Fota Wildlife Park may be fined if security of card payments found to be 'inadequate'

Meanwhile, Fota Island Resort, which covers the hotel and golf course, issued a statement to clarify that none of its IT systems have been compromised

A spokesperson for Fota Wildlife Park said the park is not in a position to comment on the cyber attack as it is now being investigated by An Garda Síochána and the Data Protection Commission (DPC). File picture:: Larry Cummins

The payment cards industry will likely investigate the cyberattack that brought the website of Fota Wildlife Park to its knees, according to experts, with the possibility of the park being hit with fines for failing to protect people's accounts. 

Cyber security expert Brian Honan said that organisations accepting credit card payments are obliged to adhere to security standards for processing payments, known as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS).