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# Data Breach

This year
2023
# Data Breach
Investigation underway into cyber attack affecting charities for sexual assault survivors
Around 1,000 people being supported by one organisation alone may have been affected.
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Apr 17th 2023, 1:50 PM
# DPC
Gardaí and delivery firm Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022
The Data Protection Commission said there were 5,828 GDPR data breaches reported last year, down 12% on 2021.
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Mar 7th 2023, 6:48 AM
# Cyber Security
More than 200 cyber attacks with theft of personal data reported to Irish authorities in a year
Data Protection Commission investigators are examining the reports in keeping with the GDPR reporting laws.
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Feb 20th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
# no phones allowed
Government ministers to be banned from using phones at Cabinet meetings from today
The Minister for Finance confirmed the ban this morning,
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Dec 21st 2022, 10:54 AM
# Data Breach
Data leak reveals Credit Suisse bank accepted 'autocrats, war criminals and human traffickers'
German daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung received the data last year.
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Feb 21st 2022, 10:39 AM
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# cyber breach
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
The Data Protection Commission has been notified of the breach and Apache Pizza said they will contact gardaí.
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Jun 6th 2021, 8:18 AM
# HSE cyber hack
Lead cyber crime garda issues advice to public struck by data leak from HSE ransomware attack
The data of 520 patients has appeared online since the cyber attack.
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Jun 3rd 2021, 1:20 PM
# Care
HSE hack: A sensitive Tusla database dealing with child protection cases can't be accessed
The Tusla database holds information on current and previous child care cases.
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May 21st 2021, 8:00 PM
# Data Breach
Personal data of MyHome.ie customers 'inadvertently' leaked online
The Data Protection Commissioner has been notified.
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May 19th 2021, 9:38 AM
# millions affected
Data Protection Commission launches probe into Facebook over user data breach
The dataset leaked online included phone numbers and email addresses from Facebook users
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Apr 14th 2021, 4:16 PM
# Email Addresses
Department apologises after 'careless' data breach of people attending mother and baby home redress meetings
Those affected by the breach are “deeply upset and distressed” by the sharing of their email addresses without their consent.
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Mar 25th 2021, 4:12 PM
# Data Breach
Fastway Couriers apologises after customer data from over 440,000 parcel deliveries hacked
Customer data relating to more than 400,000 parcel deliveries was accessed by hackers.
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Mar 11th 2021, 6:22 PM
# Child and Family Agency
Tusla suffers 23 'high risk' data breaches - including stolen files and loss of devices - since last year
The vast majority of the cases involved an “employee error or omission”.
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Aug 17th 2020, 6:30 AM
# Data Breach
Home addresses of UK Honours recipients accidentally published online
It has been described as a “farcical and inexcusable mistake”.
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Dec 28th 2019, 7:29 PM
# Media
Former INM executive Joe Webb takes legal action against the media company
Webb, the former CEO of INM Ireland, was one of the so-called #INM19 who allegedly had their emails accessed by an external company.
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Oct 2nd 2019, 5:29 PM
# Data Breach
Data Protection Commission notified over 2018 breach by State Examinations Commission
The breach, which occurred last year, affected 64 medical card holders.
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Aug 18th 2019, 7:30 AM
# Data Breach
Facebook says whatever fine it faces over password breach is matter for Irish data watchdog
The Data Protection Commissioner has launched a statutory inquiry into Facebook’s password storage breach.
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Apr 26th 2019, 6:06 PM
# Cabot Financial
Debt collector data breach results in some mortgage-holders' details being compromised
The breach resulted in names, contact information, and financial details being compromised.
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Apr 11th 2019, 9:00 PM
# FAKE NEWS
'Digital gangsters' at Facebook knowingly violated data privacy and 'bullied' other tech companies
A report by the UK government has examined the tech giant’s role in spreading fake news.
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Feb 18th 2019, 8:23 AM
# Our Lady of Lourdes
Anti-abortion protesters say they received 'reliable information' on abortions taking place in Drogheda hospital
This is at least the second time this year that people have protested outside the hospital.
