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DDoS gang threatens to disrupt European elections

Russian hacktivists are threatening to disrupt the European Parliament elections, while the BBC reports on new deepfake threats to the UK’s electoral process Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Bitdefender makes MDR services free to NHS bodies hit by Qilin

Bitdefender offers NHS bodies affected by a major cyber incident free access to its product suite, as the health service continues to deal with the impact of the Qilin ransomware attack on partner Synnovis Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Fujitsu had Post Office ‘over a barrel’, inquiry told

Post Office scandal inquiry hears how board member believed Fujitsu was exploiting the Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document

Capture software was used by about 2,000 subpostmasters in the 1990s, with allegations that errors in the software caused account shortfalls Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act

Almost immediately after joining the Post Office, Alice Perkins was told about software problems and was concerned about an imbalance of power in the Post Office’s relationship with Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Qilin ransomware gang likely behind crippling NHS attack

Security experts investigating a major cyber attack on an NHS partner that has caused frontline services across South London to grind to a halt say the Qilin ransomware gang appears to be the culprit Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Subpostmasters consider legal action against government in pursuit of financial redress

Campaigner says former subpostmasters may have to resort to legal action in pursuit of the money they are owed Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: The cloud just got more complicated

This month, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage. Continue Reading

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• Rob Dartnall, SecAlliance

NHS services at major London hospitals disrupted by cyber attack

A major cyber attack at NHS services provider Synnovis is disrupting frontline care at hospitals across London Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign

Microsoft threat researchers report a surge in Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics, including AI-enhanced propaganda Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office bosses misled subpostmasters a day before IT project problems were exposed

Subpostmasters were reassured by Post Office executives that the Horizon replacement project was satisfactory the day before Computer Weekly reported news to the contrary Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Police chief commissions ‘independent review’ of surveillance against journalists and lawyers

PNSI chief constable appoints lawyer to conduct review into police phone surveillance of journalists, lawyers and NGOs Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches

Between March 2023 and March 2024, 97 out of 100 companies on the UK’s FTSE 100 list were put at risk of compromise following supply chain breaches at third-party suppliers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI Seoul Summit review

Dozens of governments and tech companies attending the second global AI Safety Summit have committed themselves to the safe and inclusive development of the technology, but questions remain around whether the commitments made go far enough Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

UKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation

Birmingham City Council’s Oracle system – the biggest of its kind in Europe – went live in April 2022, resulting in a catastrophic IT failure. We investigate Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Proposed AI Bill scuppered by general election – so what comes next?

Lord Chris Holmes explains why he intends to bring his Private Member's Bill on AI back to Parliament once the new government is in place Continue Reading

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• Lord Chris Holmes, House of Lords

Sellafield local authority slammed over response to North Korean ransomware attack

The local authority for Europe’s biggest nuclear site has been slammed by auditors for its response to a North Korea-linked cyber attack that temporarily crippled its operations Continue Reading

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• Tommy Greene

Post Office scandal: What is a systemic error?

For those following the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, confused about what makes a computer error systemic, IT expert James Christie explains Continue Reading

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• James Christie

Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed

Problems with the Post Office project to replace its controversial Horizon IT system mean Fujitsu is set to receive up to £180m more in taxpayers' cash to support the system for another five years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn

The project to replace the Horizon IT system in Post Office branches is late, over budget and lacking quality – and government auditors sent in to assess a request for £1bn funding say it is currently unachievable Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Storebrand divests from IBM over supply of biometrics to Israel

Norwegian asset manager Storebrand’s decision to divest from IBM comes amid growing scrutiny of the role technology companies play in Israel’s human rights abuses Continue Reading

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• Andrew Kersley

Organisations value digital trust, but aren’t working at it

Three quarters of organisations believe digital trust is relevant to their businesses, yet clear gaps in strategies still seem to persist Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs

The House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says the next government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence to plug any regulatory gaps Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Interview: EU data chief Ulrich Ahle on obstacles to Europe’s digital single market

EU data scheme Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into Europe’s planned digital single market as opposition mounts to efforts to extend the reach of Europe’s vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop

At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government appoints investigators to analyse Post Office Capture software used before Horizon

PC-based accounting software used by subpostmasters in the 1990s will be investigated by forensic specialist Kroll after reports that Post Office workers may have been wrongly prosecuted in the years before Horizon Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Post Office scandal: Met Police investigation set to go national

