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Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries
2024-10-29 06:26

GCHQ job ads seek top talent with bottom-end pay packets While the wages paid by governments seldom match those available in the private sector, it appears that the UK's intelligence, security and...

Britain's Ministry of Defence accused of wasting £174M on 'external advice'
2024-06-24 12:50

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If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?
2024-04-24 07:29

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Britain's largest private pension scheme reveals scale of Capita break-in
2023-05-12 16:59

Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK's largest private pension provider, says Capita has warned that details of almost half a million members were held on servers accessed during the recent breach. The USS made the disclosure today, saying that it uses Capita technology platform, Hartlink, to manage in-house pension administration processes, and was working closely with the scandal struck Capita since the digital burglary in March.

GCHQ was rebuked for ignoring spy law safeguards as pandemic hit Britain
2022-01-10 12:47

Former foreign secretary Dominic Raab rebuked GCHQ for secretly halting internal compliance audits that ensured the spy agency was obeying the law, a government report has revealed - while just 0.06 per cent of spying requests made by Britain's public sector were refused by its supposed overseer. Explaining how GCHQ's COVID excuse "Deviated from our expectations," IPCO said: "The IPC and the Foreign Secretary made clear to GCHQ that, in future, they expect GCHQ to inform them of any changes relevant to the handling of warranted data."

NCSC chief: Ransomware is more of a threat to Britain than hostile nations' spies
2021-06-15 14:53

The head of Britain's National Cyber Security Center has warned it is ransomware that's the key threat for most people. "What I find most worrying isn't the activity of state actors," NCSC chief exec Lindy Cameron told a national security audience, joining the chorus of organisations calling out ransomware criminals as the number one cybersecurity threat of the moment.

Britain to spend £22m influencing Indo-Pacific nations' cybersecurity policies against 'authoritarian regimes'
2021-05-12 12:15

Britain is to spend £22m on training African and Indo-Pacific nations to stave off cyber influences from "Authoritarian regimes", foreign secretary Dominic Raab said today. "I'm very pleased to announce that the UK government will invest £22m in new funding to support cyber capacity building in those vulnerable countries," said Raab at the CyberUK conference this morning, making his single policy pledge in the speech.

Thou shalt not hack indiscriminately, High Court of England tells Britain's spy agencies
2021-01-11 16:16

A landmark High Court ruling has struck down Britain's ability to hack millions of people at a time through so-called "General warrants" in what privacy campaigners are hailing as a major victory. Speaking on Friday afternoon when the judicial review judgment was handed down, Caroline Wilson Palow, PI's legal director, said in a statement: "General warrants are no more permissible today than they were in the 18th century. The government had been getting away with using them for too long. We welcome the High Court's affirmation of these fundamental constitutional principles."

EU, Britain to Toughen Rules, Fines for Tech Giants
2020-12-16 09:30

Big tech companies face hefty fines in the European Union and Britain if they treat rivals unfairly or fail to protect users on their platforms, in proposed regulations unveiled Tuesday by officials in Brussels and London. Big tech companies won't be allowed, for example, to stop users from uninstalling preinstalled software or apps, nor will they be able to use data from business users to compete against them.

Britain Fines US Hotel Chain Marriott Over Data Breach
2020-10-30 14:39

Britain's data privacy watchdog on Friday said it has fined US hotels group Marriott over a data breach affecting millions of customers worldwide. The UK Information Commissioner's Office said in a statement it fined Marriott £18.4 million for breaches of data that included personal information such as passport numbers since March 2018.