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Civil servant data breach a result of a 'momentary lapse in concentration'

Sooraj Shah

09 November 2015 • 1 min read

300 civil servants in Ireland had their unencrypted personal details sent to other HR departments

Over 300 civil servants in Ireland have had their personal details sent to other HR departments, after the shared payroll system suffered a data breach. PeoplePoint, the HR systems provider, is ...

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