A tech too far: Have we become too dependent on technology?

Technology allowed life to continue through the pandemic, but its dark side includes cyberattacks, vicious online abuse and stress burnout

While digital trapnsformation brings many benefits, it is clear that there is a downside. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Coming after a year of rolling lockdowns, the HSE ransomware attack shocked the nation. Tech experts have warned us for years, of course: all networks are vulnerable.

One question on the lips of some, however, will go well beyond “can we secure our networks?” to something far more fundamental: “have we taken technology too far?”

That IT networks, both global and national, held up in the face of being thrown into remote working virtually overnight ...