Dáil debates
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Cybersecurity Policy
9:40 pm
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
A lot of us learned, if we had not already understood, the dangers of cybercrime with the HSE attack. We all get scams through mobile phones, whether number generation and a call from Revolut or text messages that plague us every day. It is an issue. It impacts everybody. So many are sent that, unfortunately, even if a small percentage are executed, it will impact a huge number of people on the basis of the information they get. Is there any update on whether the legislation has been progressed around Pegasus and Predator? They are directed Trojan horses. We all know that the clients of the companies that use them are generally inhospitable people and some inhospitable regimes. They are generally directed at politicians and journalists and others. We need to make sure, particularly with anything operating in this State, that there are rules and regulations to deal with them.
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