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Ofcom closes technical loophole used by criminals to intercept mobile calls and texts

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Regulator acts on leasing of ‘global title’ numbers after industry efforts to tackle problem were ineffective The UK communications regulator Ofcom is banning mobile operators from leasing numbers that can be used by criminals to intercept and divert calls and messages, including security codes sent by banks to customers …

‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

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Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age? I first heard about my friend Adam …

Apple removes advanced data protection tool in face of UK government request

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Apple says removal of tool after government asked for right to see data will make iCloud users more vulnerable Business live – latest updates Apple has taken the unprecedented step of removing its strongest data security tool from customers in the UK, after the government demanded “backdoor” access to user …

Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown

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Money stolen falls from record $1.25bn to $813m as more victims refuse to pay off criminal gangs Ransomware payments fell by more than a third last year to $813m (£650m) as victims refused to pay cybercriminals and law enforcement cracked down on gangs, figures reveal. The decline in …

DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use

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Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese government The Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has become unavailable for download from some app stores in Italy as regulators in Rome and in Ireland demanded answers from the company about its handling …

Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says

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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 …

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