The government’s starting point for negotiating Fujitsu’s contribution to the costs of the Post Office scandal should be a 50:50 split, according to the chair of a Parliamentary select committee. Fujitsu stood by and watched as the Post Office used data from its error-prone computer system as evidence to prosecute subpostmasters. Liam Byrne, chair of … Leer más
Trust in Post Office management has fallen so low that MPs and subpostmasters are demanding it is removed from the process of compensating those whose lives it wrecked. The organisation, which used to refer to itself as the “UK’s most trusted brand”, lacks any trust following revelations in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. In … Leer más
Nation states have been identified shopping on Russian cyber crime forums for malware they can use to wipe computers of data in hostile hacking attacks. Russian-speaking hacking forums, including Exploit and XSS, run black markets in tools and services used by cyber criminals intent on making money by hacking computer systems and stealing data. According … Leer más
Cyber professionals frustrated with stagnating salaries and poor working conditions are increasingly turning to the cyber criminal underground to increase their pay, cover expenses and replace dried up work, the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) has warned in its latest State of the profession report. The study highlighted that a lack of appropriate remuneration … Leer más
Apple has rolled out patches to its mobile iOS and iPadOS operating systems to safeguard against four newly disclosed flaws, two of which are under active exploitation as zero-day vulnerabilities, as part of a wider update that also includes significant new features designed to safeguard the iPhone and iPad estate from future quantum cyber attacks. … Leer más
Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced £3.4bn in additional funding for the NHS to deliver 2% annual increases in productivity through new technology and digital transformation across the health service in England. The cash for the NHS – which Hunt claimed is doubling investment in digital transformation – is the largest part of … Leer más
The Post Office’s decision to prosecute subpostmasters using Horizon evidence during the software’s early roll-out phase was “frightening”, according to an IT expert who exposed its deficiencies. With the Post Office accused of perverting the course of justice in its prosecutions of subpostmasters, forensic IT expert Jason Coyne described how the subpostmasters were treated as … Leer más
Data analysis is critical in the charitable sector but research has found that charities in the UK are missing out on funding due to poor data management. The Sagacity survey of 50 finance and revenue professionals in UK charities and not-for-profits found that almost half (47%) of charity revenue leakage can be traced back to … Leer más
The UK government has awarded leading communications provider BT a multimillion-pound contract to provide hundreds of primary schools in hard-to-reach places across England with ultrafast connectivity as part of the Project Gigabit programme. Under the Schools Gigabit Connectivity Project, jointly funded by the Department for Education and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, BT will … Leer más
Cloud-based SaaS applications don’t have backup built-in, so third-party products have to fill that gap. Also, customers often never really gain the full benefit of information locked into software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications that could provide insights of value to the customer. That’s the view of Own Data, which provides backup and restore – with very fine … Leer más