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

A building burns after shelling in Kyiv on Thursday. Ireland’s cyber security body is operating at a "heightened state" of preparedness in response to the war in Ukraine and tensions around cyberattacks. Photo: AP/Efrem Lukatsky

Ireland’s cyber security body is operating at a "heightened state" of preparedness in response to the war in Ukraine and tensions around cyberattacks.

In a statement to the Irish Examiner on Thursday, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said that while the threat level of a direct cyberattack on Ireland is “low”, there is a “moderate to high risk” of knock-on effects from cyberattacks abroad.