Governement-IT

Labour Party Promises To ‘Break Up’ Tech Giants

An impossible promise? Tom Watson says new regulator would break up American tech giants

6 years ago

Apple Admits To Storing Data In Russia – Report

Some data on Apple users is stored on Russian servers to comply with local laws, iPad maker admits

6 years ago

Angela Merkel Demands Espionage Guarantees From Huawei

Denmark expels two Huawei staff, and Norway's intelligence boss issues warning about the Chinese firm

6 years ago

Amazon Tax Pay Reignites Digital Tax Row

Tax dodging accusations fly as Amazon allegedly only paid £62m corporation tax over past 20 years

6 years ago

MPs Call For Regulation Of Social Media Firms

Committee of MPs lambast social media firms for facilitating bullying and online grooming

6 years ago

EU To Agree Digital Tax By March, Says French Minister

European-wide tax on tech firms to be agreed by March, predicts French finance minister

6 years ago

Merkel Included In Hack Of German Politicians

Personal data belonging to Chancellor Angela Merkel included in hack of hundreds of German politicians

6 years ago

France Starts Digital Tax On Amazon, Facebook, Google

Tech giants to pay digital taxation from 1 January in France, after EU countries fail to reach agreement

6 years ago

US Files Charges Against Two ‘Chinese Government Hackers’

Two Chinese men belonging to Advanced Persistent Threat 10 hacking group are charged by US authorities

6 years ago

‘No Plans’ For China Return, Says Google Boss

But Pichai tells the US Congress that Google continues to explore its options in that country

6 years ago

One In Four NHS Trusts Spent No Money On Cybersecurity

WannaCry lessons? In the past year, a quarter of NHS spent absolutely nothing on cyber-security training

6 years ago

Japanese Government To Ban Huawei, ZTE Kit – Report

More bad news for Chinese firms as Japan government reportedly plans to halt equipment purchases

6 years ago

France To Press Ahead With Digital Tax In 2019

Tax on tech giants will begin in 2019 by individual nations if necessary, warns French finance minister

6 years ago

New Zealand Rejects Huawei 5G Kit, Citing Security Risks

“Significant network security risk” allegedly identified with Huawei 5G kit by New Zealand authorities

6 years ago

German Officials Urge Huawei Ban For 5G Rollout

German government urged to follow Australia lead and ban the use of Chinese kit in 5G networks

6 years ago

US Bans Exports To Chinese Chip Firm Fujian Jinhua

Trade wars or national security? US government places Chinese chip firm on export ban list amid allegations of IP theft

6 years ago

California To Suspend State Net Neutrality Law Until Court Ruling

Showdown between US states and federal government averted until court rules on Trump's net neutrality “roll-back”

6 years ago

Super Micro To Test For Chinese Spy Chips

World's largest motherboard maker is to review its hardware to check reports on Chinese spy chips

6 years ago

Apple’s Tim Cook Demands Chinese Hack Story Retraction

Apple boss says Bloomberg's Businessweek should article about Chinese infiltration via spy chips

6 years ago

Twitter Provides Evidence Of Russia Meddling

Publishes data sets of millions of tweets, images and videos from accounts linked to Russia and Iran

6 years ago

National Cyber Security Centre Reveals Scale Of Cyber Attacks

Two year since its launch, NCSC helped the UK against almost 1,200 cyber attacks, most carried out by hostile nation…

6 years ago

Facebook To Clamp Down On Voting Misinformation

US election clampdown, but meantime in the UK it pledges to make political adverts “transparent”

6 years ago

MoD Secrets Exposed In Multiple Data Breaches – Report

Sensitive British defence data has been exposed in multiple breaches in 2017, heavily redacted incident reports show

6 years ago

Facebook Culls Hundreds Of US-based Spam, Fake News Accounts

Facebook is deleting hundreds of American accounts and pages for “inauthentic activity”

6 years ago

US Government Sues California After Net Neutrality Adoption

Collision course set for most populous US state and FCC, after governor officially adopts 'net neutrality' laws

6 years ago

Judge Reluctantly Approves Georgia Voting Machines, Despite Hack Concern

X marks the vote. Not enough time to resort to secure paper-based voting system, laments US judge

6 years ago

US State Department Suffers Email System Breach

Slow roll-out of two factor authentication blamed after State Department admits email data breach

6 years ago

Home Secretary ‘Demands’ Action From Tech Firms On Child Abuse

Sajid Javid pledges more cash, and demands tech giants tackle online child sexual abuse, or face legislation

6 years ago