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• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Finnish government strengthens country’s IT network security

  Finland’s government has created a new national organisation to help public and private bodies improve network security

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters

  The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Microsoft is most impersonated brand in phishing attempts

  Technology companies continue to be frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in their phishing attempts

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Tesco reports online sales surge, advances digital platform

  Retailer announces 77% boost to e-commerce sales, details on Clubcard app uptake and advances in its IT remediation plan

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Europe provides growth for TCS despite year floored by pandemic

  Tata Consultancy Services grows its continental European business despite economic slowdown brought by Covid-19 restrictions

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Covid-19 left people feeling vulnerable to cyber crime

  Around 15 million people in the UK experienced cybercrime in the past 12 months, with a cumulative 64 million hours wasted dealing with the fallout

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  End of the road for Post Office IT system that destroyed lives

  The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office's denial of them, caused huge suffering for hundreds of subpostmasters

• April 09, 2021 09 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Nitin Chaturvedi, chief digital and technology officer, KFC Global

  The Covid-19 pandemic led to the digital element of KFC’s business becoming increasingly important, says the fast food retailer’s chief digital and technology officer

• April 09, 2021 09 Apr'21

  NCSC: Using your pet’s name as a password is very stupid

  If your email password is still Rex, Rover or Mr Fluffles, it’s probably best to change it, the NCSC has said

• April 08, 2021 08 Apr'21

  Post Office Horizon contract extension is part of project to bring Fujitsu work in-house

  The Post Office is to move work done by Fujjtsu in-house when its outsourcing contract ends, and is already recruiting IT experts

• April 08, 2021 08 Apr'21

  Inside Microsoft’s industry cloud strategy

  Microsoft dives deeper into its industry cloud strategy and what it means for enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Deliveroo riders strike over pay and work conditions

  Riders across the country are demanding fair pay, safety protections and basic workers’ rights pay on Deliveroo’s first day of trading as a public company

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Post Office gives controversial Fujitsu contract another year

  The Post Office's controversial contract with Fujitsu has been extended another year to help the organisation manage its exit

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  Demands for changes to ‘barmy’ rules on digital evidence have government’s ear

  The government is listening to calls for changes in how digital evidence is considered in court, as Post Office IT scandal spells out current rule's inadequacy

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Asda bags ex-Marks and Spencer CIO

  Carl Dawson, who has been CIO at department store M&S for six years, is leaving the retailer to become CIO at Asda

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  IR35 reforms: Slow government progress on umbrella regulation exposes IT contractors to tax risks

  With thousands of IT contractors set to start working through unregulated umbrella companies for the first time when the IR35 reforms take hold in the private sector, concerns are growing about the danger this could pose to their income and tax ...

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Retailer FatFace pays $2m ransom to Conti cyber criminals

  Retailer FatFace paid out a $2m ransom to restore its data following a January 2021 cyber attack by the Conti ransomware syndicate

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  TUC warns of gaps in British law over use of AI at work

  The TUC has published a report warning of AI-powered discrimination against working people enabled by gaps in existing British employment law

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Government faces judicial review into plans for Post Office Horizon inquiry

  Subpostmasters that suffered great hardship at the hands of the Post Office are applying for a judicial review of a government inquiry into the scandal, which they see as a "whitewash"

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Ex-Post Office CEO Paula Vennells walked away from IT scandal with over £400,000 in pay and bonuses

  Former Post Office chief was paid over £400,000 when she left despite the organisation being involved in what would become the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Prime minister says people should be held to account for Post Office IT scandal

  Boris Johnson agrees with MP that those responsible for the Post Office Horizon scandal should be brought to book

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Post Office was told in 2013 that Fujitsu witness was unreliable in subpostmaster prosecutions

  The Post Office was warned that a former Fujitsu employee had misled courts when giving evidence on its behalf

• March 19, 2021 19 Mar'21

  Post Office IT scandal executive forced out of job at Football Association of Wales

  Angela van den Bogerd has left her role at the Football Association of Wales, following criticism of her part in Post Office IT scandal