The police investigation into Post Office and Fujitsu executives is about to gain the status of a major national investigation – but it could be years before any individuals are charged with crimes or face trial Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Digital border problems are stacking up

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the government’s post-Brexit plans for digital borders as problems begin to emerge. We find out about AI PCs and ask whether they will make any difference for enterprise IT. And we talk to Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks about the open source opportunities from AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Parliamentarians warn of UK election threat from Russia, China and North Korea

Joint parliamentary security committee chair Margaret Beckett writes to prime minister urging government to prepare for foreign states interfering with 4 July election Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Over 700 wrongful subpostmaster convictions overturned by new legislation

Parliament has approved a law that will see hundreds of subpostmasters with wrongful convictions exonerated as one of the government’s final acts before the general election Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus

A reference to Horizon was removed from Royal Mail prospectus by Paula Vennells in the eleventh hour Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How the next government could rewire the state

Overhauling the way government uses and exchanges data could dramatically improve public services Continue Reading

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• Jon Nash, Public First

UKtech50 2024: Vote for the most influential person in UK IT

Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of more than 400 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Government was aware of Post Office strategy to fight subpostmasters

Former CEO Paula Vennells reveals that the government was aware of the controversial Post Office strategies to suppress subpostmasters' campaign for justice Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Northern Ireland police face £750,000 fine after data protection blunder put lives at risks

Information commissioner John Edwards uses discretion to reduce proposed fine from £5.6m to £750,000 Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration

The Metropolitan Police Service is looking into investigating potential corporate and individual crimes committed in the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems

Former Royal Mail CEO messaged Paula Vennells following the broadcasting of ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal, questioning what the former Post Office boss knew and removed her support Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk

The countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

UK government announces £8.5m in grants for AI safety research

The funding programme will be directed by the UK’s AI Safety Institute, with grants being used to understand and mitigate the impacts of artificial intelligence, including any systemic risks it presents at the societal level Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

G-Cloud 14: Overseas suppliers risk non-compliance as CCS changes stance on UK VAT requirements

After assuring overseas suppliers multiple times during the G-Cloud clarification period that they did not need a UK VAT number to participate in the framework, government procurement chiefs have now backtracked on this guidance by telling non-UK suppliers to get VAT registered by October or risk being non-compliant Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

AI Seoul Summit: 10 nations and EU recommit to safe inclusive AI

During the latest AI Summit in South Korea, the participating governments reaffirmed their prior commitments to deepening international cooperation on AI safety, and have agreed to launch an international network of ‘safety institutes’ Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments

Prominent artificial intelligence companies from around the world have committed to a set of voluntary AI safety measures, which includes developing continuous risk assessment processes, setting acceptable risk thresholds, and ensuring greater transparency Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats

Parliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

CIO interview: Nic Granger, director of corporate and CFO, North Sea Transition Authority

Spending time with penguins in the Falkland Islands may not seem an obvious background for an IT leader, but it's worked for Nic Granger as she sets out to overhaul the way data is used in the oil and gas sector Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal

A general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO

A National Audit Office report on UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch

News of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal

Two high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told

More details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells

As Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market

Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security? Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety

An interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told

As the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system

The Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements

Former Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence

Less than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules

Business leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HMRC channel shift to digital ‘too aggressive’, says NAO

HMRC digital services have not had the anticipated effect on customer service it hoped for, NAO report reveals, as the auditor says the department needs to develop more realistic plans Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Tom Read to bid farewell to GDS

The Government Digital Service chief is leaving his role, and the civil service as a whole, in June, after three-and-a-half years in charge of the department Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidates from cyber attacks

The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, to protect election candidates from hostile state cyber attacks Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday

A critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’

Call for Julian Assange to be prosecuted in the US has been condemned as ‘institutional corruption on a judicial level’ with the WikiLeaks founder a ‘political prisoner’ Continue Reading

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• Charlie Moloney

Government focuses on improving AI security

Two codes of practice are now available to help developers boost the security of their AI applications Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’

Head of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse

The Scottish parliament will introduce its own legislation to exonerate subpostmasters with convictions based on evidence from Post Office Horizon system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware

Three of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The UK may not have a choice on a ransomware payment ban

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Ian Thornton-Trump

Finland develops quantum algorithms for the future

Finnish researchers are focusing on a small set of quantum algorithms they believe will have a global impact Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

