Scattered Spider hackers sentenced over TfL attack
Two members of the Scattered Spider hacking collective, Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, aged 18 and 20 respectively, have been sentenced to five years and…
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A fifth of PC devices still on Windows 10
Analysis of data collected by Lansweeper has found that almost 22% of devices are still running Windows 10, in spite of Microsoft officially ending support…
Denmark debates ‘emergency’ energy plan to curb datacentres
The Danish government is preparing plans to sanction datacentres it has blamed for a significant rise in industrial energy demand. This follows an Audit Office…
Home Office proposes AI tooling to accelerate digital disclosure
The Home Office has accepted key recommendations from an independent review of how digital material submitted to courts can be managed more effectively. London barrister…
Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham takes aim at outsourcing
On the eve of his anointment as prime minister, Andy Burnham told Labour MPs he will rein in government outsourcing. According to a Financial Times…
Chaotic July Patch Tuesday threatens to overwhelm defenders
Security analysts are struggling to reckon with the sheer volume of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) addressed in Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday update, which contains…
Study reveals Microsoft tactics to lure Windows users
A report co-authored by an expert in deceptive user interfaces and a technology and design ethicist has found that design choices in the Edge browser…
ICO ‘less effective as a regulator’ due to toxic culture
A toxic workplace culture stemming from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) senior leadership team meant staff felt unable to raise concerns or push back…
IDCA warns of ‘delay tax’ as AI datacentre power surges 50%
Artificial intelligence (AI)-focused datacentres grew electricity consumption by 50% during 2025, with demand now at 67.7GW – 1.9% of all electricity generation – and the…
PAC raises more questions over Capita’s role in government
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised questions over Capita’s suitability for the £370m contract to run back-office services for four major government departments. Capita’s…
AI impacting stress levels among cyber professionals
The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) as an analytical or defensive tool in the cyber professional’s arsenal appears to be having a significant impact on…
Pure DC launches €7.5bn Finland AI datacentre campus
Pure Data Centres Group has launched one of Europe’s largest ever artificial intelligence (AI) datacentre projects, a 550MW campus in Seinäjoki, Finland with claimed total…