Fota Wildlife Park in process of contacting customers following cyber attack

Fota Wildlife Park’s day-to-day operations continue as normal.
Fota Wildlife Park in process of contacting customers following cyber attack

A spokesperson for Fota Wildlife Park said the organisation’s incident response plan was immediately activated, an internal investigation was instigated and appropriate measures were taken to secure the organisation’s website.

Fota Wildlife Park says it is in the process of contacting customers following a cyber incident. 

It has confirmed that illegal cyber activity was recently identified which impacted its website. 

A spokesperson for Fota Wildlife Park said the organisation’s incident response plan was immediately activated, an internal investigation was instigated and appropriate measures were taken to secure the organisation’s website.

"The incident has been notified to the relevant authorities and Fota Wildlife Park is cooperating with those authorities," a spokesperson said. 

In a statement to The Echo, a spokesperson said that Fota Wildlife Park is in the process of contacting all potentially impacted customers.

In the meantime, Fota Wildlife Park’s day-to-day operations continue as normal.

Their website has been taken offline, but people can purchase tickets at the park as usual. 

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