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UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market

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CMA to look at underlying systems of artificial intelligence tools amid concerns over false information Business live – latest updates The UK competition watchdog has fired a shot across the bows of companies racing to commercialise artificial intelligence technology, announcing a review of the sector as fears grow over the …

Labor to appoint dedicated privacy commissioner to combat data breaches

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will also be restored to a three-commissioner structure after defunding by Coalition Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal government will appoint a dedicated …

Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked ransomware attack

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Cyberattack resulted in hacking of 4TB of data including IDs, finance reports, accounting data, client documents and credit card details Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Australian commercial law firm HWL …

Australians report record $3.1bn losses to scams, with real amount even higher, ACCC says

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Investment fraud amounts for biggest share at $1.5bn, followed by remote access and payment redirection rorts Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australians lost a record amount of more than $3 …

Labour glitch put voting intentions data of millions at risk

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Exclusive: experts say sensitive information could potentially have been harvested and used for targeted election interference The voting intentions of millions of Britons in local authority wards across the country could have been at risk of misuse as a result of a glitch in the Labour party’s main …

Former TSB chief information officer fined £81,000 over IT meltdown in 2018

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Regulator says Carlos Abarca ‘failed to take reasonable steps’ to ensure outsourcing firm was ready to migrate accounts en masse UK regulators have imposed an £81,000 fine on a former TSB information officer over the bank’s IT meltdown in 2018 that left millions of customers locked out …

As the west tries to limit TikTok’s reach, what about China’s other apps?

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With government concerns over national security growing, Beijing’s influence over platforms such as WeChat and Shein could come under scrutiny As TikTok, the world’s most popular app, comes under increasing scrutiny in response to data privacy and security concerns, lawmakers in the west may soon set their …

Cybercrime: be careful what you tell your chatbot helper…

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Alluring and useful they may be, but the AI interfaces’ potential as gateways for fraud and intrusive data gathering is huge – and is only set to grow Concerns about the growing abilities of chatbots trained on large language models, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4, Google’s Bard and Microsoft …

International sting takes down online marketplace of stolen identities

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Operation led by FBI and Dutch police with involvement of UK National Crime Agency takes Genesis Market offline A criminal online marketplace selling millions of stolen identities for as little as 56p has been taken down in an international crackdown. The sting, led by the FBI and Dutch police …

Cyberwarfare leaks show Russian army is adopting mindset of secret police

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Documents leaked from Vulkan cybersecurity firm also raise questions about role of IT engineers behind information-control project A consortium of media outlets have published a bombshell investigation about Russia’s cyber-capabilities, based on a rare leak of documents. The files come from NTC Vulkan, a cybersecurity firm in Moscow …

‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics

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• Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war • Private Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfare • Tools support hacking operations and attacks on infrastructure • Documents linked to notorious Russian hacking group Sandworm • Russian program aims to control internet and spread disinformation The inconspicuous office is in Moscow’s north-eastern suburbs. A …

TechScape: How the world is turning against social media

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France has banned not only TikTok from government phones, but Facebook and Twitter, too. Could this be a tipping point for big tech? Plus, AI-generated pictures of the pope signal a new type of viral image Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full …

Yes, it’s crazy to have TikTok on official phones. But it’s not good for any of us | John Naughton

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Fears for data security lie behind recent government bans on the Chinese-owned app, but zombie scrolling has health dangers too As of this moment, government officials in 11 countries are forbidden to run TikTok on their government-issued phones. The countries include the US, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, the UK, New …

TikTok banned on London City Hall devices over security concerns

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Move by Greater London authority comes after Chinese-owned app was blocked on UK parliamentary devices London City Hall staff will no longer have TikTok on their devices in the latest ban imposed on the Chinese-owned social media app over security concerns. The Greater London authority (GLA) said the rule …

TikTok to be banned from UK parliamentary devices

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Move follows UK government’s decision to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing app Politics live - latest updates Parliament is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from “all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network”, citing the need for cybersecurity. The move goes further than the ban last week of the …

BBC urges staff to delete TikTok from company mobile phones

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Move comes after UK government bans app on government devices over fears of data being accessed by Chinese state The BBC has urged its staff to delete the Chinese-own social media app TikTok from corporate mobile phones. Guidance to BBC staff circulated on Sunday said: “We don’t recommend …

Why is TikTok banned from government phones – and should the rest of us be worried?

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UK has removed app over concerns data can be monitored by Chinese state, but public remain vulnerable TikTok is wildly popular, with more than 1 billion people consuming its short video posts around the world. But the app is less favoured by politicians in key markets such as the …

The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app

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The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide ban TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation …

MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok

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Letter argues that Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be in breach of UK law A cross-party group of MPs and peers have asked the information commissioner to investigate whether the Chinese-owned TikTok’s handling of personal information is in breach of UK law. The letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on …

US threatens to ban TikTok unless Chinese owners divest

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Move is latest escalation by lawmakers over fears user data could be passed on to China’s government The Biden administration has threatened to ban TikTok in the US unless the social media company’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in it, according to news reports on Wednesday. The …

UK bans TikTok from government mobile phones

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Move brings Britain in line with US and Europe and reflects worsening relations with China Britain is to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers’ and civil servants’ mobile phones, bringing the UK in line with the US and the European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing …

AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office

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Exclusive: Voiceprint program used by millions of Australians to access data held by government agencies shown to have a serious security flaw Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A voice identification system …

UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones

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Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position Britain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing. The decision …

TikTok unveils European data security plan amid calls for US ban

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Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for protecting user information across Europe, as political pressure increases in the US to ban the social video app. The plan, known as Project Clover …

Labor plan to beef up government’s cyber powers faces Senate block

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A paper expanding on greater ability to intervene during hacks – especially on private companies – causes alarm among Coalition and Greens Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Labor could face Senate difficulties if …

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