Cyber Week
Birthday messages helped cops bring down digital drug dealer
User of encrypted messaging service sentenced to 10 years in prison
Funding scheme aims to address military vulnerability to cyberattack
Government-run competition seeks to combat possible exposure caused by legacy systems
Messaging app users offered counterfeit NHS Covid Passes
Investigation by PoliticsHome finds Telegram anti-vaccine groups purporting to purvey fake...
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‘We need to use tech to keep up with scams’ – UK advertising regulator
David Currie explains that there is an ‘arms race’ between web platforms and criminals that are equally sophisticated
Cyber Week: what now for the UK’s data-protection regime?
The EU may have granted its former member state adequacy, but there will be many more issues to resolve in the coming years
‘Location is no longer an arbiter of trust’ – what the future of work means for security
PublicTechnology catches up with Richard Meeus from Akamai to discuss how the events of the past year have changed not only how organisations work, but how they protect their workforce
Government puts £700k fund into boosting cyber sector
Money will support the work of the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration
Data from over 100 Treasury staff devices wiped in 2020 after users entered wrong passcode
More than 5% of all devices were reset
Cyber Week: How government, police and business are working together to protect Scotland
Public and private sector entities support the work of Scottish Business Resilience Centre in protecting organisations across the country from cyberthreats. CEO Jude McCorry tells PublicTechnology about a busy year.
Cyber Week: DWP says security experts stopped ‘large attack’ from organised crime during UC surge
As the department processed 4.3 million new claims, fraudsters attempted to cash in
Cyber national security: how the UK has prepared itself for major attacks
We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the NCSC and the threats it was created to respond to loom larger than ever. PublicTechnology examines the growth of the UK’s cyber-defence capability
Regulatory clampdown urged as CMA finds £400 per household goes to Google and Facebook each year
CMA says that all of society will lose out ‘if the market power of these firms goes unchecked’
Treasury and Bank of England ‘consider next steps’ on possible cryptocurrency reserve
Minister claims government wants UK financial institutions to lead on the use of digital currencies
NHS data watchdog calls for ‘no surprises’ rule in use of patient info
Consultation opened on addition of eighth principle for the health system’s use of data
Who stole nine antique clocks worth £50,000 from the Foreign Office?
Annual fraud data shows lost phones, online shopping sprees and some mysterious missing timepieces
ICO flags concerns of ‘poor practices’ in police collection of smartphone data
Regulator identifies inconsistent approaches between forces and tendency to collect excessive information
Lawfulness of government visa algorithm challenged
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants files judicial review
DWP opens up access to Universal Credit via Government Gateway after Verify delays
Department attempts to cope with surging demand by allowing access via legacy system
NHS app adopted by just 0.4% of eligible population in first year
More than 90% of GP-registered citizens cannot currently access their medical records online
Public Health England launches online coronavirus tracker
Tool enables the public to keep track of daily infection totals and locations of reported cases
DWP to build digital platform for integrated disability assessments
Department to trial new system and methods in small ‘transformation area’
GDS boss Alison Pritchard: ‘There’s scope for us to be a bit more of an enforcer’
Director general says that, as organisation focuses more on data, she wants to ensure ‘we maintain the teeth we need to be effective’
One in three small fishing vessels sign up for new catch-recording app
Marine Management Organisation claims that new technology is catching on