Editor's Pick Archives

24 Feb

Exclusive: Ordnance Survey hacked, exposing 1,000 employees’ data

A hacker stole the personal data of 1,000 employees of the Ordnance Survey, the government-owned mapping agency for Britain, Verdict can reveal.

21 Feb

Copy? That? Data as culture at the Open Data Institute

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How good a representation of you is your data self?

20 Feb

CTO Talk: Q&A with Cloudflare’s John Graham-Cumming

From successfully petitioning the British Government to apologise for its persecution of Alan Turing to writing open-source email filtering program POPFile, John Graham-Cumming, CTO of Cloudflare, has an impressive track record in the programming space.

19 Feb

The science of art: How cancer cells inspired researcher’s emotive paintings

Science and art are often treated as completely unrelated disciplines, but there are times when they collide.

17 Feb

From dark stores to drones, what’s next for on-demand delivery?

The ever-evolving, rapidly innovative landscape of the delivery industry has resulted in an arms race between companies to provide the fastest service, best partners and highest-quality customer experience.

17 Feb

Tobias Ellwood: Five Eyes should develop Huawei alternative

MP and Chair of the Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood has said that the Five Eyes intelligence allies should come together to develop an alternative to Huawei.

14 Feb

Ericsson: We’re beating Huawei on 5G deployment

Ericsson has claimed that it is ahead of competitors, including Huawei, when it comes to 5G deployment.

14 Feb

‘Back up and chill’ every day, not just on Valentine’s Day

Data security isn’t just something on the mind of an IT professional in the workplace.

12 Feb

Mobile World Congress has been cancelled

Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest mobile event in the world, has been cancelled over coronavirus fears.

11 Feb

On Safer Internet Day, online incivility is at a four-year high

Today is Safer Internet Day, an annual event that raises awareness of emerging online issues, especially those affecting younger internet-users.

10 Feb

Equifax hack: Four members of China’s military charged over mega breach

US federal prosecutors have charged four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the 2017 Equifax hack, in which some 147 million customers of the credit reporting agency had their personal data stolen.

7 Feb

Flaws in Iowa caucus app could have left it vulnerable to hackers

In Iowa, rather than casting votes in polling stations, registered Democrats meet in precincts to elect delegates that then support a particular Democrat candidate.

4 Feb

Exclusive: Data breach exposes 17,000 yachting industry professionals

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A data breach at UK-based Crew and Concierge Limited has exposed the personal data of 17,379 people of 50 different nationalities working in the yachting industry.

3 Feb

Golden Entertainment phishing attack exposes gamblers’ data

A malicious hacker gained access to the employee emails of slot machine operator Golden Entertainment, with one email, which the hacker may have accessed, containing a wealth of customer personal data.

31 Jan

Brexit and the tech industry: Experts share their concerns

After several false starts, today is the day that the UK officially leaves the European Union, marking the start of an 11-month transition period.

31 Jan

Carrefour CTO: “No usable cybersecurity, no business”

User-friendly cybersecurity is fundamental for businesses to operate, the chief technology officer of French retail giant Carrefour has said.

30 Jan

CTO Talk: Q&A with Sinch’s Jonas Lindeborg

Jonas Lindeborg is the CTO of Sinch, which provides a cloud communications platform to enable businesses to send mobile messages, voice and videos in seconds.

28 Jan

Why the UK is right to use Huawei 5G technology

Those with long-ish memories will recall that a lifetime, a government and a parliament ago, the National Security Council (NSC) recommended that Huawei technology be allowed into the non-core aspects of the UK’s 5G network.

27 Jan

Introducing Verdict Magazine: Bi-monthly enterprise technology must-reads

We are delighted to announce the launch of Verdict Magazine, a bi-monthly digital magazine on the must-read topics in enterprise technology.

24 Jan

Hitachi Vantara’s Waterline Data acquisition is a shrewd move in a data-logged world

Hitachi Vantara this week announced that it intends to acquire Waterline Data, a company that uses machine learning to power intelligent data cataloguing.

23 Jan

Could artificial intelligence help tackle the coronavirus outbreak?

The outbreak of novel coronavirus in China is growing in severity with over 500 confirmed cases across six countries.

23 Jan

Crossing borders

The Verdict Podcast: Talking technology, not Ted Cruz

After a one and a half year hiatus, the Verdict Podcast is back.

22 Jan

Sundar Pichai: “AI is more profound than fire or electricity”

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai today reaffirmed the need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in a discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

21 Jan

Huawei “can survive even further attacks” from the United States: CEO Ren Zhengfei

The beleaguered Chinese technology giant Huawei does not expect to be significantly harmed from ongoing moves against it by the United States, according to founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei.

20 Jan

Why Iran won’t rush a cyber response against the US

The spectre of an Iranian cyberattack loomed large following the assassination of Iran’s general, Qasem Soleimani, but has so far – publicly, at least – gone unrealised.

17 Jan

Is IR35 another own goal in the fight for tech talent?

Despite congratulatory headlines of record investment into London startups, those involved in the nurture and scaleup of tech ventures share the view that the UK is becoming increasingly adept at shooting itself in the foot.

16 Jan

NSO Group hearing to play vital role in corporate spyware’s future

Today a court hearing in Tel Aviv, Israel, will begin what could be a defining point in the development of corporate spyware, as a judge considers whether to revoke the export license of NSO Group.

15 Jan

WEF president: Climate crisis inaction like “moving around deckchairs on the Titanic”

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has listed the climate crisis, digital threats, and geopolitical turbulence as notable risks in its 2020 Global Risks Report, with the group’s president Borge Brende comparing inaction on the climate crisis to “moving around the deckchairs on the Titanic”.

14 Jan

Exclusive: Production company data breach exposes personal data of Dove ‘real people’ ad participants

A data breach at UK-based Fresh Film Productions, which makes adverts for high-profile companies including Unilever, has exposed sensitive personal data of participants in antiperspirant brand Dove’s ‘real people’ campaign.