Category: ComputerWeekly

Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign
04
Jun
2024

Russia used fake AI Tom Cruise in Olympic disinformation campaign

With their athletes excluded from the international sporting community after a succession of doping scandals and the unprovoked invasion of…

Police chief commissions ‘independent review’ of surveillance against journalists and lawyers
04
Jun
2024

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

The chief constable of Northern Ireland has commissioned an ‘independent review’ of police surveillance of journalists, lawyers and civil society…

97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches
03
Jun
2024

97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches

Of the 100 organisations listed on the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 list of Britain’s most highly capitalised firms,…

Major breaches allegedly caused by unsecured Snowflake accounts
03
Jun
2024

Major breaches allegedly caused by unsecured Snowflake accounts

Significant data breaches at online ticketing platform Ticketmaster and consumer bank Santander appear to be linked to the abuse of…

Researchers demonstrate value of AI in predicting heart disease
03
Jun
2024

Researchers demonstrate value of AI in predicting heart disease

Researchers from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford have published a study looking at how artificial…

Dell launches PowerStore Prime and hints at PowerScale AI boost
03
Jun
2024

Dell launches PowerStore Prime and hints at PowerScale AI boost

Dell has upgraded its PowerStore midrange block (and file) access storage arrays with Intel Xeon central processing units (CPUs) to…

How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation
03
Jun
2024

How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation

While experts have questioned why Birmingham City Council (BCC) chose to modify and adapt a new Oracle system rather than…

Sellafield local authority slammed over response to North Korean ransomware attack
03
Jun
2024

Sellafield local authority slammed over response to North Korean ransomware attack

Former bosses at Copeland Borough Council blame a 2017 ransomware attack for the authority’s failure to submit audited accounts for…

Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed
31
May
2024

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

Fujitsu is set to receive a further £180m in taxpayers’ cash to extend its contract to run the controversial Post…

Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder
31
May
2024

Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder

A former student at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) says he was hauled over the coals by…

Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn
30
May
2024

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

Taxpayers are facing a £1bn bill for the Post Office to replace its controversial Horizon IT system, Computer Weekly has…

Europol sting operation smokes multiple botnets
30
May
2024

Europol sting operation smokes multiple botnets

Some of the most prominent malware-dropping botnets in operation today, including Bumblebee, IcedID, Pikabot, Smokeloader, SystemBC and Trickbot, have been…