Government

MP Peter Hain: Anonymous Hack Was Attack On Freedom Of Speech

Labour MP tells TechWeekEurope Anonymous hack of his site was irrational

13 years ago

Communications Data Bill Public Consultation Closes

Now it's up to the Joint Committee to carry on scrutinising the controversial draft Snooper's Charter>

13 years ago

BBC Under Fire For Secret Use Of RIPA Surveillance Powers

Broadcaster just one of many publicly-funded firms keeping schtum about use of RIPA

13 years ago

Anonymous Strikes Down Government Websites In Assange Protest

Anonymous shows its support for Assange with attacks on DWP and the MoJ

13 years ago

G-Cloud Chief Slams Unsupportive Naysayers

Some people just don't get it, says angry G-Cloud chief Denise McDonagh

13 years ago

Assange Berates US From Ecuador Embassy Balcony

Latin America supports Ecuador's asylum offer for Wikileaks chief

13 years ago

Julian Assange Gets Ecuador Asylum, But Standoff Continues

Assange is still stuck in the Ecuador Embassy in London

13 years ago

Exploit Merchant Vupen Plots London Base

Exclusive: Vupen CEO says business is coming to London as the controversial exploit-selling market continues to expand

13 years ago

UK Gov And Met Police Implicated In TrapWire Surveillance Scare

Number 10 and Scotland Yard named in leaked emails from Wikileaks

13 years ago

MP Threatens Google With A Grilling Over Tax

"Immoral" tax avoidance could face searching questions, warns John Mann MP

13 years ago

Government Cuts ICT Costs By £249m

The government's cost-cutting programme has resulted in £249m of ICT savings for the 2011/12 fiscal year

13 years ago

G-Cloud Store Back Online After ‘Host Error’

Cabinet Office blames a hosting provider for the CloudStore outage

13 years ago

Government Gives Universities Millions For Cyber Security Training Hubs

Francis Maude gives universities millions to produce at least 24 security-minded graduates

13 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge Not Interested In Offensive Skills

Cyber Security Challenge director says the focus is on defence skills, not offensive expertise

13 years ago

Mass Online Spying Campaign Hitting Middle East

The 'Madi' mass cyber espionage campaign sees over 800 machines infected across the Middle East

13 years ago

BT Wins Another BDUK Race With North Yorkshire Contract

N Yorkshire gets its fibre while others wait, because the deal got early EU approval

13 years ago

GCHQ Needs More Cyber War Skills, Say MPs

More cyber soldiers wanted for "active defence" at GCHQ

13 years ago

San Francisco Bans Apple As Macs Lose Green Sticker

Apple loses greed cred - and government money

13 years ago

Home Office Defends ‘Snooper’s Charter’ At Westminster

Home Office officials tell a Parliamentary Committee why they want our communications data

13 years ago

Government Open Data User Group Holds First Meeting

Francis Maude has said an important step has taken place in the Government’s 'open data revolution'

13 years ago

Syrian Spying Tool DarkComet Killed

Remote access tool killed by its creator, but the Syrian government may still be using it

13 years ago

Police Chief Backs ‘Snooper’s Charter’ As Government Inquiry Begins

Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Communications Data Bill has begun as Chief Constable of the British Transport Police gives the…

13 years ago

Source: Huawei UK Gov Business Still Suffering From China Connection

Huawei is struggling to shed the negative perception it has because of ties with China, a source says

13 years ago

US Government Leads Twitter Data Requests

American authorities make way more demands for Twitter to share user details

13 years ago

Government Opens Consultation Over Default Porn Block

As promised the government has begun consultations over an automatic block for online pornography

13 years ago

Le Web 2012: Where Are The Brits?

UK start-ups were all but absent from Le Web, highlighting how far the US is ahead, says Tom Brewster

13 years ago

LeWeb 2012: UK Government Welcomes Tech ‘Arms Race’

David Cameron's policy advisers say the UK relishes the tech "arms race" that is happening right now.

13 years ago

Government ‘Wasting Cybercrime Funding In Wrong Places’

The government should spend money on busting cybercrime perpetrators, instead of on security products, say Cambridge University researchers

13 years ago

Five Major Tech Issues Facing Snooper’s Charter

There are some serious technology issues that need to be ironed out in Snooper's Charter. Here's five of the biggest

13 years ago

Ministers, MPs And Privacy Groups Go To War Over Snooper’s Charter

The Draft Communications Data Bill is released but is widely panned by MPs and privacy experts

13 years ago