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Inside the German state trying to break free from Microsoft
11+ hour, 43+ min ago (1338+ words) This small German state's bid to cut loose from Microsoft has not been plain sailing. As officials in the finance division of Schleswig-Holstein had their email accounts moved to alternative open-source systems last September, messages began landing in the wrong…...
Businesses lost almost €20m to online fraud over last two years
1+ week, 1+ day ago (468+ words) Irish small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have been losing close to "1 million a month in email-related fraud over the last two years, new figures suggest, with invoice redirection and chief executive impersonation scams the most common ways money has been…...
‘You should freak out’: Brussels grapples with warnings from the AI frontier
1+ week, 2+ day ago (759+ words) There's a long, long way between ChatGPT confidently offering a half-right answer to a question and artificial intelligence becoming powerful enough to mastermind a Skynet-style attempt to go all Terminator and wipe out humanity. But exactly how big is the…...
Cybersecurity on the building site and beyond
1+ week, 2+ day ago (295+ words) Today's construction firms rely on digital platforms for design files, project management, procurement and payments, McNamara says. "If those systems are compromised, the impact is immediate. Projects can stall, sensitive intellectual property can be stolen, and payments can be redirected…...
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1+ week, 3+ day ago (16+ words) Children's Hospital builder Bam facing "40m bill for project delays, committee to hear'The Irish Times...
UCD archaeology lecturer charged with hacking students’ personal data and harassment
2+ week, 1+ day ago (519+ words) A university archaeology lecturer has appeared in court on more than 140 charges related to the hacking of students" personal data and harassment. University College Dublin (UCD) assistant professor Stephen Davis is accused of using "a piece of software to steal…...
UCD employee due in court on charges of accessing student’s personal data
2+ week, 1+ day ago (178+ words) A staff member at University College Dublin (UCD) is due in the district court this morning on charges of facilitating unauthorised access of students" personal data. The man (50s) was arrested and is due in Dublin District Court on Friday morning....
Q&A: DarkSword is after your iPhone’s data. Here’s what you need to know
2+ week, 2+ day ago (716+ words) Have you heard about the hack that could infect millions of smartphones worldwide? DarkSword targets iPhones running specific versions of Apple's software, and it could be quietly stealing your data. DarkSword is a new hacking toolkit that exploits a vulnerability…...
Mark O’Connell: Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (665+ words) Just as the US war in Vietnam was the first war of the television age, its horrors projected nightly into the livingrooms of Americans, the current war in Iran is the first war of the brainrot era: a war mediated…...
Minister wants to speed up development of social media age verification tool
3+ week, 5+ day ago (441+ words) Minister for Communications Patrick O'Donovan has raised concerns in a letter to Cabinet colleague Jack Chambers over the speed at which a pilot age verification tool, which could be used for accessing social media platforms, is being developed. The tool,…...