HSE-style cyberattacks on Ireland are 'here to stay' 

The Director of the DFA’s International Security Policy Unit David Brück said the HSE cyberattack was 'a wake-up call' and such attacks are 'probably here to stay'.

HSE-style cyberattacks are “here to stay” and Ireland is “very open to looking at” increased partnership with Nato to strengthen our cyber security, a senior Department of Foreign Affairs official has said.

Speaking at a seminar on EU-Nato co-operation, hosted by the Belgian embassy to Ireland, David Brück said Russia’s “appalling” war in Ukraine had resulted in “seismic shifts” in long-established non-aligned countries of Sweden and Finland, which have applied to join Nato, and in Germany, with its historic decision to send military weaponry to Ukraine.