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Vaccine passports cannot put basic rights at risk, warns BCS

  BCS warns of challenges to come as the government presses on with its plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Government to bail out Post Office which can’t afford to pay compensation to subpostmasters

  The Post Office does not have enough money to pay compensation to the subpostmasters it wrongfully prosecuted

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Subpostmasters in Court of Appeal to end 20-year torment

  Subpostmasters heading to Court of Appeal to clear their names in what is potentially the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Potential miscarriages of justice of Scottish subpostmasters move to full review

  The Post Office Horizon scandal gets bigger as subpostmaster prosecutions in Scotland are reviewed

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Welsh FA boss linked to recruitment of controversial former Post Office executive to step down

  Football Association Wales CEO Jonathan Ford is stepping down after losing a vote of no confidence triggered by the controversial appointment of Angela van den Bogerd, who was involved in the Post Office IT scandal

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Government’s refusal of freedom of information request about Post Office scandal ‘deeply concerning’

  MP condemns department’s ‘bizarre’ rejection of freedom of information request linked to Post Office IT scandal

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Prime minister yet to respond to serious subpostmaster concerns over Horizon IT scandal inquiry

  Subpostmaster victims who have spent millions bringing the Post Office IT scandal to light have received no reply to their concerns from Boris Johnson

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Government to change unfair private prosecution rules used to prosecute innocent subpostmasters

  Government agrees to change private prosecution rules that were abused by the Post Office in its pursuit of subpostmasters wrongly accused of financial crimes

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Nordic innovators change emphasis on gender equality in society

  Female technology innovators in the Nordics take a different approach to trying to improve opportunities for women

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Pandemic brings good online sales growth for smaller retailers

  IMRG data shows smaller retailers did ‘astronomically well’ in online sales growth after Covid-19 took hold last year

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  Nordic startups strive to fuel international e-commerce transformation

  Nordic startups are developing technology for retailers that want to improve the customer experience when buying online

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  UKtech50 2021: The most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 11th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Vaccine passports prove an ethical minefield

  Privacy campaigners warn that vaccine passports may turn out to be discriminatory and invasive, while technologists agree careful consideration must be given to their design

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Appointment of disgraced former Post Office director triggers vote of no confidence in Welsh FA boss

  Vote of no confidence in Football Association of Wales boss triggered by recruitment of former Post Office executive who tried to mislead a judge in IT trial

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  Subpostmaster group calls for prime minister to pause Horizon ‘whitewash’ inquiry

  Subpostmasters call for Boris Johnson to pause and reshape the government’s Horizon inquiry

• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  Pandemic has exposed fractures in cyber fraud strategy

  RUSI report urges a bolder and more coordinated response to cyber-enabled fraud as the pandemic lays bear the scale of the problem

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  Uber drivers should be classified as ‘workers’, UK Supreme Court confirms

  Supreme Court ruling brings Uber’s four-year legal battle to have its drivers classified as self-employed to an end, and could see its drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  Digital investments will add £232bn to UK economy by 2040

  The UK economy could grow by £232bn over the next two decades if investments in digital technologies continue

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  Post Office to offer digital ID services to customers

  Post Office partnership with Yoti is intended to expand customer choice as to how people prove their identity when accessing services

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Nordic states launch joint drone development initiative

  Nordic Drone Initiative backed by 16 public and privately owned organisations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark to probe the efficient use of airspace for drones

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  ‘Batman Begins’ cyber attack is a warning to CNI providers

  A thwarted cyber attack in a Florida town that could have resulted in the poisoning of the water supply is a timely reminder of the vulnerability of critical services

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Fraud and cyber crime still vastly under-reported

  The scale of digitally enabled crime in the UK is dramatically under-reported, new statistics indicate

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora

  The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could have been a disaster for the jeweller, but due to its digital transformation programme, it was ready to carry on serving its customers online

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Google grows cloud sales as parent’s profits top $40bn

  Alphabet announces massive overall profits and increased Google cloud sales

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Manufacturing particularly at risk of Solorigate-linked breaches

  Every fifth victim of the SolarWinds Solorigate/Sunburst attack was a manufacturing organisation, say researchers

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Customers turn to cash as IT issue hits card payments at major supermarkets

  IT problem at payment processing company has forced shoppers to resort to cash in Morrisons and Co-op stores

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Cyber fraud a national security issue, says Rusi report

  A report from the Rusi think tank calls for fresh approaches to how we think about fighting fraud

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Are banks overburdened with responsibility for money lost to online scams?

