Irish firms are suckers for cybercrime and punishment

One in four Irish organisations were victims of external hacking attempts last year, a new survey shows.
One in four Irish organisations were victims of external hacking attempts last year, a new survey shows.
The findings show cybercrime is a serious problem for many Irish businesses, according to Owen O’Connor, vice-president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and author of the survey.
The second Irish Cybercrime Survey was conducted jointly by the ISSA’s Irish chapter and University College Dublin’s Centre for Cybercrime Investigation, and gathered information based on data for 2007.
Three out of 10 companies suffered denial of service (DoS) attacks last year, and 25pc said their systems or networks had an unauthorised intrusion by an external party. O’Connor says this is an alarming statistic. Read More

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