Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically
admin The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted there have been more than 12 times as many data breaches linked to its Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap) programme than…
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Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI
Threat actors linked to the Russian government are falling back on a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco equipment that was first uncovered in 2018, according to a new warning from…
Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw
Apple has pushed another update to its mobile operating systems, iOS and iPadOS, to address a newly-discovered zero-day that is already being exploited by threat actors in the wild…
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology is unlawful, according to UK equality watchdog, citing the need for deployments of the technology to be necessary, proportionate and…
ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement
The Home Office could be banned from unlawfully using computer algorithms to recommend whether migrants should be deported. Privacy International has filed a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office…
European digital sovereignty: Storage, surveillance concerns to overcome
In mid-June 2025, Microsoft made an announcement about a suite of “Sovereign Cloud solutions” designed to ensure that data belonging to European customers remains stored and processed entirely within…
Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m
The national police investigation into the Post Office Horizon scandal is expected to cost taxpayers more than £50m. Scandal victims accept the cost, but demand accountability. Operation Olympos has…
Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial
Fujitsu sponsored an annual event held by the National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) just months before a High Court trial examined claims that its system wrecked the lives of…
Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails
An NHS doctor has lost his appeal to challenge a court decision that cleared a hospital trust over allegations of deliberately concealing evidence. The Employment Appeal Tribunal, which considers…
CEO appointed to lead Space Scotland as orbital launch approaches
Not-for-profit Space Scotland has appointed Natasha Nicholson as its chief executive. Nicholson returns to the organisation after playing a role as cluster manager during its formative phase, and is…