  Bank boss calls for cross-industry cooperation to reduce scams that trick people into making instant payments online

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Interview: Tony Porter, chief privacy officer, Corsight AI

  Tony Porter speaks to Computer Weekly about the changes in facial-recognition during his time as surveillance camera commissioner, the ethics of using the technology, and his new role as chief privacy officer at Corsight AI

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  More subpostmasters’ prosecutions sent to appeal for wrongful conviction

  Four more subpostmasters are to have their appeals against criminal convictions heard in the appeal courts

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  IT scandal exposes legal rule that made it easy for Post Office to prosecute the innocent

  Lawyers call for changes to digital evidence rule that made it easier for the Post Office to ‘bamboozle courts’ and make subpostmasters pay a heavy price for its IT failings

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Click fraud levels reach new heights in pandemic

  Small companies risk losing £10,000 a year, and enterprises as much as £520,000, to cyber criminals as click fraud volumes spike

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  UKtech50: The 2021 longlist

  Each year, Computer Weekly launches its annual search for the most influential people in UK IT, where the tech industry nominates who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist for 2021

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  AI specialists and software engineers among most popular UK roles, says LinkedIn

  Demand for specialist software engineers and people with skills in AI have risen, according to professional network LinkedIn

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  VVOLs and Pure win VM storage beauty parade for French chain

  VMware Virtual Volumes and a move from NetApp to Pure Storage saw cosmetics retailer Beauty Success make performance gains and eliminate bottlenecks in ordering and logistics

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  European IT outsourcing spend up in 2020 after cloud boost

  IT outsourcing sector growth is an indication that businesses are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic disruption it has brought

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Retail giant Walmart to launch a fintech

  Fintech will be geared towards offering the services Walmart’s customers and employees want

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: Research highlights lack of preparedness ahead of April 2021 start date

  As the private sector start date for the IR35 reforms looms large, research suggests some companies are still dragging their feet with their preparations

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Bahrain hopes 5G roll-out will attract more tech firms to its shores

  Bahrain has completed its 5G roll-out, which will support its IT infrastructure in creating the right environment for technology firms

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  Trump bans Chinese payment apps

  US president signs executive order banning the use of Chinese payments app, citing national security risks

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  NHS trust says appointment processes robust despite criticism of role for Post Office scandal CEO

  NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  Huawei battles for market access in Nordics

  Chinese networking equipment supplier Huawei fights to retain access to potential 5G contracts across the Nordic region

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  Banking trade body calls for increased contactless payment limit

  UK Finance proposes an increase in the limit on spending using contactless cards

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its inaugural Innovation Awards in APAC to honour digitisation initiatives that have transformed organisations in seven industries

• January 03, 2021 03 Jan'21

  Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain

  The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances

• December 31, 2020 31 Dec'20

  Pandemic heroes dominate New Year Honours List 2021

  The New Year Honours List 2021 is remarkable for its recognition of those who have excelled during the Covid-19 public health emergency, including digital and data professionals

• December 23, 2020 23 Dec'20

  Wipro acquires IT units at German wholesalers

  German wholesaler Metro has sold IT units to Indian IT services company Wipro, as part of a long-term agreement

• December 22, 2020 22 Dec'20

  Top 10 retail technology stories of 2020

  Computer Weekly looks at what 2020 had in store for the retail industry – just how did technology help retailers adapt to changing customer behaviour during the pandemic?

