The European Union’s landmark cyber security bill NIS2 is just months away from coming into force. With a compliance deadline of 17 October, the law aims to improve the bloc’s ability to fight rising levels of cyber crime by ensuring all member states follow the same cyber security rules and procedures. Under this directive, each EU member…
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April 1980, Toulouse. As the offices of multinational technology firms Philips Data Systems and CII-Honeywell-Bull sit burning, French authorities frantically search for the culprits of the suspected arson and bombing attacks. While there was some confusion in the immediate wake of the destruction over who was responsible, with militant left wing group Action Directe initially…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 13 August 2024 Designed to deceive – reviewing the Post Office scandal inquiry Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we review the marathon latest phase of the Post Office scandal inquiry, as ministers, civil servants, executives and lawyers were shamed. We…
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The United States’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has debuted three new encryption algorithms that it claims will help safeguard critical data from cyber attacks originating from quantum computers The quantum-safe algorithms are the first fully-realised ‘product’ to emerge from NIST’s eight-year post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardisation project and are available for immediate use.…
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United States lawmakers are mulling a new proposal to designate countries from which cyber criminal ransomware gangs operate as state sponsors of terrorism. The law forms part of the Intelligence Authorisation Act for the 2025 fiscal year, which is being brought forward by Mark Warner, a Democratic senator for Virginia, and chair of the Senate…
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Microsoft and CrowdStrike have defended themselves against a series of accusations by Delta, saying the US airline, which was particularly badly hit during the 19 July software outage, rejected their offers of help and had only itself to blame for cancelling thousands of flights, including some scheduled to deliver American athletes to the Paris Olympics.…
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The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves is being urged to review the anecdotal jump in public sector spending caused by the roll-out of the April 2017 IR35 reforms, as she sets about closing the £22bn gap in the public’s finances left by the previous government. Reeves revealed details of the “projected overspend” the previous government’s…
Marc Francis spent the past few years of his life governed by a broken route planner. Time after time, the driver who until recently delivered for Parcelforce would be asked to go on harder and harder routes or given unfeasible routes on his shifts. And when the system broke, failed to bring up an address…
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Software supplier Advanced Computer Software Group faces a potential fine of £6.09m for an alleged failure to implement appropriate cyber security measures to protect the sensitive personal data of 82,946 people, which was stolen by the LockBit ransomware gang following an attack on its systems in August 2022. The cyber attack on Advanced caused extensive…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 6 August 2024 Migrating to S/4Hana – how the Co-op made its move Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, as SAP users prepare for the deadline to move off the ECC platform, we find out how the Co-op is migrating to…
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