Elderly people are at highest risk of being victims of cyber crime.
The Sunday Independent reports that gardai are investigating cyber crime attacks on 100 people and 30 businesses.
However, the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation says these cases are only the 'tip of the iceberg'.
One Irish firm was almost scammed out of 3.7 million euro, but the transaction was stopped in time.
The Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, says banks are fully aware of cyber crime, and consistently advise customers to be vigilant at all times and not to provide their account details to third parties.
