Spoof voter email attack was “not against a real voter registration database”
Spoof voter emails targeting US Democratic voters were not the result of an election systems hack, according to security experts.…
20 Oct 2020
Russian GRU officers charged with “laundry list” of cyberattacks – but arrests unlikely
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that it has charged six Russian officers in Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) with a host of cyberattacks…
16 Oct 2020
Twitter changes hacked materials policy after Biden story backlash
Twitter will no longer remove hacked content unless it is shared directly by hackers after backlash over the blocking of a controversial New York Post story about presidential candidate Joe…
12 Oct 2020
Covid-19 fuelling automation of otherwise safe jobs
Jobs that otherwise would have been spared from being replaced by robots or autonomous software are facing automation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to a…
09 Oct 2020
Bitcoin regulators should get advice from Big Tech: deVere CEO
Financial regulators who are tasked with regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are failing to bring in adequate regulations and should get advice from tech entrepreneurs and institutions, Nigel Green, CEO…
08 Oct 2020
UK Industrial Strategy needs updating, experts warn
The UK's industrial strategy should be updated to reflect the challenges of the past three years, experts have said. First published in 2017, the Industrial Strategy is the UK government's…
08 Oct 2020
Facebook is tackling fake news, employees say – but tech world disagrees
The majority of Facebook employees believe the social media giant is doing enough to tackle fake news and hate speech on the platform, at stark odds to the majority of…