Irish TV broadcaster says attempted hack will affect programming

Virgin Media Television, the Irish broadcaster, said on Monday that an attempted hack was going to impact its programming in coming days.

The nature of the attack has not been specified, although a spokesperson told The Record it was not a ransomware attack.

In a statement the company described identifying “an unauthorized attempt to access our systems in recent days” which it said had been “contained, isolated and terminated.”

Ossian Smyth, the Irish Minister of State, described the incident as …

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