Human Rights Watch and 149 other civil society organisaitons are urging European Union (EU) institutions to enhance the protections for people’s fundamental rights in its upcoming Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). In May 2023, committees in the European Parliament voted through a raft of amendments to the AIA – including a number of bans on […]

A Chinese-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actor tracked as Storm-0558 hacked into email accounts at multiple government agencies, and was able to lay low for over a month until being discovered and kicked out by Microsoft, it has been revealed. In a disclosure notice published on Tuesday 11 July to coincide with its monthly […]

Hyperscale cloud datacentres now make up 37% of the world’s datacentres, demonstrating the transformational impact that the rise of cloud computing has had on enterprise datacentre infrastructure investment, according to a study by Synergy Research Group. The research found there are nearly 900 such facilities in operation around the world. Around half of this […]

Although much of the initial panic surrounding the late-May breach of Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer tool has subsided, Clop – the ransomware operation behind the attack – continues to leak victims’ details. Pertinently for security teams on the frontline, Progress itself continues to disclose more vulnerabilities in the product, some of which appear […]

Several of the UK’s largest comms providers are collaborating on a sustainability initiative that is geared towards curbing telco supply chain’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Three and Virgin Media are among the 12 entities that have pledged to support the Digital Connectivity Forum’s Climate & Sustainability Work Group, whose focus is […]

CaixaBank has begun the recruitment of 200 young people with the tech skills that are “fundamental” to the digital transformation of the Spanish bank. The positions will be filled by “mainly young people” with technology and science degrees to help it advance in tech areas including cloud application development, data analysis and artificial intelligence […]

The digitisation of public services in the UK is “riddled” with structural, organisational and political problems that are being exacerbated by a lack of engagement with public sector workers and their unions, says Trades Union Congress (TUC) report. Written on behalf of the TUC by the Why Not Lab – a consultancy organisation that […]

The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), in cooperation with the police and the Public Prosecution Service, has developed a method that allows lawyers in criminal cases to view crypto communication, such as EncroChat, from their own offices via the digital search engine, Hansken.  Previously, lawyers had to go to the police station to access digital […]

Constant changes to the timetable and scope of the UK government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) is hindering Ofcom’s ability to prepare for its new responsibilities and functions, says the National Audit Office (NAO). When it was officially introduced to Parliament in March 2022, a number of criminal offences were added to make senior managers liable for destroying […]

The Russian intelligence-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group known variously as APT29, Nobelium or Cozy Bear, arguably most famous for the 2020/1 SolarWinds incident, has been caught trying to ensnare diplomats working in Ukraine with a novel lure – a second-hand BMW 5 Series saloon car being sold by a Polish embassy official. According to […]