Ireland faces far greater cyberattack risk over next two years, security centre warns
There is a “far greater” risk of significant cyberattacks in Ireland in the next two years than in previous times, the head of Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said.
The centre’s director, Richard Browne, has warned that the risks have multiplied and there is a “significantly heightened geopolitical risk” at the moment.
The NCSC will on Tuesday publish the State’s first publicly available National Cyber Emergency Plan outlining how such events will be declared, managed and co-ordinated.
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- Police attacked during further violence in Belfast: Police have dealt with further violence in the Donegall Road area of south Belfast on Monday evening. Footage on social media showed a significant police presence in the area and officers being attacked with missiles.
- Refusal to renew Bangladeshi man’s taxi driver licence quashed over breach of personal data rights: A judge has overturned a refusal to renew a Bangladeshi man’s taxi licence after finding gardaí accessed information about his immigration status from the Department of Justice under a system involving “deliberate and conscious” breach of his personal data rights.
- Olympics Day 11: Irish in action and best of the rest as Kellie Harrington and showjumpers go for gold: Harrington’s opponent Wenlu Yang from China is an old foe and rivalry dates from 2016 world championships when Yang defeated Harrington in the final.
- Weather forecast: Largely dry with cloudy periods and sunny spells this morning but a few isolated showers will move in across Connacht and Munster. Scattered showers will drift over much of the country later this afternoon but they will die out this evening with longer spells of sunshine developing. Blustery westerly breezes at times too with highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees.
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