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Irish Examiner view: Stryker cyberattack shows how easily we are caught in the crossfire
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (881+ words) Fire and smoke issue from the Fujairah oil facility in the United Arab Emirates after debris of an Iranian intercepted drone hit it, according to UAE authorities. Picture: Altaf Qadri/AP The cyberattack on the global medical technology company Stryker…...
Skeleton staff return to Stryker Cork sites after Iranian-linked cyber attack hits IT systems
11+ hour, 55+ min ago (556+ words) One of the Stryker plants near Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. File picture: Denis Minihane" Only a skeleton staff will return to Stryker's Cork sites on Friday after an Iranian-linked cyber attack infiltrated its IT systems on Wednesday. One person working in…...
'Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software
15+ hour, 40+ min ago (794+ words) Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs. With companies increasingly asking AI agents to carry out complex tasks…...
Stryker cyberattack: Expert's warning as Handala group says ‘this is only the beginning’
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (889+ words) Smarttech247 executive chairman Ronan Murphy says the Iranian Handala group is sophisticated and well-resourced: 'Their sole objective is chaos'. File picture Dan Linehan Stryker may be an early target in a possible kinetic cyber warfare campaign by a sophisticated Iranian hacker…...
Bluetongue confirmed in various herds in southern and eastern areas
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (416+ words) Two cases of BTV-3 located in Wicklow and Louth were the first cases to display clinical signs. Bluetongue virus serotype-3 (BTV-3) has been confirmed in multiple herds in southern and eastern areas of the country. The first case of BTV…...
Irish banks launch Zippay digital payment service to compete with Revolut
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (552+ words) The new service is called Zippay will be available initially from AIB, Bank of Ireland, and PTSB. The three Irish pillar banks are set to launch a new mobile payment service this week as they seek to compete with established…...
Quit ChatGPT now, your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism
1+ week, 1+ day ago (693+ words) A grassroots boycott called QuitGPT has been spreading across the US and beyond, asking people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on track to lose $14bn this year. Its market share is collapsing, and its own…...
Commission facing Big Tech's 'very well-resourced legal teams' in data protection cases
2+ week, 2+ day ago (527+ words) Ireland's Data Protection Commission is not standing on a "neutral field" as it battles to regulate to the "extent that we want to", one of its commissioners has said. Des Hogan told an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday that his organisation…...
Leaf IT unveils executive changes as part of growth plan
3+ week, 5+ day ago (151+ words) Andrew Johnston and Steven Goldblatt of Leaf IT. All-island technology and cyber security services provider Leaf IT has appointed Andrew Johnston as managing director, while founder Steven Goldblatt transitions to the role of executive chairman. This transition is part of…...
Researchers joins forces to protect the Internet of Things
3+ week, 5+ day ago (90+ words) Researchers from UCC, Queen's University Belfast, and Rochester Institute of Technology are working together on the DANGER-IoT project, developing models that consider the limitations and specific requirements of IoT devices in an increasingly interconnected world. Collaboration is the essence of…...