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US foreign minister Mike Pompeo to give UK a bollocking over Huawei 5G plans
2019-05-08 11:05

And after that he's having tea with an archbishop. No, really America’s foreign secretary is to deliver a telling-off to the UK over the British government’s decision to maintain the Huawei status...

UK taxman falls foul of GDPR, agrees to wipe 5 million voice recordings used to make biometic IDs
2019-05-03 15:02

Yes, yes, yes, we've told the ICO we are doing so, says HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, aka the tax collector, has agreed to delete five million voice recordings it used to create biometric IDs.…

UK Publishes Proposed Regulation for IoT Device Security
2019-05-03 13:55

The UK government has published a consultation document on the proposed regulation of consumer IoT devices. The consultation is not designed to see whether regulation is necessary, but to help the...

May Day! PM sacks UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson for Huawei 5G green-light leak
2019-05-01 17:35

Replaced by one-time junior MoD minister Penny Mordaunt Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has been sacked from the British government after having leaked the news that Blighty isn’t completely...

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail
2019-05-01 12:48

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks—for almost a year—in prison by a London court for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy...

Cobalt Iron partners with Melius Group to bring SaaS enterprise backup solution to UK and Ireland
2019-04-28 23:00

Cobalt Iron and Melius Group announced a reseller/cloud service provider agreement. Under the terms of the contract, Melius Group will represent Cobalt Iron’s Adaptive Data Protection (ADP) SaaS...

Reports Huawei to Supply UK Networks Draw Criticism
2019-04-25 17:56

British officials downplayed reports that Prime Minister Theresa May will allow China’s Huawei to supply parts of the U.K.’s new internet network, a decision that goes against U.S. pleas to ban...

'We're not omnipotent,' trills National Cyber Security Centre in open-armed pitch to UK biz
2019-04-24 16:00

If we all chip in, we can help secure old Blighty Cyber UK 2019 "We're talking about how to design telecoms systems properly for the long term," National Cyber Security Centre CEO Ciaran Martin...

UK's NCSC Suggests Automatic Blocking of Common Passwords
2019-04-23 15:01

A recent survey from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of GCHQ), conducted by Ipsos Mori, suggests that 52% consider their most prevalent online security consideration to be...

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UK Government Proposes Digital Harms Legislation to Regulate Online Content
2019-04-12 14:43

Two of the most powerful Ministers in the UK government, the secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the secretary of state for the Home Department, have published a...