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Cyber scams are on the rise

Cyber scams are on the rise

Update: 2025-01-29
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Almost half of Irish consumers were targeted by scams in the last three months of last year.  That’s according to new research published this morning. 

 We discuss this further with Elaine Burke is host of the For Tech’s Sake Podcast.

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