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Data Breach

This month
April 2025
mount temple
Dublin school apologises after students' personal details were shared online
Mount Temple said that some of the details shared online 'caused significant upset'
A list of students and comments about their suitability for a mentorship programme was posted to Google Classroom
The school has launched an investigation into the breach
Eoghan Dalton
15 Apr
51.1k
Last year
2024
Investigation
Woman (20s) arrested over potential data breach at national utility provider
3 Dec 2024
34.8k
PSNI
PSNI fined £750,000 for major data breach that saw staff personal details published online
3 Oct 2024
2.6k
Personal details
NI Department of Education probes data breach over special education spreadsheet
2 Aug 2024
7.0k
5
Oops
Bus Éireann published commercially sensitive material on dozens of companies on website
19 Jul 2024
25.6k
data rights
Former AA mechanic filmed by employer while on sick leave awarded damages of €5,500
9 Jul 2024
54.9k
35
Data Breach
Inquiry launched into HSE's handling of patient data after records accessed by third parties
29 May 2024
8.4k
Hacked
Irish European Parliament staff among those with passports leaked in major data breach
23 May 2024
20.6k
11
psni data breach
PSNI fined £750,000 over severe data breach that saw staff personal details published online
Updated 23 May 2024
5.1k
Hacked
Authorities investigating ransomware attack on charity that works with vulnerable children
17 Apr 2024
22.6k
All time
Data Breach
Outdated approach to data contributed to major PSNI breach, report finds
11 Dec 2023
3.9k
Data Breach
Electric Ireland warns that thousands of customer accounts may have been compromised
8 Nov 2023
55.0k
63
Derry
Woman wrongly linked to PSNI on poster fears she has been made a target
Updated 2 Sep 2023
13.3k
Northern Ireland
‘Police details’ poster in bus shelter contained incorrect information – PSNI
1 Sep 2023
10.5k
7
The North
Poster with details of three serving PSNI officers placed on bus shelter in Derry
1 Sep 2023
10.7k
11
High Court
Court dismisses claim DPC failed to fully investigate complaint over alleged Google data breach
Updated 28 Aug 2023
9.2k
Dungiven
Man appears in court on terror charges linked to major PSNI data breach
21 Aug 2023
5.5k
psni data breach
Man (50) due in court for possessing documents following PSNI data breach
21 Aug 2023
4.9k
Data Breach
Man to appear in court following major data breach at PSNI
20 Aug 2023
7.6k
4
PSNI
Man charged with possessing PSNI information obtained through data breach
Updated 19 Aug 2023
14.3k
20
PSNI
PSNI investigate loss of laptop and notebook as man arrested in probe following major data breach
Updated 18 Aug 2023
7.5k
major breach
Archbishop asks Catholics to support PSNI in wake of data breach as man questioned by detectives
16 Aug 2023
9.6k
Data Breach
PSNI chief confident information released in data breach is in hands of dissident republicans
Updated 14 Aug 2023
26.5k
92
PSNI
200 police officers and staff not told of theft involving data for a month
12 Aug 2023
11.3k
32
Northern Ireland
Dissident republicans claim to have information after PSNI data breach, Chief Constable says
Updated 10 Aug 2023
34.2k
40
Northern Ireland
'Critical incident' declared following PSNI data breach as second document theft emerges
Updated 9 Aug 2023
43.1k
29
Data Breach
PSNI confirms major data breach as Assistant Chief Constable apologises
Updated 8 Aug 2023
28.4k
17
Data Breach
Over 1,000 patients of UL Hospitals Group affected by data breach involving 'unknown party'
1 Jun 2023
6.0k
3
Data Breach
Investigation underway into cyber attack affecting charities for sexual assault survivors
Updated 17 Apr 2023
9.2k
0
DPC
Gardaí and delivery firm Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022
7 Mar 2023
14.9k
3
Cyber Security
More than 200 cyber attacks with theft of personal data reported to Irish authorities in a year
20 Feb 2023
7.3k
0
no phones allowed
Government ministers to be banned from using phones at Cabinet meetings from today
21 Dec 2022
11.4k
15
Data Breach
Data leak reveals Credit Suisse bank accepted 'autocrats, war criminals and human traffickers'
Updated 21 Feb 2022
29.3k
20
cyber breach
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
6 Jun 2021
44.0k
35
HSE cyber hack
Lead cyber crime garda issues advice to public struck by data leak from HSE ransomware attack
3 Jun 2021
29.8k
29
Care
HSE hack: A sensitive Tusla database dealing with child protection cases can't be accessed
Updated 21 May 2021
32.9k
28
Data Breach
Personal data of MyHome.ie customers 'inadvertently' leaked online
19 May 2021
34.3k
17
millions affected
Data Protection Commission launches probe into Facebook over user data breach
14 Apr 2021
8.6k
10
Email Addresses
Department apologises after 'careless' data breach of people attending mother and baby home redress meetings
25 Mar 2021
21.7k
11
Data Breach
Fastway Couriers apologises after customer data from over 440,000 parcel deliveries hacked
11 Mar 2021
170k
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