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M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July

M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks.
Wed, 21 May 2025 12:51:00 GMT

Sapphire 2025: SAP mints business AI flywheel with Palantir on board

SAP CEO Christian Klein put economic and geopolitical uncertainty at the centre of the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in Orlando
Wed, 21 May 2025 12:32:00 GMT

NCSC: Russia’s Fancy Bear targeting logistics, tech organisations

The NCSC and its partner agencies have blown the whistle on an extensive campaign of malicious cyber attacks orchestrated by the Russian state Fancy Bear operation.
Wed, 21 May 2025 12:02:00 GMT

Google I/O: LLM capabilities power agentic AI search

As Google strives to make AI universal, it is starting to integrate agentic AI into Google Search to fast-track purchasing on websites
Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The IT chief of one of the world's biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right - and he's building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users
Wed, 21 May 2025 11:02:00 GMT

Podcast: RSA 2025 – AI’s risk surface and the role of the CISO

We review RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks at the impacts on compliance of AI’s expanding risk surface, the role of the CISO, and a changed supplier approach
Wed, 21 May 2025 10:45:00 GMT

Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal

HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal
Wed, 21 May 2025 10:27:00 GMT

UK Fraud Bill targets benefit claimants for mass surveillance

The UK government’s proposed Fraud Bill will disproportionately place millions of benefit claimants under constant surveillance, creating a two-tier system where people are automatically suspected of wrongdoing for seeking welfare
Wed, 21 May 2025 09:15:00 GMT

Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine

Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilities
Wed, 21 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Capital One pushes out data tokenisation

Organisations using the Databricks and Snowflake platforms will be able to use Capital One’s Databolt tool to secure their data
Wed, 21 May 2025 06:15:00 GMT

Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month

Reported ransomware attacks eased off during April following a dramatic spike in the first quarter of 2025
Wed, 21 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT

Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links

Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third parties
Wed, 21 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT

Hacking contest exposes VMware security

In what has been described as a historical first, hackers in Berlin have been able to demo successful attacks on the ESXi hypervisor
Tue, 20 May 2025 11:30:00 GMT

Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse

Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims
Tue, 20 May 2025 10:47:00 GMT

Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled

Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack
Tue, 20 May 2025 10:45:00 GMT

Ireland sets out chip plan

Ireland has a long history of attracting high-tech firms. Building on the EU Chip Act, it now aims to be a leader in semiconductors
Tue, 20 May 2025 09:45:00 GMT

Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC

Computer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industries
Tue, 20 May 2025 08:40:00 GMT

Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning

Windows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in Windows
Tue, 20 May 2025 06:45:00 GMT

Microsoft’s wartime pact with the EU rings hollow - and could spell trouble for UK IT buyers

Microsoft has moved to assure its European customers that it will fight any attempt by President Trump to disrupt their ability to access its services, but can UK customers take the company at its word?
Tue, 20 May 2025 04:18:00 GMT

Tackling the UK’s cyber threats

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report from the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual update on the state of UK security and examine the emerging threats. The chief data officer of Standard Chartered bank discusses preparing for artificial intelligence. We also look at the networking implications of GPU-based AI datacentres. Read the issue now.
Tue, 20 May 2025 03:30:00 GMT