Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do a lot of work in cybersecurity. Yesterday, I did some analysis with a local company in Dublin. All I can say is that I was absolutely horrified at the amount of information available on any one of us in this room. That includes mobile phone numbers, your mother's maiden name and your bank account details. It can all be purchased right now on the dark web. Surely, our Internet service and communications providers have an obligation. On the current use of masked telephone numbers, I have had messages from An Garda Síochána that I know had no reference but it had the magic 61 number. The classic one is a colleague who got a text one night to tell him his daughter was in dire straits, lost her money and her phone but this kind gentleman was willing to give her money if he would give him €300. He said he panicked until he realised he was a single man with no children.