Survey reveals more than 40% of children are talking to strangers online
Children in schools in disadvantaged areas were 29% more likely to talk to strangers every day.
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Children in schools in disadvantaged areas were 29% more likely to talk to strangers every day.
While countries around the world raise security concerns, Ireland remains silent when it comes to the phone manufacturer.
The social network said it has been shutting down the group chats involved.
The attack cost the company €86.3 million after the personal details of 157,000 customers were stolen.
The Data Protection Commission launched a statutory inquiry into Facebook’s password storage.
It said the passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers.
Interested parties have 30 working days to make their submissions.
“While the vast majority of ads on Facebook are run by legitimate organisations, we know that there are bad actors that try to misuse our platform,” Facebook said.
The requirements will apply to service providers in sectors such as digital communications, transport, drinking water supply and healthcare.
The incident occurred just three months before elections take place in the US.
People who purchased, or attempted to purchase, tickets between February and 23 June 2018 could be at risk.
The attack attempted to compromise 5.9 million customer payment cards.
The communication firm is accused of stealing information from 50 million Facebook users’ profiles.
The government is moving towards appointing a Digital Safety Commissioner.
The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities could allow hackers to access sensitive data on most computers.
Researchers said any fix for the bug could slow computers down by 30% or more.
Citypost said that it would temporarily take down its site in response to concerns raised.
It is not yet clear how the image ended up on social media websites.
Only 14% of people studied were securing their messaging apps properly.
Former FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before a Senate panel tomorrow.
There have been calls for the Garda cyber crime unit to be beefed up.
The internet giant has managed to contain the attack.
Irish people use their mobiles for internet activity more than any other western country.
eSentire plans to hire 100 staff for its new Irish operation.
Experts say the public needs protection against ‘petty’ cybercrimes.
Us President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the bill if it lands on his desk.
An English teen is suspected of being involved in the ‘LulzSec’ hacking movement, which denies any involvement.
A security review is ordered after the Senate’s website is compromised by the loosely-aligned Lulz Security group.
The theft of data from the International Monetary Fund’s computer systems was ‘state-based’, Bloomberg sources believe.
Attack described as a “very major breach” occurred sometime in the last several months, but the IMF hasn’t revealed the scope of the attack.
Chinese state media says Google “arbitrarily pointing the finger at China” for a second time, after the internet company warned users it had detected a Gmail account hacking scame.