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Ireland Employment Permits Portal Unauthorised Activity Raises Data Exposure Concerns

First reported · Last reported · 5 related reports

Suspicious unauthorised activity and a security vulnerability were found on Ireland's employment permits portal, and the service was suspended on 29 October. Users' names, email addresses and account role information may have been exposed. The authorities removed access rights from administrator accounts suspected of being compromised, reported the incident to the data protection supervisory authority, and are working with external experts to investigate whether and to what extent data leaked and to restore the system.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
2026-10-29
Scale of damage
Possible exposure of users' names, email addresses and account role information; portal service suspended
Cause / method
Suspicious unauthorised activity on the employment permits portal
Location
Ireland

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Timeline

  1. The employment permits portal was suspended over suspicious unauthorised activity, and access rights were removed from administrator accounts suspected of being compromised.
  2. It emerged that the authorities had reported the incident to the data protection supervisory authority and were working with external experts to investigate whether and to what extent data leaked and to restore the system.

5 related reports

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