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# Data Breach

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# Data Breach
INM has written to individuals who may be affected by alleged data breach at company
The letter also details former chairperson of INM Leslie Buckley’s involvement in the breach.
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Apr 11th 2018, 1:31 PM
# Data Breach
'My mistake, I'm sorry': Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testimony to Congress released
Zuckerberg will testify tomorrow amid the firestorm over the hijacking of data on millions of Facebook users.
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Apr 9th 2018, 6:28 PM
# INM
INM CEO says 'the truth will prevail' about alleged massive data breach
Details of the ODCE affidavit have leaked through media outlets.
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Apr 6th 2018, 3:29 PM
# Data Breach
'There’s a strange atmosphere’: INM staff on how they're coping with data breach controversy
Many journalists’ confidential sources may have been compromised.
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Apr 6th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Cambridge Analytica
Data Commissioner 'actively supervising Facebook’s progress in cleaning up its act'
Up to 45,000 Irish Facebook profiles may have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica data breach.
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Apr 5th 2018, 9:45 PM
# Data Breach
Cambridge Analytica: UK regulator probing Facebook over data used in political campaigns
Facebook has admitted that data of up to 87 million users was shared with Cambridge Analytica.
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Apr 5th 2018, 6:42 PM
# Cambridge Analytica
Up to 87 million people impacted by Facebook data breach
It was previously thought that 50 million users had been affected.
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Apr 4th 2018, 8:24 PM
# Independent News And Media
Explainer: What on earth is going on at INM?
An alleged significant data breach at Independent News and Media has come into the public domain.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 8:45 PM
# Data
Gay dating app Grindr under fire after revelation it shared users' HIV status with third parties
Grindr said in a statement that sharing data with the specific third parties was “industry practice”.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 1:02 PM
# Cambridge Analytica
Zuckerberg says there was a 'breach of trust' between Facebook and its users
“I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I’m responsible for what happens on our platform.”
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Mar 21st 2018, 8:04 PM
# Data Breach
Explainer: What is Cambridge Analytica? The firm at the heart of Facebook's alleged data breach
The communication firm is accused of stealing information from 50 million Facebook users’ profiles.
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Mar 20th 2018, 8:56 AM
# Data Breach
Library records of 20 people in Dublin edited to include sexually explicit information
The details of the case were outlined Data Protection Commissioner’s annual report, published today.
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Feb 27th 2018, 10:31 AM
# patient data
Calls for public bodies not to be exempt from fines after details about 18 patients found on street
Last week in Drogheda, documents containing personal data from hospital patients was found by a local man on the street.
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Feb 8th 2018, 6:10 AM
# major breach
Uber covered up massive hack that stole personal information of more than 57 million drivers and customers
So far, there’s no evidence that the data taken has been misused, according to a blog post by Uber’s recently hired CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi.
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Nov 22nd 2017, 8:01 AM
# Oops
Yahoo had said 1 billion accounts were hacked. Now, it's saying 3 billion were
“Whether it’s 1 billion or 3 billion is largely immaterial. Assume it affects you,” said a security expert.
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Oct 4th 2017, 7:19 AM
# Data Breach
Missing AIB customer details found after bag handed into Galway business
About 550 customers were affected.
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Sep 14th 2017, 11:30 AM
# hack
Affair website Ashley Madison fined just $1.6 million for massive data breach
The settlement comes after a hacker group released what was said to be personal data on millions of people.
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Dec 15th 2016, 7:47 AM
# Data Breach
Yahoo confirms at least 500 million accounts hacked
The company said the attack may be “State sponsored”
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Sep 22nd 2016, 7:51 PM
# Investigation
Couple find psychiatric reports beneath mattress in their rented Wexford house
The HSE said it is taking the matter “extremely seriously” and is investigating.
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Aug 5th 2016, 3:00 PM
# Aircoach
Bus company used CCTV video 'unfairly' to catch driver using mobile phone
The airport bus operator was found to have obtained the footage improperly.
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Jun 22nd 2016, 6:03 AM
# Data Breach
Irish drone register allowed access to personal details of 2,000 members
The Irish Aviation Authority said the error was down to a technical issue which has now been resolved.
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Apr 8th 2016, 6:03 AM
# Data Breach
Irish Water 'tightened controls' after customer bank details were sent to the wrong people
The utility claims in records released under freedom of information that ‘extra staff training’ was instigated at no cost following the data breaches in March 2015.
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Oct 20th 2015, 5:17 PM
Good Morning
The 8 at 8 Here’s what you need to know as you kick off your bank holiday Monday.
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Aug 3rd 2015, 8:52 AM
# check in
Glitch in Ryanair app let users access other people's boarding passes
The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has been in touch with the airline.
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Jun 23rd 2015, 3:22 PM
# Data Breach
Parents registering their kids for GP care were shown other people's details
The website for the new system has been beset with problems since it went live yesterday.
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Jun 16th 2015, 4:13 PM
# Data Breach
Photocopies of college students' passports left in a skip on busy street
The college says all of the sensitive information has been recovered.
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Apr 23rd 2015, 10:37 PM
# Oops
Immigration officer accidentally leaked world leaders' passport numbers
An email with the details was inadvertently sent to the wrong person by an Australian immigration department worker.
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Mar 30th 2015, 8:07 AM
# shattered
Alan Shatter loses appeal against Mick Wallace data breach decision
The former minister was found to have broken the law when he made comments on RTÉ’s Prime Time about Wallace benefiting from garda discretion.
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Jan 21st 2015, 11:50 AM
# Social Protection
There were 24 data breaches in Joan Burton's department this year
Most of the cases were due to “genuine error”, the Tánaiste said.
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Dec 30th 2014, 8:25 PM
# University of Limerick
Data breach made student grant applications visible on website
The grant applications included bank account information and details of parents’ incomes.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 8:53 AM
David Hall: What New Beginning is doing has been an abysmal failure before
The mortgage debt advocate has slammed the planned mortgage-to-rent scheme.
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Dec 1st 2014, 10:18 AM
# Data Breach
New Beginning 'didn't sell clients data... an email was sent by mistake'
Co-founder Ross Maguire denies that the information was sold.
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Nov 30th 2014, 8:22 PM
# Data Breach
Ex-Garda working as a PI illegally obtained info from PULSE
Information from PULSE and from the ESB was provided to the investigator, who was trying to trace people for a number of credit unions.
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Nov 24th 2014, 6:01 PM
# drip drip drip
Again? Irish Water sends customer's private details to the wrong person
“If I’d made half the mistakes they made today, I’d lose my business…”
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Nov 18th 2014, 11:15 PM
# Data Breach
Laptop containing children's personal details stolen from car of HSE staff member
The laptop contained the age groups, schools, addresses and phone numbers of a number of children.
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Nov 12th 2014, 7:00 PM
# Data Breach
New scandal: 10 Irish Water customers had their bank details sent to their landlords
“It’s an absolute shambles,” one affected customer said, after waiting on the phone for an hour to speak to Irish Water’s customer care team.
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Oct 22nd 2014, 6:35 AM
# Data Breach
Biggest US bank reveals 76 million customers were hacked
User contact information, like names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, was compromised.
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Oct 3rd 2014, 10:37 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s Thursday – and here’s all that you need to know as you start your day.
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Jul 31st 2014, 8:23 AM
# Online Security
1 in 5 US internet users have had bank account details and personal data stolen - survey
It shows a sharp increase since the last survey in 2013.
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Apr 14th 2014, 3:45 PM
# my business
It's Data Protection day - are you up to speed on your data privacy rights?
European data protection reform could be introduced before the end of this year.
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Jan 28th 2014, 7:45 AM
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