Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, with related coverage.
Ireland Employment Permits Portal Unauthorised Activity Raises Data Exposure Concerns
Impact: Possible exposure of users' names, email addresses and account role information; portal service suspended
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.
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