As the government hands the Post Office £400m in public funds to replace its controversial Horizon system, details emerge of millions more wasted as a result of botched IT. The latest costs come as the Post Office agrees to pay millions of pounds in compensation to scandal victims hit by a data breach last year.…
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Fujitsu was paid £80m by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in March alone as its public sector business continues unabated, despite its involvement in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history. In the first quarter of this year, the IT giant received about £123m of taxpayers’ cash from HMRC alone, but although…
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The faulty system at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal could still be in use in Post Office branches up to 2033. According to a public sector procurement notice, the Post Office will finally replace the controversial Horizon system with an off-the-shelf alternative, but the current system could remain for another seven years.…
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It’s no surprise to me that financial services organisations missed the 17 January2025 deadline to be in compliance with the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). I personally have not met a CIO or CISO who thought this deadline was realistic.Even back in January, research from Orange Cyberdefense saw 43% of respondents in the…
Legal and IT experts have made submissions to the government’s call for views on the current rules around the use of computer evidence in court, which closes today. The wider public understanding of the Post Office Horizon scandal, which saw innocent subpostmasters jailed based on flawed evidence from an accounting system, forced the government to…
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The Post Office has appointed a specialist investigator to review the integrity of current Horizon system data and the processes used to identify discrepancies. This follows a report by the Post Office scandal public inquiry, published in September 2024, which raised concerns about the current version of the controversial system. Investigation firm Kroll will review…
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Military planners and industry figures say artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock back-office efficiency for the UK’s armed forces and help commanders make faster, better-informed decisions, but “intractable problems” baked into the technology could further reduce military accountability. Speaking on a panel about the ethics of using autonomous technologies in warfare at the Alan Turing Institute-hosted…
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Fujitsu staff supporting IT services contracts at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will strike for 22 days in protest after in-house colleagues in similar roles received significantly higher pay rises. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union at the scandal-stained supplier will down tools at HMRC on 21 March and not return until…
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The government minister in charge of the Post Office has asked for evidence of problems caused by a third Post Office branch software system known as ECCO+, software used in the 1990s at branches managed by the Post Office, known as Crown branches. The National Federation of Subpostmasters(NFSP), working with law firm Howe & Co,…
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The Post Office has made its first official apology to subpostmasters who used its faulty Capture accounting software and were blamed and punished for unexplained shortfalls. Ken Tooby received a letter from a senior executive who “apologised sincerely and unreservedly” on behalf of the Post Office for “failings and impact” on Tooby’s late wife June,…
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