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British Airways Fined £183 Million Under GDPR Over 2018 Data Breach
2019-07-08 08:33

Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today hit British Airways with a record fine of £183 million for failing to protect the personal information of around half a million of its...

UK data regulator threatens British Airways with 747-sized fine for massive personal data blurt
2019-07-08 08:21

Half a million records lost? £183m GDPR fine lined up The UK Information Commissioner's Office has warned BA it faces a whopping £183.39m following the theft of million customer records from its...

Good old British 'fair play' is the answer to vexed Huawei question, claims security minister
2019-06-21 10:00

He then doubled down on spies' 'ghost user' backdoor plan Solving the Huawei 5G security problem is a question of convincing the Chinese to embrace British "fair play", security minister Ben...

British Army cyber 'n' psyops unit 77 Brigade can't even brainwash civvies into helping it meet recruitment targets
2019-05-23 15:43

Part-timers needed The British Army's psyops unit 77 Brigade is still falling short of recruiting targets, despite cyber skills being bigged up repeatedly by the military and government.…

Huawei Security Shortcomings Cited by British Intelligence
2019-03-28 14:03

More 'Defects' Found in Software Engineering and Cybersecurity ProcessesBritain's intelligence establishment warns that Chinese networking giant Huawei's "software engineering and cybersecurity...

Buffer overflow flaw in British Airways in-flight entertainment systems will affect other airlines, but why try it in the air?
2019-03-08 10:20

Researcher's stumbling on bug was risky to say the least A cybersecurity professor has insisted he was not hunting for a vulnerability when he found a denial-of-service bug on an in-flight...

Bored bloke takes control of British Army 'psyops' unit's Twitter
2019-02-21 10:06

Great recruiting tool there, folks A crafty joker seized control of the British Army's "influence and outreach" Twitter account – and labelled the military unit "fun sponges" when they tried to...

British Intelligence Says Huawei Risk Manageable: FT
2019-02-18 16:28

British intelligence has concluded that security risks posed by using equipment made by Chinese telecom giant Huawei can be managed, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The National Cyber...

British and US militaries' drone swarm hackathon definitely isn't about army tech
2019-02-13 13:50

It's about fighting fires, not starting them, say defence bods The British military has commissioned a hackathon to develop drone swarms – while claiming that it's definitely not about developing...

No-Deal Brexit Threatens British Crime-Fighting
2019-02-12 12:18

Police Say Data-Sharing Alternatives 'Will Not Be As Efficient Or Effective'British police say they're doing their best to cope with the possibility that the U.K. will crash out of the EU in 45...