Tag: Ireland

Ireland fines Facebook owner Meta €1.2bn for mishandling user information

May 24, 2023

Facebook’s owner, Meta, has been fined a record €1.2bn (£1bn) and ordered to suspend the transfer of user data from the EU to the US by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission. The €1.2bn fine imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which regulates Meta across the EU, is a record for a breach of the bloc’s … More Ireland fines Facebook owner Meta €1.2bn for mishandling user information

Another email scam as Gaeilge is doing the rounds

February 8, 2022

An email in Irish, coming from a South Korean email address, claims the sender has a video of the receiver viewing pornography and will make it public unless paid €1200 in bitcoin. These sort of “sextortion” letters are nothing new, we’ve warned about several like this and this before, but we’re always excited to see … More Another email scam as Gaeilge is doing the rounds

What can we learn from the HSE and Department of Health ransomware attacks?

May 19, 2021

Ireland appeared to be shaken to the core by the recent cyberattack on HSE and the Department of Health, but once past the initial shock, is it time for an in-depth look at the Irish cybersecurity infrastructure and whether such attacks could not have been anticipated, detected or prevented. In 2017 the National Health Service … More What can we learn from the HSE and Department of Health ransomware attacks?

Steady stream of scams, hoaxes and phishing emails in Irish mailboxes

May 20, 2020

While this time around we can’t report any particularly original or funny scams sticking out, the Irish mailboxes are nevertheless under constant attack. ESET Ireland takes a closer look at the two most common ones encountered in recent weeks. The “Parcel Delivery” Scam The Irish media already covered the “DPD phishing scam”, that was also … More Steady stream of scams, hoaxes and phishing emails in Irish mailboxes