UK hails first test of quantum aircraft navigation

The government’s £2.5bn quantum strategy receives a boost with test of quantum technology that gets around GPS jamming Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

MHRA launches AI regulatory sandbox

The Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hopes the AI Airlock sandbox will help in improving safe development and use of medical devices Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

NAO report highlights tech failings in flagship DWP project

Lack of tech skills, disconnected agile development and non-compliance with government standards are among the issues identified in report Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is urging organisations to be transparent and learn from each other’s mistakes as it reveals most of the cyber attacks it responds to stem from the same core errors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Wales gets UK’s first national SOC

The first national security operations centre of its kind in the UK has opened in the south of Wales to safeguard public sector bodies across the country Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases

Simon Clarke told public inquiry he believes he was misled by Post Office internal lawyers over Horizon prosecutions Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu’s Post Office Horizon admission was ‘bombshell’ amid ‘religious panic’ over reliability

Barrister Simon Clarke was representing the Post Office when he discovered an expert witness had misled courts in subpostmaster trials Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Enhance identity controls before banning ransomware payments

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid

Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation

Funding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms

In the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Police accessed phone records of ‘trouble-making journalists’

The Police Service of Northern Ireland ran a rolling programme to monitor phone records of journalists to identify the source of police leaks, it was claimed today Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Cyber attack ruled out as source of UK Border Force outage

An IT outage that caused automated passport control e-gates to crash across the UK has been resolved, with a cyber attack ruled out as the cause Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Germany: European Court of Justice ruling on EncroChat could lead to new legal challenges

A ruling by the European Court of Justice could prompt legal challenges in EncroChat prosecutions in Germany and other EU states Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Government plans to scan bank accounts of disabled people will lead to another scandal

The government is sleepwalking into another scandal as it pushes plans for ‘bank scanning’ algorithms to monitor bank accounts of disabled people Continue Reading

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• Mikey Erhardt, campaigner at Disability Rights UK

Chinese APT suspected of Ministry of Defence hack

A cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence is suspected to be the work of threat actors working on behalf of Chinese intelligence Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What does the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill mean for UK industry?

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the first shift in the UK’s data protection regime since leaving the EU, but what could it mean for UK industry? Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court

A campaigning former subpostmaster told Surrey Police he suspected a ‘possible criminal offence’ when he found details of a Post Office prosecutor withholding evidence in a 2010 trial Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Casting a critical eye on HMRC’s IR35 checker tool

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate what has been going on with HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool. We also speak to the CIO of Danfoss about making datacentres greener and explore the issue of restoring data and system backups after a ransomware or cyber attack. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

CEST: Putting HMRC’s IR35 status checker under the microscope

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate what has been going on with HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool. We also speak to the CIO of Danfoss about making datacentres greener and explore the issue of restoring data and system backups after a ransomware or cyber attack. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

EU calls out Fancy Bear over attacks on Czech, German governments

The European Union, alongside member states Czechia and Germany, have accused Russian government APT Fancy Bear of being behind a series of attacks on political parties and government bodies Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs

Chair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee has written to the UK’s digital secretary about the government’s approach to generative AI, lamenting a lack of support for copyright holders and measures to ensure competition in AI markets Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice

The Post Office’s top lawyer held back vital information when requested by the criminal cases review commission, preventing wrongful convictions from being reviewed Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI

The NCSC and CISA have warned about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist threat actors targeting critical national infrastructure, after a number of American utilities were attacked Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became

Post Office investigators were only focused on getting money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls, according to a 2013 report commissioned by organisation’s legal boss Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

BBC instructs lawyers over allegations of police surveillance of journalist

Lawyers for the BBC have written to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland spied on investigative journalist Vincent Kearney Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents

The 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Better hygiene may mitigate the need to ban ransomware payments

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Becky Gelder, Turnkey Consulting

DWP anti-fraud measures will allow monitoring of bank accounts of landlords, carers and parents

Parliamentarians raise concerns that a proposed law to require banks to monitor the accounts of millions of people receiving state benefits could lead to those on welfare being denied accommodation or bank accounts Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life

Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Persistent data breaches deny people with HIV dignity and privacy

The ICO has urged charities and healthcare organisations that work with people living with HIV to do better when it comes to protecting their personal data, after the HIV status of more than 100 people was accidentally disclosed by London’s Central YMCA Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons

Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor