In recent months there has been a spate of warnings around scams either online or through email and text messages. On Wednesday, people were warned of a new sophisticated text scam circulating, claiming to be about a missed package. “I have never seen so many online and text scams doing the rounds,” said Prof O’Shea. The recent attack on the HSE was a ransomware attack, unlike the ones highlighted above. “The CONTI Ransomware attack was basically a human-operated double extortion ransomware attack.

Source: Irish Examiner June 03, 2021 16:30 UTC