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• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Scattered Spider attack on TfL affected 10 million people

  The 2024 Scattered Spider attack on Transport for London affected approximately 10 million people, many of whom remain blissfully unaware their data was compromised

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Lloyds Bank to sell more customer data and cut costs by 35%

  High street giant will increase proportion of total staff that work in technology and data

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Regulate AWS and Microsoft, says UK cloud provider survey

  Open Cloud Coalition survey, commissioned ahead of the CMA’s decision on measures against the two hyperscale giants, finds competing cloud providers demand regulation

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Norway braced for foreign AI cyber attacks on vital petroleum computing

  Nordic petrostate is preparing for war and turning the spotlight on vulnerabilities in its critical industries, as adversaries look for ways to damage the most important oil and gas producer to the EU

• March 06, 2026 06 Mar'26

  Nordics ally with Baltics to accelerate digital wallet roll-out

  Baltic and Nordic countries work together on a common certification system to support digital wallet applications

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Quarter of social care staff don’t use technology to deliver care

  Government-commissioned survey finds 27% of care providers do not use any technology to provide care for patients

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  UK government departments not sold on shared services strategy, NAO report finds

  Eight years on from the launch of the government’s shared services strategy, there is no clear ownership, funding remains uncertain and some departments are yet to fully commit

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Sweden recommends citizens keep £81 in cash per adult in case of payment system crash

  The central bank of Sweden says rapid digitisation could cause vulnerabilities in payment systems

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Spyware suppliers exploit more zero-days than nation states

  Exploitation of zero-days by commercial surveillance and spyware developers outpaced exploitation by nation-state actors last year, according to a report

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Capita secures decade-long government contract amid failure in public sight

  Outsourcing firm has won 10-year contract to supply government departments with tech-enabled business services

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack

  With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Government wants to build digital ID system in-house

  The Home Affairs Committee hearing on digital ID reveals consultation is due next week; there will be no central database; and while government wants to build the system in-house, it will not replace private digital ID providers

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu

  Prominent scandal victim given leave to appeal High Court decision in his legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Iranian hacktivists muster their forces but state APTs lay low

  Hacktivist activity surrounding the Iran war is sky-high but Iran’s state-backed cyber espionage actors have yet to show their hands, giving security teams a valuable window of time to shore up their defences

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Zero-day in Android phone chips under active attack

  Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Tycoon2FA phishing platform dismantled in major operation

  A Europol-led sting against the infamous Tycoon2FA MFA bypass phishing service has been successful, with operations disrupted and ringleaders and cyber criminal users identified

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  UK lab gets funding to drive foundational AI research

  The government is providing six years of funding worth up to £40m in a bid to support UK researchers developing artificial intelligence models

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard

  The UK High Court will examine whether the Home Office policy of refusing to issue alternative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system is lawful

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Civil service veteran ‘incandescent’ as wait for pension hits four months amid outsourcing mess

  Public servant of over 40 years, who has been waiting four months for pension payments to begin, says government has lost control

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  AI workloads force a fundamental redesign of Middle East datacentres

  From hyperscale GPU clusters to sovereign AI ambitions, Huawei outlines how infrastructure must evolve to meet regional demand

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Transnational AI regulation needed to protect human rights in the UK

  Tech companies have told MPs and Lords they would welcome greater harmonisation in regulatory standards at a global level

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  Interview: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham on getting ‘hands-on’ with AI

  From continually exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to actually building and introducing AI-enabled systems for his company, George Graham is leaning into the age of agentic commerce

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  Santander and Mastercard complete test of AI-initiated payment

  Bank and payments giant complete first payment initiated by artificial intelligence in a controlled environment

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  NHS SBS launches £250m patient communication framework

  The procurement framework aims to help NHS organisations buy products and services to help communicate with patients more efficiently

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  NCSC: No increase in cyber threat from Iran, but be prepared

  While cyber threat levels remain stable following the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the weekend, at-risk organisations in the UK should take steps to ward off potential reprisals from Iran-linked threat actors

