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Moscow's agents used one-time pads, er, two times – ой! Efforts by British boffins to thwart Russian cryptographic cyphers in the 1920s and 1930s have been declassified, providing fascinating...

Crack my two-time baby Work by the British against Russian cryptographic cyphers in the 1920s and 1930s was declassified this week, providing fascinating insights into a previously obscure part of...

We're even short 'moderately specialist' types ... A cross-sector alliance incorporating leading UK organisations has been created in response to government plans to develop a national...

Breach identified potential victims taking part in probe The UK's data watchdog today issued the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) a £200,000 penalty after it sent a bulk email...

Our Vault Ltd fined £70k and Horizon Windows scolded over unsolicited marketing calls Two nuisance callers were today named and shamed – only one was fined – by the UK's data watchdog for illegal...

Committee calls for more public spending – but not with outsourcer A Parliamentary committee has called for Capita to be stripped of its military recruiting IT contract unless its performance...

Troubled surveillance craft has taken a shine to terra firma A British Army Watchkeeper drone has crashed near Aberporth, taking the number of crashes involving the unmanned aircraft to five.…

Bad news if you've been defrauded online Just one in three police forces in the UK are able to tackle cybercrime such as DDoS, malware attacks and online fraud, a Home Affairs Committee heard today.…

Plus: SIM-swapping scam costs customer thousands TSB customers have reported receiving letters from the bank containing other people's details in the embattled firm's latest cock-up.…

And we'll, erm, name and shame bad actors MORE LOUDLY Hostile states targeting essential infrastructure and services in Britain should be dealt with in the same way as any other attack against the...