High Court hears major Irish firm paid out over ransomware attack

The court was told that since the case was last in court, the hackers had closed the portal, the ransom was paid, and the data returned.

The firm is worried that if its name was published it could be targeted by other cyber criminals because they now know "we are a mark".

A major Irish company has paid a ransomware demand after its data was hacked, the High Court has heard.

Nothing can be published which would identify or might identify the company because of fears of a repeat of the hacking or the damage identification would do to its business.