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Declassified files reveal how pre-WW2 Brits smashed Russian crypto
2018-07-19 18:35

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...

Opened archive shows how the Brits easily cracked Russian codes
2018-07-19 18:35

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...

Brit tech forges alliance to improve cyber security as MPs moan over 'acute scarcity' of experts
2018-07-19 15:41

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...

Brit watchdog fines child sex abuse inquiry £200k over mass email blunder
2018-07-18 14:15

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...

That'll learn ya! Data watchdog spanks two Brit phone botherers
2018-06-28 11:15

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...

Strip Capita of defence IT contract unless things improve – Brit MPs
2018-06-18 14:49

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...

... Aaaand that's a fifth Brit Army Watchkeeper drone to crash in Wales
2018-06-14 13:38

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.…

Just a third of Brit cops are equipped to fight crime that is 'cyber'
2018-06-05 12:14

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.…

Brit bank TSB facepalms at critical mass as users report receiving letters meant for other people
2018-06-01 15:43

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.…

Brit Attorney General: Nation state cyber attack is an act of war
2018-05-23 16:06

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...