# Hackers

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2022

# Cyber Attack

Urgent security warning issued as hackers shift ransomware attacks to small businesses

There has been a steady increase in ransomware attacks by cyber thieves in recent months.

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Aug 12th 2022, 12:05 PM

# cyber hacking

FBI issues warrants for 3 alleged Russian hackers over targeting of Irish and international systems

The three men were indicted by a grand jury in the US following an FBI investigation.

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Mar 25th 2022, 2:54 PM

# Hacked

Red Cross appeals to hackers after major cyberattack

It was not immediately clear who was behind the breach.

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Jan 20th 2022, 1:53 PM

All time

# darkside

US recovers over half of ransom paid to pipeline hackers

The cyberattack caused short-term fuel shortages and drew attention to the broader threat that of the burgeoning ransomware industry.

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Jun 8th 2021, 7:02 AM

# Hackers

Cyber attack will likely cost HSE over €100 million, Paul Reid says

Eight people have died from Covid-19 in the last 12 days, the HSE also confirmed.

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May 27th 2021, 3:38 PM

# Hackers

US charges three North Korean computer programmers over global hacks

Federal prosecutors said the hacks include an attack targeting an American movie studio and an extortion scheme.

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Feb 17th 2021, 10:45 PM

# oldsmar

Hacker tries to poison the water supply in a Florida city

Authorities in Oldsmar quickly realised what was happening and thwarted the attempt.

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Feb 9th 2021, 7:49 AM

# Bitcoin

At least 3,226 user records compromised in Luas cyber attack

The records of those who had signed up for the Luas newsletter had been compromised, Transdev said this afternoon.

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Updated Jan 3rd 2019, 7:12 PM

# Hackers

'Spy mania': West accuses Russia of global hacking conspiracy

Russia scathingly accused the West of “spy mania”, with the Russian foreign office describing the accusations as “propaganda”.

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Oct 5th 2018, 7:37 AM

# 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

# Cyber Attack

Apple confirms all Mac and iOS devices affected by Meltdown and Spectre security flaws

The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities could allow hackers to access sensitive data on most computers.

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Jan 5th 2018, 8:39 AM

# security risks

Spectre and Meltdown: What you need to do to keep your computer safe

Patches have been issued to help protect against the flaws.

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Jan 4th 2018, 1:39 PM

# Cyber Security

People being warned to check systems as Intel reveals 'serious flaws' in its computer chips

Researchers said any fix for the bug could slow computers down by 30% or more.

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Jan 4th 2018, 8:15 AM

# TUEs

Tevez and Kuyt among 25 footballers named in latest leak by Russian hackers Fancy Bears

The documents published today claim over 150 players failed drugs tests in 2015.

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Aug 22nd 2017, 5:00 PM

# Game of Thrones

Hackers demand millions in ransom for stolen HBO data

They’ve threatened to upload entire series and sensitive proprietary files.

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Aug 8th 2017, 11:21 AM

# on high alert

Suspected case of ransomware detected in Wexford health centre

The NHS in the UK was attacked by hackers yesterday leading to fears the Irish system could be targeted.

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May 13th 2017, 6:00 PM

# Spat

Irish TV show among Twitter accounts hacked with Nazi slogans

The hackers were supporters of the Turkish president in an ongoing row with the Netherlands and Germany.

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Mar 15th 2017, 2:45 PM

# Online Crime

Measures to trap suspected paedophiles among far-reaching powers in new Dutch cybercrime bill

Police had previously used fake teens to trap potential paedophiles.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 10:13 PM

# Top Secret

'There is no equality between humans': Bilderberg group website hacked

The site has been taken down by hackers identifying themselves as the Hackback movement and Anonymous.

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Dec 30th 2016, 8:40 PM

# Cyber Wars

"Hack-back vendors" and private security firms could be used to fight cybercrime

The debate around how to strike back against hackers is ongoing around the world.

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Nov 6th 2016, 8:00 AM

# gotta claim them all

Pokémon Go is so popular, even hackers are claiming they've taken it down

Two different groups are claiming responsibility for the game’s servers going down over the weekend.

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Jul 18th 2016, 1:53 PM

# Botnet

Now webcams are being used by hackers to attack websites

Thousands of cameras and internet-connected devices were used to overwhelm banking sites and government institutions with fake traffic.

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Jul 4th 2016, 10:45 AM

Your slick new Internet of Things devices could provide a Christmas bonanza ... for hackers

Any connected device “can be a pivot point into your network,” one expert warned.

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Nov 28th 2015, 7:45 AM

# hoods off

The hacker group Anonymous has exposed hundreds of alleged Ku Klux Klan members

‘This is not about the ideas of members of the Ku Klux Klan. This is about the behaviours of members of KKK splinter cells that bear the hallmarks of terrorism.’

37.1k

Nov 5th 2015, 11:26 PM

# taking off the hood

Hacker group Anonymous is about to expose 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members

Anonymous has been in a cyber war with the group since protests in Ferguson, Missouri last year.

31.8k

Oct 30th 2015, 9:25 PM

# Hackers

Millions of customers could be affected by Carphone Warehouse cyber attack

No Irish customers have been affected.

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Aug 8th 2015, 6:15 PM

# encryption

Millions of Apple and Google customers are vulnerable to a decades-old hack

Hackers may be harvesting your sensitive personal information.

21.8k

Mar 4th 2015, 9:38 PM

# security flaws

If you bought a Lenovo laptop recently, you may want to check it soon

It could have software called Superfish, and it contains some major security flaws (but you can remove it).

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Feb 20th 2015, 8:20 AM

# Week in Web

Weird Wide Web: Terrorist hackers, missing children on Facebook and the anti-Tinder

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

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Jan 18th 2015, 11:30 AM

# all gone now

Apple has patched up an iCloud flaw that allowed access to any account

The flaw allowed anyone to bypass Apple’s security system and repeatedly guess a user’s iCloud password without getting locked out.

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Jan 5th 2015, 1:32 PM

# Hacked

Is Islamic State turning its hand to cyber warfare?

“The targets might not stop with the borders of Syria.”

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Dec 18th 2014, 10:00 PM

'We didn't do it': North Korea denies hacking Sony, but praises it as a 'righteous deed'

The hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of the most debilitating ever targeted at US corporate servers.

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Dec 7th 2014, 9:27 AM

# hermit Kingdom

If North Korea did hack Sony, it's a watershed moment in cyber-warfare

It is reportedly the first to use “a highly destructive class of malicious software that is designed to make computer networks unable to operate” into a company’s computer system in the United States.

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Dec 6th 2014, 6:30 PM