IEThe Irish Times
How Russian password technology made its way into Irish State agencies
Password manager Passwork purports to be EU-based but has extensive links to a Russian company licensed by Russia’s security service
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- 08 Sept 2026, 13:48 UTC
- Last checked
- 09 Sept 2026, 01:19 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 17 Jul 2026, 05:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Conor Gallagher
- Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Password manager Passwork purports to be EU-based but has extensive links to a Russian company licensed by Russia’s security service
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How Russian password technology made its way into Irish State agencies
Password manager Passwork purports to be EU-based but has extensive links to a Russian company licensed by Russia’s security service
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- #7786
- Observed
- 08 Sept 2026, 13:48 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 798,886 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
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- metadata and excerpt