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Bank of Ireland's Francis Gorman Shares Strategies for Successful Quantum MigrationMost organizations give the migration to quantum-safe cryptography to the CISO. But that puts a cross-business change in the wrong hands. Accountability belongs with senior leaders who can influence the whole enterprise, says Francis Gorman, head of Bank of Ireland's security center of excellence.

Also, Medusa Ransomware, Grafana Flaw, German Political Party BreachThis week, German police unmasked a REvil leader, a critical Docker flaw, Medusa ransomware surged, DPRK hackers abused GitHub, Grafana AI bugs enabled data theft, scams hit $20B in the United States, Ivanti exploited and attacks hit Northern Ireland schools and a German political party.

$1.4 Billion in Known Fines Levied in 2025, Despite Criticism From Outside EUThe volume of data breach notifications being issued to Europeans increased by one-fifth over the past year, while the total fines being imposed by data protection authorities held steady, adding up to 1.2 billion euros for the second year in a row, led by Ireland, says a global law firm.

Airports in Brussels, Berlin, and the UK and Ireland ImpactedFlight cancellations and delays lasting hours at several major European airports including London's Heathrow on Saturday occurred after a cyberattack against a provider of check-in and boarding systems. Hackers late Friday targeted software developed by Collins Aerospace.

Calypso’s Red-Teaming and Agentic Threat Tools Boost F5’s Application Security EdgeF5’s latest acquisition brings Dublin, Ireland-based CalypsoAI’s unique AI security stack into its platform to secure application traffic against LLM misuse, data leakage and shadow AI, enhancing protection for hybrid and multi-cloud environments and helping secure apps and APIs.

Ocuco and Episource Breaches Affect Health Sector Clients, PatientsAn Ireland-based provider of eye care practice software and a California-based medical coding services firm have reported separate hacking incidents to U.S. and state regulators that have likely affected dozens of their clients and hundreds of thousands of people.

A 2023 Breach Exposed Personal Details of All PSNI Officers and StaffThe U.K. data regulator the Police Service for Northern Ireland 750,000 pounds following a 2023 data breach that exposed personal details of the entire workforce. The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office determined the breach occurred when police attempted to respond to two open records requests.

Private Equity-Owned Firm Lets 280 People Go, Moves Jobs to Argentina and IrelandSilicon Valley email security firm Proofpoint is laying off 280 positions two months into the tenure of Sumit Dhawan as its chief executive officer. A company spokesperson said Proofpoint anticipates moving half the eliminated positions to overseas units in Argentina and Ireland by midyear.

4.7 Billion Euros in Total Known Fines Since Data Protection Law Took EffectIreland - home to the European headquarters of a throng of multinational tech companies - is responsible for the greatest amount of aggregate data protection fines - 2.9 billion euros - since the European Union General Data Protection Regulation went into effect.

Independent Review Issues 37 Recommendations to Police Service of Northern IrelandFollowing an information security breach rated as the worst in U.K. policing history, which exposed all serving Northern Ireland police officers' personal details online, officials have promised to implement data protection and cybersecurity changes recommended by an independent review.