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• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July

  M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks.

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  NCSC: Russia’s Fancy Bear targeting logistics, tech organisations

  The NCSC and its partner agencies have blown the whistle on an extensive campaign of malicious cyber attacks orchestrated by the Russian state Fancy Bear operation.

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  The IT chief of one of the world's biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right - and he's building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal

  HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine

  Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilities

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Capital One pushes out data tokenisation

  Organisations using the Databricks and Snowflake platforms will be able to use Capital One’s Databolt tool to secure their data

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Extreme Networks ups networking AI ante with Platform One

  Leading cloud networking provider announces limited availability of next-gen networking platform attributed with reducing manual tasks by up to 90%

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Red Hat touts OpenShift Virtualization momentum

  Enterprises are increasingly adopting Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization, driven by Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes and a desire for a stable, AI-ready platform, company executives revealed at the Red Hat Summit this week

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links

  Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third parties

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month

  Reported ransomware attacks eased off during April following a dramatic spike in the first quarter of 2025

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse

  Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled

  Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Ireland sets out chip plan

  Ireland has a long history of attracting high-tech firms. Building on the EU Chip Act, it now aims to be a leader in semiconductors

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC

  Computer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industries

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning

  Windows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in Windows

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Rio Tinto overhauls IT operations with platform model

  Rio Tinto’s head of technology platforms outlines the mining giant’s move to an IT platform model designed to escape a reactive cycle of critical incidents and improve service quality for internal and external customers

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Chinese cyber spooks lure laid-off US government workers

  A Washington DC-based think tank has published evidence that Chinese intelligence services have been running a network of digital ‘front’ companies targeting laid-off government workers as recruits

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Trump visit bolsters Saudi AI

  A new AI datacentre is among the initiatives the White House announced during the president’s Middle East visits

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Legal Aid Agency breach may encompass millions of people

  Legal Aid Agency says the data of anybody who applied for legal aid over the past 15 years has been compromised in a cyber attack

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Government sets up guidance for 10-year R&D commitment

  Research and development is one of the main areas of focus for Labour’s Plan for Change as it readies its Industrial Strategy

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Keepit to expand SaaS backup footprint and intelligent automation

  Danish cloud backup provider will add Atlassian and Okta support and has plans for intelligent automated restores to customer RPOs and RTOs as well a threat library

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon

  Post Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  Mid-career professionals must learn to understand and use AI as GenAI tips balance

  Whether in the finance, IT or legal sectors, artificial intelligence will change the way businesses operate and how their people work

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  No workaround leads to more pain for VMware users

  There are patches for the latest batch of security alerts from Broadcom, but VMware users on perpetual licences may not have access

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  The Security Interviews: David Faugno, 1Password

  David Faugno, co-CEO of 1Password, discusses how his background led to him joining the company and why maintaining profitability is a key factor in overcoming the challenges of switching markets.

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  Kissflow finds its place in low-code market

  The supplier of low-code software development tools that cater to both citizen developers and IT professionals is experiencing rapid growth in Southeast Asia where it has been doubling its revenue over the past four years

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  NHS asks suppliers to sign up to cyber covenant

  NHS digital and security leaders call on their suppliers to commit to a cyber security charter as the health service works to improve its resilience in the face of growing threat levels

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?

  At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet

  Following concerns from the digital identity industry that Gov.uk Wallet would dominate the market, the government has offered private sector providers a ‘critical role’ in its future, as it revealed further details on the wallet

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer

  Inquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Scattered Spider retail attacks spreading to US, says Google

  Google’s threat intel analysts are aware of a number of in-progress cyber attacks against US retailers linked to the same Scattered Spider gang that supposedly attacked M&S and Co-op in the UK

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Enisa launches European vulnerability database

  The EU’s new vulnerability database is designed to offer a broader, more transparent source of information on new cyber vulnerabilities

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Why we must reform the Computer Misuse Act: A cyber pro speaks out

  Britain’s outdated hacking laws are leaving the UK’s cyber practitioners hamstrung and afraid. Security professional Simon Whittaker reveals how he nearly ran afoul of the Computer Misuse Act, and why he’s speaking out for reform

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data

  Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool

  Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation

  AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  New security paradigm needed for IT/OT convergence

  Industry leaders and policymakers highlight growing cyber threats from the integration of IT and operational technology systems, calling for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to protect critical systems, among other measures

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025

  Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  UKRI must do more to drive innovation agenda and avoid fraud

  UKRI’s funding of research and innovation to support the government’s growth strategy has room for improvement

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix

  Microsoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  M&S forces customer password resets after data breach

  M&S is instructing all of its customers to change their account passwords after a significant amount of data was stolen in a DragonForce ransomware attack

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033

  Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  Gov.uk One Login loses certification for digital identity trust framework

  The government’s flagship digital identity system has lost its certification against the government’s own digital identity system trust framework

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  NHS trust cloud plans hampered by Trump tariff uncertainty

  Essex NHS wants to move some capacity to the Nutanix cloud, but can’t be certain prices will hold between product selection and when procurement plans gain approval

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts

  Subpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud

  UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  University will ‘pull the plug’ to test Nutanix disaster recovery

  University of Reading set to save circa £500,000 and deploy Nutanix NC2 hybrid cloud that will allow failover from main datacentre

• May 09, 2025 09 May'25

  Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg

  Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg

• May 09, 2025 09 May'25

  Broadcom letters demonstrate push to VMware subscriptions

  The owner of VMware is reminding customers on perpetual licences that they will longer be able to buy support for their VMware products

• May 09, 2025 09 May'25

  Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign

  The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates