Category: ComputerWeekly

27
Jun
2025

Interview: Developing a CIO strategy for artificial intelligence

When Chris Loake joined Hiscox in November 2023 as the company’s group information officer, the insurance firm had already begun…

Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance
27
Jun
2025

Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance

Ciaran Martin founded the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and served as its first CEO from 2013 to 2020….

MPs propose ban on predictive policing
27
Jun
2025

MPs propose ban on predictive policing

Predictive policing technologies infringe human rights “at their heart” and should be prohibited in the UK, argues Green MP Siân…

HMRC’s hunt for hyperscaler to lead £500m datacentre exit project deemed ‘anti-competitive’
27
Jun
2025

Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has signed off two contracts worth a total of £280m with Fujitsu as the government…

Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe
27
Jun
2025

Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe

Police are currently investigating 45 people in relation to potential crimes in the Post Office scandal, with seven so far…

British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell
26
Jun
2025

British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell

A 25-year-old British national named as Kai West faces a lengthy prison term in the US after a series of…

Sky ECC distributor released from French custody pending trial
26
Jun
2025

Sky ECC distributor released from French custody pending trial

Thomas Herdman, a Canadian businessman facing trial for his alleged role in distributing Sky ECC cryptophones, was granted release by…

Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
26
Jun
2025

Next phase of fintech reflected in strong financials, says World Economic Forum

Fintechs are growing customer bases at a lower rate, but profits and revenues are strong as industry becomes sustainable, according…

Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack
26
Jun
2025

Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack

Glasgow City Council has become the second local authority in the UK to have disclosed a security incident in the…

UK IT infrastructure processes images looking back 1.2 million light years
26
Jun
2025

UK IT infrastructure processes images looking back 1.2 million light years

UK astronomers and software developers have created an infrastructure to process and distribute petabytes (PB) of information from a digital…

Pure CTO drills down on key-value, no DFMs on FA//ST, and fast object
26
Jun
2025

Pure CTO drills down on key-value, no DFMs on FA//ST, and fast object

In this podcast, recorded at last week’s Pure//Accelerate 2025 event, we talk to Pure Storage’s chief technology officer (CTO), Rob…

Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed
25
Jun
2025

Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed

Cyber security experts are urging operators of Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway appliances to get in…