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  NS&I seeks Bank of England counsel over project disaster

  The Bank of England’s successful IT transformation, praised by the National Audit Office, is being used as a model for government departments, including NS&I, which faces a failing IT project

• March 03, 2026 03 Mar'26

  MPs launch inquiry into use of tech in education

  The use of tech and artificial intelligence has the potential to help delivery of education in the UK, so a committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into its opportunities and challenges

• March 02, 2026 02 Mar'26

  Demand necessitates digital twin and data visualisation at National Grid

  In-house project replaces spreadsheet-based planning for future electricity network

• March 02, 2026 02 Mar'26

  Virtual twins and AI companions target enterprise war rooms

  Dassault Systèmes claims platform can answer complex business questions in seconds, but approach requires rethinking enterprise data architecture

• March 02, 2026 02 Mar'26

  UK government consults on social media ban for under-16s  

  A UK government consultation launched today asks whether under-16s should be banned from social media, and age restrictions introduced for VPNs and chatbots

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  UK has laid track for open banking, but failed to run trains

  The UK risks losing its fintech leadership, with open banking progress slow, as countries such as the UAE and India advance rapidly

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  Australia inks five-year deal with Microsoft to drive AI and cloud adoption

  The Digital Transformation Agency’s new agreement promises cost certainty, improved discounts, and a skills fund to support the government’s digital transformation agenda

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Qilin crew continues to dominate ransomware ecosystem

  The Qilin ransomware gang remained ‘top dog’ in January 2026, with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving and fragmenting cyber criminal ecosystem

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  India AI Impact Summit: Open source gains ground, but sovereignty tensions persist

  While open source artificial intelligence gained unprecedented recognition during the latest global AI summit, divisions over governance, market concentration and regulatory power cast doubt on whether the technology will benefit society as a whole

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Deputy prime minister vows to reform justice system with AI

  Initiatives to transform UK courts include launching a justice AI academy, an AI listing assistant and a new High Court digital system

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Santander pins €1bn business value gain on AI

  Bank said artificial intelligence will be fully embedded into the business, personalising customer experiences

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  Khazna’s NexOps shift signals new operating model for AI-scale infrastructure

  Managing director Bart Holsters explains why hybrid insourcing, competence assurance and sovereign readiness are becoming essential as artificial intelligence pushes datacentres to their limits

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data

  Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  The UK’s proposed social media ban explained

  The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem ...

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Atos ‘IT services staff of the future’ begin apprenticeships

  Atos has taken on its first cohort of apprentices who will become an ‘artificial intelligence-ready’ workforce

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit

  IBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Police created ‘intelligence profile’ of BBC journalist subject to phone surveillance

  Police and MI5 conducted seven unlawful operations to obtain phone data relating to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation

  The UK government is to provide the next round of funding to support the Post Office’s move away from its controversial Fujitsu Horizon IT system

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  Institutionalised AI puts Visa top of ranking

  The payment card services giant leads the way in applying artificial intelligence in its sector, according to research

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  NUHS and GSMA Foundry team up on 5G and AI in healthcare

  Singapore’s National University Health System is working with GSMA Foundry, Ericsson and Singtel to drive the use of 5G-enabled robotics, ambient AI and holographic surgery in healthcare

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Aviva prepares for life after CIO retirement with early announcement

  Aviva has named the replacement for its outgoing technology chief, with former BT IT executive joining in the summer

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Microsoft CEO opens London AI Tour with Copilot push

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used his event keynote to showcase how the artificial intelligence in M365 is a foundation for agentic AI in the enterprise

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  UAE CIOs feel AI heat as 85% fear role risk within two years

  Technology leaders say careers, credibility and corporate resilience now hinge on delivering measurable artificial intelligence outcomes

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Starling expands internationally as demand for banking as a service continues to rise

  UK challenger bank has expanded its banking-as-a-service business with entry into New Zealand

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems

  ECCO+ system experienced freezes during transactions, which could have left Post Office branch account discrepancies