Whistleblower contacts NatWest customers affected by a decade-old data breach
A whistleblower is contacting NatWest customers affected by a data breach which has forced her to store the sensitive information of around 1,600 of the…
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Cozy Bear lures victims with used BMW 5 Series
The Russian intelligence-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group known variously as APT29, Nobelium or Cozy Bear, arguably most famous for the 2020/1 SolarWinds incident, has been…
Ofcom’s online safety preparedness efforts hobbled by government
Constant changes to the timetable and scope of the UK government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) is hindering Ofcom’s ability to prepare for its new responsibilities…
Microsoft users on high alert over dangerous RCE zero-day
Microsoft has disclosed a potentially serious remote code execution (RCE) zero-day under active exploitation – by a group with alleged links to the Russian intelligence…
FutureDotNow debuts roadmap to guide UK through closing digital skills gap
Tech industry coalition FutureDotNow is calling on government and businesses to work together to help close the IT skills gap, marking the publication of a…
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2023
There are plenty of amazing women in the UK’s technology industry, but who do you think is the most influential? Computer Weekly is looking for…
EU formally grants data adequacy to US
The European Commission (EC) has granted data adequacy to the US, allowing companies to freely transfer personal data across the Atlantic without the need for…
Malicious URL volumes soar as cyber criminals pull on Threads
Cyber fraudsters and scammers are already attempting to exploit last week’s launch of Meta’s latest social media venture, a “Twitter-killer” called Threads, to conduct phishing…
Legal & General signs seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl
Legal & General (L&G) has signed a seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl that is geared towards accelerating the financial services firm’s use…
Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings
The statutory inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has been disrupted again as a result of the Post Office’s failure to provide documents requested…
Norwegian data privacy experts sound alarm over generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) recently burst onto the scene, producing text, images, sound, and video content that closely resemble human-made content. After being trained on…
Finland’s VTT partners Nokia on data market
The decision of Finnish state innovator VTT to join the Nokia-Veturi data markets partnership has added substantial research and development (R&D) weight to a project…