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Cams statistically more likely to ID Black people, says new research A UK police force has suspended its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study revealed it was statistically more likely to identify Black people on a watchlist database.…
Lack of clear criteria risks encouraging firms to lean on state support instead of worrying about insurance The UK's cyber watchdog has warned that the government's £1.5 billion bailout of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) risks setting a troubling precedent for how Britain handles major cyber crises.…
Audit trails aplenty, but no price tag – and no clue how long your data sticks around Opinion Last week's UK government consultation on its plans for digital identity had quite a few things missing. It did not include a price estimate - something it said was due to decisions yet to be taken on the scheme's scope - or how long the government would keep "audit trail" records of ID checks.…
The UK’s financial regulator has issued new rules to make incident and third-party reporting clearer
35% of security leaders working in the UK’s critical infrastructure said regulatory requirements are the primary influence on their security programs
These rulings prohibit the entities from entering or doing business in the European Union.
No 1 Space Operations Squadron will get a persistent stare capability The Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to spend £17.5 million on a remotely-operated satellite monitoring facility in Cyprus, partly to protect the UK's secure communications system Skynet.…
Armis reveals that “mutually assured disruption” is no longer preventing state-backed attacks
The US Cyber Monitoring Center should be operational in 2027, said the UK CMC leadership
Companies House, a British government agency that operates the registry for all U.K. companies, says its WebFiling service is back online after it was closed on Friday to fix a security flaw that exposed companies' information since October 2025. [...]
Directory Traversal Flaw Found in Companies HouseThe British government's company register service temporarily deactivated its online filing service after someone found a serious vulnerability that allowed people to access directors' sensitive personal data and potentially even amend companies' records or file bogus accounts on their behalf.
Back button blunder in WebFiling service run by Companies House revealed confidential paperwork Companies House was forced to pull down its record-filing platform for the entire weekend to rectify a "security issue" that exposed the personal details of company directors and other data to any logged in users.…
An issue with the Companies House website has put the personal and corporate information of millions at risk