More than one app poses risk to cybersecurity, says minister

Green Party Minister Ossian Smyth said more than one app posed a risk to cybersecurity (PA/Niall Carson)

A Minister of State at the Department of Communications has said there is “more than one risky app out there” but said Government advice for official mobile phones does not name specific companies.

Chinese-owned TikTok has come under fire in the US, Europe and Asia, where a growing number of governments have banned the app from devices used for official business over worries it poses risks to cybersecurity and data privacy or could be used to push pro-Beijing narratives and misinformation.