Protection reported nearly 10 data breaches a week last year as they coped with a massive spike in applications and payments during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The department said that while all 508 data breaches were “a matter of great concern”, they needed to be seen in the context of the scale of their business accounting for around €30bn in payments and two million applications received.