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LATEST: HSE to start notifying people affected by last year's data breach

The Health Service Executive (HSE) will soon start notifying people affected by last year's data breach. RTÉ News has reported that 113,000 people will be contacted by letter in the coming months relating to the cyber-attack in May 2021, which was ...

08 Nov 2022 at 13:12

Northern Ireland

Man charged with possessing documents related to PSNI data breach

A man has been charged with possessing documents in relation to last week’s major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland. In an error made by a junior member of staff when responding to a Freedom of Information request, personal ...

19 Aug 2023 at 22:30

Northern Ireland

Man, 50, in court for possessing documents following PSNI data breach

A man charged with possessing documents following a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data breach will appear in court on Monday. PSNI said the 50-year-old, who has been charged with possessing documents or records likely to be useful ...

21 Aug 2023 at 03:02

Northern Ireland

Catholic PSNI officers ‘urged to bring weapons to Mass’ after data breach

The head of the organisation representing Catholic PSNI officers says he has advised some of them to bring personal protection weapons to Mass in the aftermath of the police data breach. Representatives from various policing organisations ...

05 Sept 2023 at 14:17

National News

Meta fined more than 250 million euro by Irish data commission following breach

Meta has been fined more than 250 million euro (£206 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a data breach. The breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which some three million were based in ...

17 Dec 2024 at 19:08

National News

Meta fined 91m euro over password breach

Facebook parent company Meta has been fined 91 million euro by the Data Protection Commission. It follows an investigation into Meta inadvertently storing certain user passwords in plaintext on its internal systems, meaning they were ...

27 Sept 2024 at 12:49

Northern Ireland

Secretary of State speaks to police chief over ‘very serious’ PSNI data breach

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met the Chief Constable of the PSNI over the unprecedented data breach that saw personal and employment data published online. Chris Heaton-Harris said he is being kept “abreast of ...

09 Aug 2023 at 15:01

National News

Finance minister seeks assurances from Central Bank after data breach

The Minister for Finance has said it is important for him to receive an assurance from the Central Bank of Ireland that it will not repeat an error which potentially impacted the ability of thousands of borrowers to access ...

24 Aug 2023 at 16:26

Northern Ireland

Man, 50, will appear in court following major data breach at PSNI

A man will appear in court on Monday charged with possessing documents in relation to a major data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). In an error made by a junior member of staff when responding to a ...

20 Aug 2023 at 00:19

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