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				January 16, 2025
				
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				Biden signs new cyber order days before Trump inaugurationWith days left in the White House, outgoing US president Joe Biden has signed a wide-ranging cyber security executive order with far-reaching implications 
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				January 16, 2025
				
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				Almost half of UK banks set to miss DORA deadlineA significant minority of financial services organisations in the UK will not be fully compliant with the EU’s DORA cyber and risk management regulation when it comes into force on 17 January 
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				January 16, 2025
				
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				Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulenceWorld Economic Forum urges digital business leaders to build the resilience of supply chains, improve cyber defences and develop contingency plans 
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				January 15, 2025
				
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				Users protest, flee TikTok as clock ticks on US banAs the US Supreme Court prepares to rule on the future of TikTok, rumours of a sale are swirling around Washington DC while panicked users make plans for an exodus 
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			January 13, 2025
			
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			UK government plans to extend ransomware payment banA ban on ransomware payments by UK government departments will be extended to cover organisations such as local councils, schools and the NHS should new government proposals move forward 
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			January 13, 2025
			
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			CNI operators should ask these 12 questions of their OT suppliersThe NCSC, CISA and others have set out 12 cyber security considerations CNI organisations and other users of operational technology should incorporate into their buying processes to force their suppliers to do better 
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			January 13, 2025
			
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			Can UK government achieve ambition to become AI powerhouse?The artificial intelligence opportunities action plan has been largely well received, but there are plenty of questions about how it will be achieved 
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			January 07, 2025
			
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			Saudi Arabia calls for humanitarian AI after tightening screws on rights protestersOppressive state wants global digital identity system at the heart of all AI, to make it trustworthy and prevent it being used for ‘unauthorised surveillance’ 
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			January 03, 2025
			
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			US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025A cyber incident at the US Department of the Treasury – blamed on a Chinese state actor – raises fresh warnings about supply chain risk after it was found to have originated via vulnerabilities in a remote tech support product 
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			January 03, 2025
			
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			Corporate cover-up behind world-beating cyber security record in Middle EastReport ranking Gulf corporations ahead of US and EU counterparts for cyber security has sparked debate about the region’s tendency for secrecy and state control 
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			December 31, 2024
			
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			Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2024Revelations of covert and unlawful monitoring of journalists and their confidential sources by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police attracted a huge amount of attention this year 
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			December 27, 2024
			
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			Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming 
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			December 24, 2024
			
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			Top 10 police technology stories of 2024Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2024 
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			December 19, 2024
			
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			Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stallsAmendments to the Data Bill that would have given the UK cyber industry a boost by updating restrictive elements of the Computer Misuse Act have failed to progress beyond a Lords committee 
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			December 19, 2024
			
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			French court refuses to expedite trial of Sky ECC cryptophone distributor Thomas HerdmanCanadian businessman Thomas Herdman, who was arrested by French police despite agreeing a deal to cooperate with US investigators, has been denied bail after 42 months in pre-trial detention 
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			December 18, 2024
			
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			Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024Data breaches, data privacy and protection, and the thorny issue of open source security were all hot topics this year. Meanwhile, security companies frequently found themselves hitting the headlines, and not always for good reasons. Here are ... 
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			December 18, 2024
			
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			Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2024From ransomware targeting the NHS to nation-state-backed intrusions, 2024 was another big year for cyber criminals and cyber spooks alike, but they didn't have it all their own way as the good guys fought back 
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			December 17, 2024
			
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			Conservative MP adds to calls for public inquiry over PSNI police spyingConservative MP David Davis calls for a public inquiry following a court ruling that the PSNI and Metropolitan Police unlawfully placed journalists under electronic surveillance 
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			December 17, 2024
			
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			Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical natureAt trade association TechUK’s eighth annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials and industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools globally and ... 
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			December 13, 2024
			
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			Computer Misuse Act reform gains traction in ParliamentAn amendment to the proposed Data (Access and Use) Bill that will right a 35-year-old wrong and protect security professionals from criminalisation is to be debated at Westminster 
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			December 11, 2024
			
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			Russia focuses cyber attacks on Ukraine rather than West despite rising tensionComputer Weekly talks to GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre operations director Paul Chichester and former NCSC chief executive Ciaran Martin on Russia, China and Salt Typhoon 
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			December 10, 2024
			
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			UK police continue to hold millions of custody images unlawfullyAnnual report from the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner of England and Wales highlights the ongoing and unlawful retention millions of custody images of innocent people never charged with a crime by police 
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			December 10, 2024
			
