-
What does boom in resource-hungry data centres mean for our future energy plans? | Science & Tech News
admin
“Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!” wrote poet John Betjeman in 1937. The scruffy trading estate west of London may only have got uglier since. But it’s definitely not somewhere you’d want to obliterate. Slough is now Europe’s largest data hub and the second largest in the world. Nearly every foreign exchange transaction passes…
-
breach, data, failings, finds, forcewide, Ireland, News, Northern, police, report, Science, security, Tech
Northern Ireland police data breach report finds force-wide security failings | Science & Tech News
admin
A review into a massive police data breach in Northern Ireland has blamed a force-wide lack of prioritisation of data security. A report from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) found the data breach, which saw details of all employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) accidentally published online, was not the result…
-
Russian hackers have plenty of data left to leak – and the timing could be a serious problem | Science & Tech News
admin
The UK government has accused Russian intelligence services of a large-scale hacking operation with the aim of undermining the British political system. This wave of attacks is thought to have started in 2015 with targeted attacks on politicians, including attempts to convince them to reveal confidential information by posing as a trusted party. Read more:…
-
September’s temperature data was ‘unprecedented’ – and researchers are baffled at why extremes are so high | Climate News
admin
From climate scientists, the September temperature data has prompted a string of superlatives: “gobsmackingly bananas”, “unprecedented”, “staggering,” “unnerving”. A look at the data they’re reacting to – and it helps explain why. September 2023 hasn’t just broken the record for the warmest September on record, it obliterated it. It was half a degree warmer than…
-
TikTok fined €345m over handling of children’s data | Science & Tech News
admin
TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaching privacy laws over the processing of children’s personal data, an EU regulator has said. The investigation by Ireland’s data protection commission found the Chinese-owned video app‘s default settings made teenagers’ accounts publicly viewable by default. It also ruled it was too easy for children under 13 to…
-
amounts, data, demanding, devices, home, machines, needless, News, Science, smart, Tech, TVs, user, warns, washing
Which? warns smart home devices are demanding needless amounts of user data – even washing machines and TVs | Science & Tech News
admin
Smart home devices, including appliances like washing machines, demand unnecessarily large amounts of user data that could end up in the hands of social media and marketing firms, a consumer group has warned. Which? said many products’ apps request information during setup that should not be needed to run. Among the offenders are Google thermostats…
-
TikTok’s first European data centre goes live in bid to combat privacy concerns | Science & Tech News
admin
TikTok’s first European data centre has gone live as the Chinese-owned company seeks to combat long-held privacy concerns. The firm behind the popular short-form video app, which has more than a billion users, has been in the crosshairs of Western politicians who believe user information could be given to Beijing’s regime. TikTok is owned by…
-
Norfolk and Suffolk Police data breach: Data of victims and witnesses included in FOI responses | UK News
admin
Two police forces have admitted breaching the data of 1,230 people – including victims and witnesses – as officers told Sky News they have an “open mind” about whether it’s been inappropriately accessed. Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies said a “technical issue” led to the data being included within files produced in response to Freedom of…
-
Luna-25: Russia starts processing data from moon lander hoping to make history | Science & Tech News
admin
Russian experts monitoring their moon-bound unmanned spacecraft Luna-25 have switched on its scientific equipment and started processing the first data. Russia is aiming to become the first country to carry out a soft landing on the lunar south pole – a region thought to hold pockets of water ice. Space agency Roscosmos said in a…
-
abuse, accessible, appalled, breach, data, details, London, Mayors, News, office, online, personal, sexual, Survivor
London Mayor’s Office data breach: Sexual abuse survivor ‘appalled’ as her personal details may have been accessible online | UK News
admin
A survivor of sexual abuse has described her distress that her personal details could have been made public online. Sky News can reveal that a data breach at the London Mayor’s Office affecting “around 400 people” is currently under investigation. It involves complaints about policing in the capital being made wrongly accessible via an official…