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One pan European data center platform
7 months ago by Lucy CinderNTT Communications acquires 100% of Gyron and will integrate it with e-shelter Significant move creates a pan European platform, in first step to align its data center businesses London, UK – July 25, 2018 – e-shelter and Gyron, leading data center providers in Europe, and their parent company NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the information and communications techn...
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Cisco invests $100m into UK AI sector
7 months ago by Lucy CinderNetworking giant will also partner with UCL to develop new AI research centre. In an effort to help drive digital innovation in the UK, Cisco has announced a $100m investment in the country's growing AI scene. The networking giant will partner with University College London (UCL) to open one of the world's largest research centres for AI which will house over 200 UCL academi...
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The impact of AI on data centres
7 months ago by Lucy CinderBefore we start, let's get pedantic: at this point in time artificial intelligence is a purely theoretical concept. True AI, a sentient computer capable of initiative and human interaction, remains within the realm of science fiction. The AI research field is full of conflicting ideas, and it’s not clear whether we can actually build a machine that can replicate the inner wo...
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None of Google's 85,000 employees have been successfully phished in over a year — and it's because of a simple $20 product anyone can use
7 months ago by Lucy CinderGoogle told Business Insider that none of its employees had been successfully phished since it started requiring them to use security keys to log in. Phishing, or using misleading emails to steal passwords, is one of the most common ways people get hacked. Google attributes its success to products called security keys, or USB devices that you need in addition to a password t...
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British Airways asked customers to post personal information on Twitter ‘to comply with GDPR’
7 months ago by Lucy CinderComplaining about airlines on Twitter is a universal pastime for disgruntled travelers, and yet somehow British Airways has managed to turn the activity into a data privacy debacle of its own doing. Security researcher and PhD student Mustafa Al-Bassam discovered yesterday that the airline’s social media team was demanding customers post a trove of personal information publi...
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Leaky Backup Spills 157 GB of Automaker Secrets
7 months ago by Lucy CinderFord, Toyota, GM and Tesla among car companies impacted by leaky backup service used by third-party firm. An insecure backup protocol used by robotics firm Level One is to blame for leaking 157 gigabytes of sensitive data belonging major automakers, including Ford, Tesla and Toyota. The data included 10 years of assembly-line schematics and control settings for robotics used...
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National professional body for cyber sec established - combines 17 orgs - just as gov criticised for inaction
7 months ago by Lucy CinderA grand Alliance of 17 leading UK organisations impacting cyber-security has been formed in response to a call by the UK government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to develop a national professional body for cyber-security. The DCMS has only just begun a consultation process - open until 5 pm 31 August, inviting those interested to contribute to how ...
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No big deal... Kremlin hackers 'jumped air-gapped networks' to pwn US power utilities
7 months ago by Lucy CinderThe US Department of Homeland Security is once again accusing Russian government hackers of penetrating America's critical infrastructure. Uncle Sam's finest reckon Moscow's agents managed to infiltrate computers networks within US electric utilities – to the point where the miscreants could have virtually pressed the off switch in control rooms, yanked the plug on the Yanks...
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Barclays backs Cyber Security Challenge UK
7 months ago by Lucy CinderBarclays is working with the government-backed Cyber Security Challenge UK to host an event aimed at finding people who might be suited to a career in cybersecurity. The Masterclass Final, to be held in London in November, is the culmination of nationwide face-to-face competitions that are designed to identify cyber talent. Candidates will go through a series of tests simula...
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Cyber security watchdog issues law firm warning
7 months ago by Lucy CinderThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, yesterday published its first report on the growing cyber threat to the legal profession. It said that while the primary threat stemmed from cyber criminals with a financial motive, “nation states are likely to play an increasingly significant role in cyber attacks at a global level, to gain strategic and economic adva...
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