Kerry County Council on cyber-attack alert over suspicious Russian online activity

Kerry County Council Head Office at Rathass in Tralee. Stock Image.

March 12 2022 01:50 PM

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has alerted Kerry County Council to the potential for a cyber attack after noticing suspicious activity by Russian IP addresses.

The Kerryman understands that the local authority has been working to assess the danger.

In an e-mail seen by this newspaper, Kerry County Council informed Councillors that the NCSC had been in contact “in relation to suspicious activity / potential for cyber-attack on our email / IT system arising from traffic from Russian IP Addresses and certain domains / sub-domains.