National Cyber Security Centre

Oireachtas committee to hear of infrastructural risks in wake of war in Ukraine

Seen and heard: Looming food shortages, regulator warns of cyber risks, law firms pull out of Russia

Malicious file opened on March 18th triggered shutdown of HSE’s computer systems

Businesses, other organisations must take precautions, says Ossian Smyth

High-security cloud system will be used by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6

Committee heard agency dealt with more than 3,000 cyber incidents in 2020

Extra funding to boost farm safety, flood prediction and video games among others

Online lectures impacted as university disconnects network from wider internet

NCSC does not have ‘capacity’ to meet goals and faces ‘strain’ over planned EU initiatives

Minister says two reports into HSE hack underway and will be published ‘shortly’

National Cyber Security Centre to receive €2.5m increase in annual budget

Cost of ransomware attack a multiple of investment in keeping data safe

Smyth will recommend higher salary to recruit NCSC director but has not decided on figure

Director role vacant at national centre leading response to HSE cyber attack

Ransomware attack has been increasingly likely since start of pandemic

Minister says 2,000 patient-facing systems and 80,000 machines have to be assessed

Taoiseach defends threefold increase to €5.1m in funding of agency this year

Minister defends figure as a ‘drop in the ocean’ of overall State spend on cybersecurity

Health service attack regarded as a for-profit crime rather than any proxy attack by Russia

Aontú TD Peader Tóibín says attack was ‘monstrous crime’ that hit most vulnerable in society

Disruption caused by cyberattack likely to continue ‘well into this week’

Meeting was to take place in public but Department of Communications requested privacy

Gardaí strongly suspect the same criminal gang is involved in both ransomware attacks

‘I can guarantee you, there are a huge amount of ransoms that don’t go reported’

Users encouraged to download tracking app for missed parcels that is actually malware

Seen & Heard: BoI branch closures, cyberattack fines and Cork firm sues Walmart

US issues emergency warning after hackers reported to be Russian weaponise software

Coronavirus scientific work in Britain, US and Canada targeted by Russian-backed APT29

Cybersecurity agencies urge workers to change passwords after hacking attempts

Main threats to organisations during the pandemic stem from phishing

Warning that hackers targeting those working remotely and hospitals

US has urged allies to exclude Chinese company from networks, citing security risk

China’s tech giant agrees to address serious risks found in its equipment and software

Head of UK cybersecurity urges vigilance on Dublin visit which has significant EU safety role

Brian Honan says a ‘tsar’ with the authority to implement strategy is needed urgently

National Cyber Security Centre also needs review of funding

An EU Commission report estimates global financial losses due to cybercrime to be at least €350 billion a year and projected them to reach €1.89 trillion by 2019

Differing views raised whether responsibility for national security should remain with Garda

‘One country lost 60 per cent of its GP records. That’s terrifying,’ says tech chief

Companies with brands at stake don’t tend to shout about it when their security is exposed