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Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns

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The Scottish biometrics commissioner has written to Police Scotland outlining his ongoing concerns over the cloud-based digital evidence sharing system used by the force, which uses hyperscale public cloud infrastructure to store and process sensitive biometric data despite major data protection concerns. At the start of April 2023, Computer Weekly revealed the Scottish government’s Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC)…

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Datacentre operators ‘hesitant’ over how to proceed with server farm builds as AI hype builds

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With operators in some of the major European colocation hubs struggling to meet the demand for datacentre capacity amid space and power constraints, they need to make the sites they have under development as appealing as possible for prospective tenants. Depending on the type of colocation provider, this has typically meant tailoring facilities to meet…

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Rishi Sunak under fire from UK tech stakeholders over revision of net-zero policies

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak is putting the UK’s position as a potential leader in the clean tech space at serious risk with his plans to “water down” the government’s net-zero policies, warns TechUK. In a speech on Wednesday 20 September, Sunak confirmed reports the government is plotting a revision of several of its policies that…

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Securing Eurovision’s online voting system against cyber attacks

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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 19 September 2023 Securing Eurovision’s online voting system against cyber attacks Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we discover how Once.net and Cloudfare defended the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest against cyber attacks. Our buyer’s guide continues to look at integrating software-as-a-service…

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Okta confirms link to cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos

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David Bradbury, chief information security officer (CISO) at identity and access management (IAM) specialist Okta, has confirmed that two cyber attacks targeting Las Vegas casino operators MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment appeared to exploit the company’s technology as an access vector, providing a clue as to how the concurrent cyber attacks began. In a newly…

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The Intel Innovation 2023 Keynote Live Blog (8:30am PT, 15:30 UTC)

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Kicking off this morning is Intel’s annual technology conference, Innovation. The second year of the revived show once again has Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger leading things off, with what’s scheduled to be a 90 minute keynote. Intel has four major themes for this year’s show: Accelerating the AI Era Transformative Innovation for the Future of…

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Government offers £600,000 to subpostmasters with overturned convictions

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The government is offering £600,000 to former subpostmasters who have had wrongful convictions overturned, to settle their claims – but a lawyer representing many of the victims of the Post Office scandal warns this could pressurise some to accept much less than they are entitled to. A total of 86 former subpostmasters have so far…

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Manchester police data breach a classic supply chain incident

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A ransomware attack on Digital ID, a Stockport-based supplier of identity and access cards, is developing into a serious supply chain incident after data breaches affecting Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and London’s Metropolitan Police forces came to light. The breach at the Met came to light in August, but GMP only revealed its data had…

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Las Vegas mainstay Caesars Palace likely paid off ransomware crew

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Caesars Entertainment, operator of the venerable Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace, has revealed that it paid a significant sum of money to its attackers following a recent ransomware attack, which was possibly the work of the same threat actor that breached competitor MGM Resorts using the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware. In a filing made to the US…

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