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Brendan Hughes

Newry, Mourne and Down council warns email cyber attack 'may have spread to others'

A council has called in police and cyber security officials after its emails were hacked.

Emails were brought down for several days at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council following the cyber attack.

It came after some accounts were compromised and began sending phishing emails encouraging recipients to follow a link to a file-sharing site.

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