At least 98 Irish companies and organisations have been “compromised” by the global Microsoft email system hack, security experts say. The hack is now known to have affected tens of thousands of organisations worldwide, including the European Banking Authority. The cyber security and data protection firm BH Consulting says that it is “aware of 98 businesses in Ireland that look to have been compromised using the vulnerability”. The company declined to say whether it has informed the Irish Data Protection Commissioner about its email vulnerabilities. “It has been quite significant.”A spokesperson for the Data Protection Commissioner declined to say whether Microsoft had informed it of the breach.

Source: Irish Independent March 09, 2021 18:33 UTC