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Feb 1st 2019, 4:37 PM
# Data Breach
Facebook says it no longer lets companies like Netflix, Spotify read users' private messages
Facebook said the partnerships did allow features like “messaging integrations” but nearly all have been shut down over the past few months.
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Dec 20th 2018, 7:30 AM
# Data Breach
Health body apologises after email addresses of 200 job applicants are incorrectly shared in email
The Data Protection Commissioner has been informed of the incident.
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Dec 15th 2018, 7:30 AM
# Data Breach
NUIG data breach concerns as USB possibly storing student details goes missing
All students who may have been impacted have been notified.
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Nov 19th 2018, 7:39 PM
# Hacked
Irish data watchdog told only small amount of EU accounts affected in Facebook data breach
On Friday, Facebook reported that up to 50 million accounts were breached in a security flaw.
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Oct 1st 2018, 10:40 PM
# Hacked
Facebook management to be called before Oireachtas Committee over 'alarming' security breach
Yesterday it emerged that up to 50 million accounts were affected this week after a flaw on the social network was exploited by hackers.
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Sep 29th 2018, 2:25 PM
# Data Breach
Data of hundreds of farmers paid for taking part in government scheme leaked
It comes the same day as the Department announces the approval of a similar scheme for the forestry sector.
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Sep 27th 2018, 11:55 AM
# unencrypted
37,000 Eir customers affected by data breach after laptop stolen
Gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner have been notified.
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Aug 22nd 2018, 8:16 AM
# Data Breach
PSNI says it has 'no report' of private data being handed to loyalist paramilitaries
The Irish News says it has seen the data.
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Jul 20th 2018, 8:35 AM
# Security
Ticketmaster warns Irish customers may have been affected by data breach
People who purchased, or attempted to purchase, tickets between February and 23 June 2018 could be at risk.
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Jun 27th 2018, 10:23 PM
# Data Breach
Dixons Carphone yet to determine if Irish customers affected by major cyber attack
The attack attempted to compromise 5.9 million customer payment cards.
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Jun 13th 2018, 11:30 AM
# Data Protection
Data Protection Commissioner concludes investigation into Yahoo over massive data breach
500 million people were affected by the breach.
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Jun 7th 2018, 5:54 PM
# Ipswich
Hospital staff member sacked for accessing Ed Sheeran data
The BBC reports that two staff members were disciplined on the same date Sheeran was admitted.
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May 19th 2018, 7:42 PM
# Data Breach
INM board 'horrified' at the idea data was accessed
The company holds its AGM today.
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May 18th 2018, 8:35 AM
# Data
Cambridge Analytica shuts down amid Facebook data crisis
Cambridge Analytica sought information on Facebook to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the US electorate.
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May 2nd 2018, 8:10 PM
# Data Breach
Teenagers' personal details illegally accessed by hackers at Carlow school
A full garda investigation is now underway.
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Apr 24th 2018, 12:05 AM
# Data
Facebook rolling out tool in Ireland to help combat fake abortion referendum advertisements
Two Facebook executives spoke before an Oireachtas committee this afternoon.
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Apr 17th 2018, 6:29 PM
# Media
Taoiseach to consider law to protect journalists' sources following alleged INM data breach
Micheál Martin said any violation of a journalist’s data should be a criminal offence.
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Apr 17th 2018, 4:35 PM
# More questions no answers
Facebook to admit 'they could have done better' responding to data concerns in Ireland
Up to 44,687 people in Ireland may have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica data breach.
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Apr 17th 2018, 12:05 AM
# Data Breach
INM to appoint external experts to review how editorial data is kept
Earlier this week, INM wrote to the individuals who may have had their data searched.
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Apr 13th 2018, 7:24 PM
# bank documents
Data Commissioner expected to investigate potential IBRC data breach after complaint made
The Department of Finance confirmed that a former IBRC bank official had IBRC documents, and attempted to use them in an ongoing court case.
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Apr 13th 2018, 12:10 AM
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