Cybersecurity
Whitehall apprentices’ details exposed on dark web after cyberattack
Cabinet Office offers those affected a one-year subscription to a credit-checking service
Ministerial code needs update for WhatsApp age, former civil service bosses say
Johnson and Dyson’s text exchange shows need for new rules, believe ex-cabinet secretaries
Calls for probe into security of PM’s phone
Concerns expressed after leak of messages between Boris Johnson and vacuum magnate Dyson
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MI5 warns of thousands of attempts to spy on civil servants via ‘malicious’ online profiles
Officials advised that hostile states use LinkedIn and other sites
Ministers encourages citizens concerned over Facebook leak to visit Have I Been Pwned? website
Up to 11 million UK accounts recently saw personal information published online
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Cyber guru appointed UK’s first director of homeland security
Former NCSC bigwig Chloe Squires joins Home Office
‘Disastrous for public safety’ – minister reignites rhetoric on tech firms’ encryption
Home Office minister Atkins says Facebook is ‘of particular concern’
DfE signs £4m IT health check deal
Department brings in cyber firm on three-year contract
Outsourcer Sitel shopped to ICO after contact tracers told to use personal emails to share case info
Whistleblower raised concerns about practice that went unheeded
President Biden assembles task force to tackle major Microsoft hack
Vendor’s Exchange Server has been hit with reported China-sponsored attack
Public bodies join up to form CyberScotland
Newly created organisation aims to improve national resilience
Personal data of 600 people exposed by Scottish Borders Council data breach
Email addresses and info about eligibility for payments accidentally revealed
Ten remote-working hubs to be opened for Northern Irish officials
Northern Ireland Civil Service to implement ‘blended approach to remote working’
Academia helps boost Scottish cyber sector
Report finds university spin-outs and degree courses are big contributors to success
Police seeks public views on body-worn cameras
Force in Scotland says process will help ‘address any ethical and community-related concerns’
NCSC recognises cyber expert universities
Eight institutions across UK named centres of excellence
EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
Regulator vows it ‘will not engage with criminals’ as ransomware response continues
Attack on Scottish environment watchdog happened on Christmas Eve
Dowden: ‘The idea that free speech can be switched off by a button in California is unsettling’
Digital secretary says there is a ‘burning need’ for governments to take a greater role in regulating the online world
Police seek to ‘mitigate impact’ as work continues to restore huge volume of arrest data
Ministers stress mass deletion was result of ‘human error’
ICO urged to protect workers from surveillance software
MPs, unions and academics call for rules on the use of tech that can monitor remote workers
DHSC signs £2m six-month deal to improve ability to ‘respond to recover from a cyberattack’
Health department awards security design and architecture contract through G-Cloud framework