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6.5% of Irish firms actually paid a ransom following a ransomware attack, a new report shows

41% of Irish businesses suffer cyber attack - Hiscox

Business / 22 Jun

EasyJet said it did not look like any personal information had been misused.

EasyJet hit by 'highly sophisticated' cyber attack

Business / 19 May

Austria believes another country is responsible for the attack

Austrian foreign ministry hit by cyber attack

Lloyds said all policies must provide clarity on cyber insurance by either excluding or definitely providing cover.

Lloyd's of London calls for cyber cover clarity

Business / 04 Jul 19

Norsk Hydro has 36,000 employees in 40 countries

Hackers hit aluminium maker Hydro

Business / 19 Mar 19

Australian PM Scott Morrison did not name any suspects for the attack

Australia accuses foreign government of cyber attack

World / 18 Feb 19

UK accuses Russia of global cyber attacks campaign

World / 04 Oct 18

The Financial Conduct Authority said Tesco Bank failed to 'exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders'

Tesco Bank fined £16.4m over cyber attack

Business / 01 Oct 18

The cyber attack, which took place between May 13 and July 30 2017, affected 146 million Equifax customers globally

UK regulator fines Equifax £500,000 for security breach

Business / 20 Sep 18

PAC to investigate cyber fraud following TCD hacking

Politics / 12 Jul 18

The accusation comes as worries mount about North Korea's hacking capabilities and its nuclear weapons programme

US blames North Korea for 'WannaCry' cyber attack

Cyber Attack / 19 Dec 17

Attackers had accessed data from the company's email platform, the company said in statement, confirming a report by the Guardian newspaper

'Very few' clients affected by Deloitte cyber attack

Business / 25 Sep 17

Russian born founder of Kaspersky Labs, Eugene Kaspersky

US blocks agencies from buying Kaspersky Labs software

Technology / 12 Jul 17

The cyber attack disrupted data-reliant processes such as creating arrival notices and obtaining customs clearance

Maersk says too early to predict impact of cyber attack

Business / 07 Jul 17

About 90% of world trade is transported by sea, with ships and ports acting as the arteries of the global economy

Global shipping feels fallout from Maersk cyber attack

Business / 30 Jun 17

The latest virus comes just weeks after ransomware downed systems across the globe

Ransomware cyber attack spreads across the world

Business Technology / 28 Jun 17

Hackers have shown they are capable of shutting down critical infrastructure

Massive cyber attack spreading globally

World / 28 Jun 17

Hackers probed MPs email accounts to see if any used weak passwords and if the accounts could be accessed

Cyber attack on UK MPs email accounts 'contained'

The cyber attack has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries

HSE servers back online after anti-virus reboot

cyber attack / 16 May 17

IT expert says attack may have been testing the waters for future attack

IT expert: Cyber attack may be reconnaissance mission

cyber attack / 15 May 17

The extent of the damage from Friday's attack is still unclear

Europol: Global reach of cyber attack is unprecedented

World / 14 May 17

More than 126,000 computer systems in nearly 100 countries have been infected with the so-called WannaCry ransomware

GPs warned to check PC security systems before use

Ireland / 14 May 17

The anonymous IT expert became an international sensation after he prevented hundreds of thousands of computers from being infected by the ransomware that wreaked havoc across the UK's NHS

British IT expert praised for halting cyber attacks

News / 13 May 17

One security software maker said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries

Europol says cyber attack is of 'unprecedented level'

Science and Technology / 13 May 17

Ransomware - Questions and answers

technology / 15 May 17

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