Irish foreign affairs ministry says ‘no evidence’ of cyber breach following extortion claim

Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said there was currently “no evidence of any breach” of its IT systems following a claim by a new cyber extortion group that it had stolen data and was prepared to sell it. The new group, calling itself Mogilevich, listed the DFA on Tuesday, claiming to offer 7GB of

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