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On 6 July 2020, the HSE (Health Service Executive), in conjunction with the Department of Health, launched Ireland’s COVID Tracker. The HSE say that COVID Tracker can: alert you if you have been in close contact with someone who has …
After almost four months of lockdown, organisations are preparing to welcome employees back to the office. You will have taken the necessary steps to protect people’s health, with the likes of social distancing rules and hand sanitiser stations, but have …
Although Europe looks as though it’s over the worst of the COVID-19 crisis – with infection rates down, lockdown restrictions eased and borders reopened – the associated cyber security threats are as prominent as ever. We’ve been tracking the way …
We have just seen 8,801,171,594 breached data records in one month. Yes, 8.8 billion. The majority of those were the result of a leaky database belonging to the Thai phone network AIS that was quickly resolved – but it was a dire …
Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has been fined €75,000 for three breaches of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It was found to have disclosed the personal information of children to unauthorised parties on three occasions. In one instance, …
Despite organisations across the globe being forced to shut down to combat coronavirus, there were still 216,141,421 breached records in April – demonstrating that cyber criminals can thrive under any circumstance. The true scale of the threat is probably even …
Many of us have adapted well to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, but employees responsible for handling payment card transactions won’t have had such an easy time. That’s because they’re required to perform their jobs in line with …
You’ve no doubt come across dozens of articles advising you on how to cope during the COVID-19 crisis. However, it’s not only the physical and mental wellbeing of your staff that you need to look after but also your organisation’s …
Dixons Carphone, based in the UK, has been fined £500,000 (about €589,000)following a cyber attack that compromised the data of approximately 14 million people. An investigation conducted by the UK’sICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) found malware installed on 5,390 tills between July 2017 and April 2018. …
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