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Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK
2024-07-17 07:33

Australian Craig Wright has finally admitted he is not the inventor of Bitcoin after losing several cases in the High Court of England and Wales, whose judge has suggested he be investigated for perjury. Wright has for years claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto - the pseudonym used by whoever wrote the whitepaper that defined Bitcoin and created the reference architecture for the cryptocurrency.

Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI
2024-07-16 11:25

The complaint follows a similar protest in the European Union under the General Data Protection Regulation, which resulted in the social media biz agreeing to pause plans to train AI models on EU users' Facebook and Instagram users' posts. Although UK data protection law currently mirrors that in the EU, its decision to leave the economic and political bloc came into effect at the end of 2020.

UK cyber-boss slams China's bug-hoarding laws
2024-07-15 00:03

ASIA IN BRIEF The interim CEO of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre has criticized China's approach to bug reporting. After first pointing out that UK authorities have not attributed that incident to a Chinese actor, Oswald said "Chinese actors' approach in cyberspace over the last 18 months should worry us all."

Elexon's Insight into UK electricity felled by expired certificate
2024-07-09 14:01

Certificate Watch Demonstrating that Microsoft is not alone in its inability to keep track of certificates is UK power market biz Elexon. Elexon is an important cog in the UK's wholesale electricity market machine and provides operational data via its Insight Solution platform.

UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin's ransomware shakedowns
2024-06-25 12:01

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UK's Total Fitness exposed nearly 500K images of members, staff through unprotected database
2024-06-17 10:35

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UK Trails Behind Europe in Technical Skills Proficiency, Coursera Report Finds
2024-06-12 08:00

The U.K. is by no means a reflection of Europe as a whole when it comes to technical proficiency. "We must strive for greater collaboration between higher education institutions, government and the technology industry to meet the rapidly evolving skill requirements of the digital economy. Without this collaboration and the right level of investment, we will continue to fall behind in technical skills proficiency."

UK and Canada's data chiefs join forces to investigate 23andMe mega-breach
2024-06-11 13:30

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23andMe data breach under investigation in UK and Canada
2024-06-10 15:00

Privacy authorities in Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint investigation to assess the scope of sensitive customer information exposed in last year's 23andMe data breach. The joint investigation will also examine if 23andMe alerted affected individuals and the privacy regulators as required by Canadian and UK privacy and data protection laws.

6 Best VPNs for the UK in 2024
2024-06-04 10:18

As well as some level of privacy, VPNs offer U.K. users a way around any restrictions on accessing overseas streaming services. Private Internet Access: Best for number of VPN servers.