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'We still have embeds in CISA': CTO of Brit cyber agency talks post-Trump relationship with US counterpart
2025-05-13 14:00

Both agencies seem unbothered despite tech world's clear concerns for US infoseccers CYBERUK The top brass from the UK's cyber agency say everything is business as usual when it comes to the GCHQ...

Three Brits charged over 'active shooter threats' swattings in US, Canada
2025-05-02 13:06

UK starts prosecution days after FBI vowed to clamp down on the crime Three young Brits are accused of stateside swatting offences and will appear in a UK court today to face their charges after a...

Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies
2025-04-17 10:45

Truck-mounted demonstration weapon costs 10p a pop, says MOD British soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon.…

Russia's Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs
2025-02-12 17:00

'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021 An initial-access subgroup of Russia's Sandworm last year wriggled its way into networks within the US, UK, Canada and Australia, stealing...

WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
2025-01-30 10:15

Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their...

Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors
2025-01-20 12:03

Students have work to complete at home in the meantime A UK high school will have to close for at least two days, today and tomorrow, after becoming the latest public-sector victim of ransomware...

Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
2024-10-03 09:15

Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else Fewer than one in five Brits report being happy with the way their personal data is handled by big tech...

Cops cuff 22-year-old Brit suspected of being Scattered Spider leader
2024-06-17 13:00

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Brit security guard biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database
2024-05-07 10:30

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Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
2023-11-29 09:30

Planning portal back online with a more secure connection Reading Borough Council has securely restored its planning portal after facing criticism for recommending questionable tech security...