CMA fines Facebook over enforcement order breach
Facebook has been fined £50.5 million for breaching an order imposed by the CMA during its investigation into Facebook’s purchase
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UK defence minister sorry over Afghan interpreters’ data breach
More than 250 people seeking relocation to the UK , many of whom who were Afghan interpreters who worked for
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UK Street lamps and bus shelters to help boost 5G roll out in £4 million trial
£4m competition will explore ways to make it simpler and quicker for mobile companies to use publicly-owned buildings and curbside
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New programme to spark wave of growth in UK’s thriving cyber sector
Cyber Runway will see entrepreneurs and businesses across the four nations get access to business masterclasses, mentoring, product development support,
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UK and allies hold Chinese state responsible for hacking Microsoft Exchange Servers
UK joins likeminded partners to confirm Chinese state-backed actors were responsible for gaining access to computer networks via Microsoft Exchange
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UK Government sets out action to stop online racist abuse in football
The Prime Minister has set out action to tackle online racist abuse in football following the abhorrent social media attacks
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How GCHQ made its CyberChef app open source
CyberChef is a web app to carry out many cyber operations within a web browser. It has over 300 operations,
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EU adopts adequacy decisions allowing data to continue flowing freely to the UK
The European Union (EU) has formally recognised the UK’s high data protection standards after more than a year of constructive
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BT to launch new at-cost social tariff in June – offering support to over four million households on low income
BT Home Essentials to launch next month, offering fibre broadband and call packages to everyone receiving Universal Credit (and certain
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Ransomware Task Force (RTF) announce framework to combat ransomware
The Ransomware Task Force (RTF), a US-led team convened in early 2021 with participants from governments, software firms, cyber security vendors, non-profit
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