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			DWP ‘fairness analysis’ reveals bias in AI fraud detection systemInformation about people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality influences decisions to investigate benefit claims for fraud, but the Department for Work and Pensions says there are ‘no immediate concerns of unfair treatment’ 
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			December 06, 2024
			
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			US TikTok ban imminent after appeal failsTikTok’s appeal against a US government ban has failed, with a judge dismissing its arguments that its First Amendment free speech rights are being restricted 
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			December 04, 2024
			
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			Shared digital gateway was source of three NHS ransomware attacksAlder Hey children’s hospital confirms ransomware operators accessed its systems through a shared digital gateway, but is standing firm in the face of the gang’s demands 
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			December 04, 2024
			
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			Nordics move to deepen cyber security cooperationNordic countries are increasing collaboration on cyber security amid more sophisticated and aggressive attacks 
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			December 03, 2024
			
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			F1 heightens fan experiences with the power of SalesforceLearn how the technical teams behind Formula One are using Salesforce’s tools to enhance fan activation and engagement at 24 races across the world, and how they are bringing AI into play with Agentforce capabilities 
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			December 02, 2024
			
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			NCSC boss calls for ‘sustained vigilance’ in an aggressive worldNCSC CEO Richard Horne is to echo wider warnings about the growing number and severity of cyber threats facing the UK as he launches the security body’s eighth annual report 
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			December 02, 2024
			
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			UK economy could see £600m boost through digital IDs for businessesGovernment-backed organisation kicks off initiative to widen use of digital identities, in an effort to streamline financial services and cut hundreds of millions of pounds of economic crime 
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			November 28, 2024
			
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			Energy sector’s digital shift opens door to cyber threatsThe transition to renewable energy and the increasing integration of IT and OT systems in the energy sector are creating new cyber security challenges 
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			November 26, 2024
			
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			Sellafield operator opens dedicated cyber centreThe UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has opened a cyber security centre spanning its activities across the nuclear sector 
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			November 25, 2024
			
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			Metropolitan Police officer dismissed for unlawfully accessing Sarah Everard filesOver 100 Met Police officers and staff have been investigated for accessing sensitive data related to the Sarah Everard case, leading to the dismissal of a Roads and Transport officer who accessed the information while off-duty 
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			November 25, 2024
			
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			Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threatsMicrosoft’s Brad Smith urges president-elect Donald Trump to keep the faith when it comes to fighting back against hostile cyber actors from China, Iran and Russia 
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			November 20, 2024
			
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			Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator OfcomTechnology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online 
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			November 18, 2024
			
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			AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early successAWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025 
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			November 18, 2024
			
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			Denmark’s AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillanceResearch reveals the automated tools used to flag individuals for benefit fraud violate individuals’ privacy and risk discriminating against marginalised groups 
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			November 15, 2024
			
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			Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloudPartnership with Europe’s biggest retailer will offer client-side encryption and ensure data doesn’t leave Germany 
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			November 14, 2024
			
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			MPs hold first ever debate on live facial recognitionMPs have held an open debate on police use of live facial recognition technology for the first time since it was initially deployed by the Met Police in August 2016 
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			November 14, 2024
			
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			Ping CEO on ForgeRock integration and future of identityPing Identity CEO Andre Durand discusses the company’s unified roadmap, commitment to customer stability and growth plans in the evolving identity landscape following the merger with ForgeRock 
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			November 13, 2024
			
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			Ex-boxer fights US government over legality of Sky ECC cryptophone interceptsLawyers for former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic argue that US prosecutors’ reliance on messages obtained by a European police hacking operation into the SKY ECC encrypted phone network breaches the US constitution 
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			November 12, 2024
			
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			Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reformsOngoing data protection issues with the use of hyperscale public cloud infrastructure by UK police could complicate the ambitions of nine forces to move their common records management system into the cloud 
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			November 07, 2024
			
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			Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approvalLatest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals 
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			November 06, 2024
			
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			UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprisesThe platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks 
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			November 05, 2024
			
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			Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgradeData breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court 
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			November 01, 2024
			
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			CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election beginsThe US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats 
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			November 01, 2024
			
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			Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase 
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			October 30, 2024
			
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			Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborationsLinux Foundation’s decision to ban Russian maintainers has the potential to destroy open source’s global collaboration model 
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			October 29, 2024
			
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			EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goalsWith NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance 
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			October 28, 2024
			
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			Russian Linux kernel maintainers blockedTo ensure compliance, the Linux kernel will no longer allow Russian software developers to work on maintaining the codebase 
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			October 28, 2024
			
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			UK launches cyber guidance package for tech startupsThe NCSC and NPSA, alongside agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, have issued guidance for startups on how to secure themselves against common cyber threats and targeted industrial espionage 

 
		