Kensington and Westminster councils investigating whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and Fulham also reports hack Three London councils have reported a cyber-attack, prompting the rollout of emergency plans and the involvement of the National Crime Agency (NCA) as they investigate whether any data has been compromised. The …

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees Personal details submitted by applicants for a job at Tate art galleries have been leaked online, exposing their addresses, salaries and the phone numbers of their referees, the Guardian has learned. The records, running to hundreds of pages …

Hackers stole personal information of 6.6m people but outsourcing firm did not shut device targeted for 58 hours The outsourcing company Capita has been fined £14m for data protection failings after hackers stole the personal information of 6.6 million people, including staff details and those of its …

As Keir Starmer aims to revive ID card system first proposed by Tony Blair, we look at the arguments for and against It is 21 years since Tony Blair’s government made proposals for an ID card system to tackle illegal working and immigration, and to make it more …

Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’ The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular pattern of significant strikes, ministers have been warned …