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Irish Companies Reporting Less Than 5% of Cyber Crime

Irish companies are believed to be reporting less than 5% of cyber attacks to police, according to disparities between figure from the Garda cyber crime unit and reports from private cyber security companies. Detective Superintendent and Head of the Garda Nation Cyber Crime Bureau, Michael Gubbins, has said that brand damage and embarrassment are among reasons given by companies for the under-reporting of cyber crime to the Gardai.


Gardai believe that companies are afraid of brand damage, leading to a vast under-reporting of cyber crime to authorities.

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