The Journal reports:
The Garda Computer Crime Unit has been drafted in to probe how 5,000 people’s personal information collected by Cork City Council had been illegally accessed by a hacker.
Detectives in that garda unit are investigating the breach which saw thousands of people who used a parking app potentially having their data stolen. The compromised information includes names, addresses, phone numbers and vehicle registration numbers.
Read more on TheJournal.ie.
Government websites always seem to be among the most vulnerable ones.
I’ve been told that the reason I see so many council breaches is that councils are generally staffed by a few volunteer retirees and they don’t have many resources, etc. Or at least that’s what I was told about UK councils.