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100,000 Genomes Project is secure, insists chair An ambitious project to map the DNA of a million Brits has experienced such sustained hack attacks that officials have had to shift the data to a...
State investigation finds non-Snowden proof of UK badness - local report GCHQ’s rumoured hacking operation against Belgacom came back into the spotlight yesterday after a local newspaper revealed...
UK watchdog demands max penalty after security snafu The UK's privacy watchdog wants to fine Equifax £500,000 ($660,000) after hackers siphoned off 15 million Brits' info from its databases.…
Why aren't more people lining up to fight with a mouse, keyboard and gun? Parliament’s influential Public Accounts (PAC) Committee reckons UK Armed Forces need to recruit more digitally able folk...
Twitter account using 19-year-old's online alias also taunted law enforcement A British teenager has pleaded guilty in court to making hoax bomb threats to schools and airports while posing online...
ID fraud drops to four-year low New figures reveal UK identity fraud dropped during the first six months of 2018 to reach a four-year low.…
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...