GenAI
British justice engages Microsoft's Copilot, prompts "legal Russian roulette" warnings
Crown Prosecution Service set to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on GenAI, despite hallucination risks and human job loss fears.
UK
Cybersecurity
Cartier and North Face cyberattacks: Retailers hit as threat actors "smell blood in the water"
Hackers target a pair of new victims after blitzkrieg against famous high street brands including M&S, Harrods and the Co-op.
Cyberwarfare
“The keyboard is a weapon of war”: UK loads up offensive cyberwarfare capabilities
Britain's state-sponsored threat actors will take the fight to Russia in digital operations backed up by nuclear and conventional firepower.
Dark Web
Europol smashes dark web drug networks, arrests 270 vendors and buyers
Cops swoop on suspects in 10 countries using intelligence gleaned from the takedown of dark web hidden marketplaces.
Cybersecurity
Scattered Spider breaks America: High Street hackers sink fangs into US retailers
Group linked to the blockbuster M&S cyberattack is now believed to be targeting retailers on the other side of the Atlantic.
AI
The UK is facing "two terrible tragedies" in the AI age, Baroness warns
"The government may be on a path to squandering Britain's opportunity to be a global leader."
Cybersecurity
M&S cyberattack: Customers warned of post-incident scam risk
Iconic British shop chain admits personal data has been stolen, sparking fears of an imminent wave of fraud.
Ransomware
Happy birthday WannaCry! Marking a grim ransomware anniversary
The infamous crypto worm infected hundreds of thousands of devices within hours and caused billions of dollars of damage.
Security
Panic on the High Street: M&S, Harrods & Co-op cyberattacks
"The industry must urgently strengthen resilience and develop robust response mechanisms to prevent breaches."
Cybercrime
British cops losing "arms race" with high-tech car thieves, MPs warn
"It is disheartening to see so much car theft in our cities and the police are unable to do anything about it."
Opinion
"R&D is a trade war weapon and the UK needs to rearm immediately"
"The last decade was dominated by tariff skirmishes. The next one may be defined by something far more strategic..."
Security
Fight them on the breaches: Interrogating the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
Industry insiders react to new rules designed to keep Britain safe in an increasingly forbidding threat landscape.