More than 850,000 filed online tax return on HMRC deadline day
Department reveals that tens of thousands completed annual process ‘with minutes to spare’
FCDO signs consultancy to £6.5m deal to boost cyber-resilience
Department retains firm on two-year deal
FCDO signs £10m deal for support of government’s Secret IT system
Supplier appointed to two-year contract to provide services to government-wide Rosa service
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ICO hits facial recognition firm with £7.5m fine and order to delete all UK data
Regulator finds that collection of online images was not fair, transparent or lawful
DfE retains security provider for cyber incident response in £500k deal
Department signs contract with defence contractor BAE
Ransomware: Cabinet minister sounds alarm over ‘greatest cyberthreat to the UK’
Steve Barclay urges greater reporting of attacks
Nuclear clean-up agency seeks £2m-a-year partner to help improve cyber-resilience
Specialist firm sought to help identify areas where security could be bolstered
Big chill: Bank of England awards six-figure direct deal to cool datacentres at note-printing hub
Contract for chillers at Essex site signed without competitive process
Government proposes ‘world-first’ new security regime for app stores
Consultation launched on code of practice for Apple, Google and others – although adherence would be voluntarily
Boardrooms ‘lack understanding of cybersecurity’, government report finds
An annual study has identified core technical and incident-response skills gaps
No criminal changes over Hancock CCTV leak, ICO announces
Regulator concludes there is insufficient evidence to prosecute two people investigated following publication of compromising images of health secretary
Researchers detect ‘multiple spyware infections’ of Downing St and FCDO since 2020
Canadian academics claim that attack on No. 10 using Pegasus software was launched from the UAE
Information commissioner: ‘Many cyber issues are preventable’
Head of data watchdog urges public bodies to ensure ‘vigilance’ after revealing that successful phishing attacks represent an increasing number of cyber incidents
Sunak asks Royal Mint to create government-backed NFT
Chancellor also unveils plans to regulate so-called stablecoins, but critics accuse under-fire minister of ‘poorly judged gimmick’
DCMS seeks social media monitoring firm to help ‘build comprehensive picture of misinformation’
Department floats 10-month contract worth half a million pounds
Departments to undergo independent audits of cyber resilience
New ‘Gov Assure’ process aims to provide a government-wide overview of risk, minister tells PublicTechnology Cyber Security Summit
NHS conducts £300k cyber review of Covid Pass
Contract signed with consultancy Mason Advisory
Homes for Ukraine registrants targeted by online fraudsters
The government has been criticised for the time it is taking to match refugees with sponsors – who have been targeted by scams while trying to find their own matches
One in three UK firms suffered phishing attack last year, government study finds
Message-based threat is by far the most prevalent form of attack, annual study from DCMS concludes
Police chiefs to launch online hub for forces’ use of tech, data and science
NPCC website will allow officers to see what peers in other parts of the country are doing
Public bodies encouraged to cancel contracts with Russian suppliers
Deals that could be under review include energy supply contacts and some tech consultancy engagements
Revealed: Cabinet Office signed deal last month for ‘immediate cyber incident response’
Department directly awarded short-term deal to PwC but indicates there was no specific threat
Court hears of ministers making key decisions over WhatsApp then deleting messages
Evidence submitted to High Court claims many officials and ministers use private messaging services on a ‘daily basis’
MoD to probe how suspected Russian hoaxer finagled Teams meeting with defence secretary
Ben Wallace is said to be ‘very cross’ after speaking to someone posing as Ukrainian PM for almost 10 minutes