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Education department says 607,000 records taken in cyber attack
The DfE says it is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.
Vanessa Clarke
OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing
OpenAI has said that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week.
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€2.6m cyber defence facility expected to open in March next year
Investment comes as gardaí advertise position of cyber security director
Cormac O’Keeffe
Lidl customers across Europe hit in suspected data breach - here’s what we know
Customers in three countries have had some of their data stolen but so far, it hasn’t surfaced anywhere.
Sead Fadilpašić
Issuing of plastic medical cards hit after cyberattack
The Health Service Executive has paused the issuing of plastic medical cards, European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC), GP visit cards, drugs payment scheme cards, and long-term illness cards following a cyberattack.
Brian O’Donovan
Commission refers Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice for failing to transpose the rules on cybersecurity
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify measures transposing the NIS2 Directive on securing network and information systems (Directive (EU) 2022\/2555) into national law.
Cyber Threats to Ireland’s EU Presidency
Cyber threats to Ireland’s EU Presidency Ireland will take the EU Presidency during a period of mounting geopolitical unpredictability amplifying the risks to our digital infrastructure. From July to December 2026, Ireland assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
National Cyber Security Centre, Ireland (NCSC-IE)
HSE computer systems back up and running after cyber attack on third party that stores data
Staff have reported being unable to access their email or the internet.
Mairead Maguire
Cyber threats are becoming ‘high level’ with AI
Ireland is “punching way above its weight” in cybersecurity innovation, according to Enterprise Ireland.
Tania Reut
Alphabet to Raise $80 Billion in Equity Capital for AI Spending
Google parent Alphabet Inc. is raising $80 billion in equity offerings, including an investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway Inc., to help fund its ambitious artificial intelligence spending plans.
Anthony Hughes and Alexandre Rajbhandari
PSNI issues warning after woman, 70s, loses life savings
A woman in her 70s was recently defrauded out of her life savings of over £250,000 in Newry, Co Down.
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