• December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories of 2020

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2020

• December 18, 2020 18 Dec'20

  Prepare for bringing people back to the office with the Nordic tech startup blueprint

  Business can learn lessons from Nordic tech startups to prepare employees to return to the office after Covid restrictions

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Post Office suffers latest court defeat in Horizon IT scandal

  Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation

• December 14, 2020 14 Dec'20

  Appointment of disgraced former Post Office executive at Welsh FA questioned by MP

  The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an MP

• December 11, 2020 11 Dec'20

  History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed

  Six subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors have their convictions quashed after years of campaigning

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  French regulators fine Google and Amazon over cookie policies

  Google and Amazon rapped over their use of advertising cookies by the French data protection authorities

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  Post Office IT scandal CEO Paula Vennells jumps NHS ship as pressure mounts

  CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  Singapore government to boost blockchain adoption

  Singapore government unveils S$12m programme to promote development and adoption of blockchain applications beyond financial services

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Cyber Aware campaign to help safeguard Christmas shoppers

  New government campaign sets out to raise awareness of online shopping fraud in the run-up to Christmas

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Covid-19 vaccine supply chain attacked by unknown nation state

  An unknown nation state actor is attempting to disrupt the supply of coronavirus vaccines

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Lax Android app developers putting millions of users at risk

  Eight months after Google patched a critical vulnerability, developers have failed to update their apps, putting millions of users of apps such as dating services Bumble and Grindr at risk

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  Covid-19: Cyber criminals will target vaccine programmes

  Interpol issues a global alert to law enforcement as the UK becomes one of the first countries to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  DHL, Amazon and FedEx are most phished delivery services

  DHL has emerged as the most imitated delivery brand in Europe, accounting for 77% of the total volume of phishing emails received in November 2020

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  22,000 malicious .uk domains suspended in past year

  Nominet has suspended just over 22,000 domains in the 12 months to 31 October 2020, continuing a downward trend, and with less impact from Covid-19 than might be expected

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Government covers its ears as complaint by victims of Post Office abuse heads to ombudsman

  Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Government must hold technology companies to account on e-waste

  MPs urge UK government and global technology companies to deal with ‘tsunami of electronic waste’, which is throwing away valuable resources vital for building a sustainable future

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Data safes will give users control over their data

  Belgian computer scientist tells Computer Weekly how people can regain control of their online personal information

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Securing UK’s critical national infrastructure is a 2021 priority

  Government outlines the UK’s strategic cyber security policies for the coming 12 months, with critical national infrastructure a clear priority

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  Post Office accused of lying and being in contempt of Parliament in IT scandal

  Campaigning politician demands access to documents that could prove that the Post Office lied

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  Nominet introduces new resources for cyber scam victims

  Domain name registrar is working with law enforcement to provide new information, guidance and resources for potential victims of online scams

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Amazon Swedish language site will expand reach of local retailers

  Amazon launches Swedish language website and promises to make more products available in the Nordic region

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  NCSC issues retail security alert ahead of Black Friday sales

  National Cyber Security Centre issues refreshed guidance as cyber criminals turn their eyes to the holiday shopping season

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Subpostmasters want £300m from a government that allowed Post Office ‘reign of terror’

  The government allowed the Post Office to “run amok” and destroy lives, says complaint to Parliamentary Ombudsman

• November 19, 2020 19 Nov'20

  Fujitsu staff under investigation for potential perjury in Post Office IT trial named

  Court documents reveal the names of the Fujitsu employees under investigation for potentially providing misleading information in criminal trials

• November 17, 2020 17 Nov'20

  Botched software update to blame for Post Office Horizon crash

  Post Office says planned firmware update caused the problem that left branches unable to do business for 90 minutes

• November 16, 2020 16 Nov'20

  Post Office explanation of IT system outage so vague it is ‘pointless’

  Post Office criticised over vagueness of its explanation of the cause of a UK-wide IT failure that saw subpostmasters unable to do business

• November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20

  IT Priorities 2020: European IT budget share reflects home-working challenges brought by Covid

  European organisations are being forced to redivert more limited budgets during the pandemic

• November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20

  Police open criminal investigation into potential perjury by Fujitsu staff in Post Office IT trials

  Current and former Fujitsu staff could face prosecution for giving false evidence in the trials of subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting