Irish Examiner view: Accessing data at home is worrisome

Concerns about data safety from workers on devices at home will only increase as cyberattacks and online scams become more attractive to criminals

There is a concerning question which arises here about the security of information being accessed by people working from home. Picture: Alamy

Readers may have seen reports this week of a case before Macroom District Court — one which dealt with a man who deceived and stole from farmers and rural businesses on the pretext of selling fire safety equipment.

Gardaí told the court that there was a similar pattern of goods being promised and not delivered, and excessive prices being charged. The relatively straightforward nature of the case would be recognisable to readers from 100 years ago, if not further back in time, but that is not the case with another development this week.