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National Lottery website and app goes down | UK News
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National Lottery players have reported being unable to access its app and website after the group saying earlier it was investigating what was wrong. Both its website and app appeared to be offline for many today – a day after the global IT outage led to widespread disruption at airports, businesses, the NHS and broadcasters.…
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TikTok ban: UK minister asks National Cyber Security Centre to look into safety of app | Politics News
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A UK minister has asked the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to look into TikTok after governments around the world have begun banning it from their work phones. The Chinese-owned video sharing app is increasingly under the European and US microscope over security and data privacy, with concerns it could be used to promote pro-Beijing…
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TikTok ‘screams’ of US national security concerns, FBI chief warns | US News
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The Chinese government could use TikTok to control the data of millions of American users, according to the FBI. Addressing a US Senate hearing on Wednesday, FBI director Christopher Wray said the Chinese-owned video app “screams” of security concerns. He told a Senate Intelligence Committee on worldwide threats to US security that China’s government could…
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Chinese tech firm Nexperia told to sell majority stake in UK microchip factory over ‘national security risk’ | Business News
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A Chinese-owned tech company has been told to sell the majority of its stake in a UK silicon chip factory due to security concerns. The government has said Nexperia must reduce its stake in Newport Wafer Fab by 86%, back to its previous holding of just 14% when it took over the firm in 2021,…
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More than 60 ‘nationally significant’ attacks in the last year dealt with by National Cyber Security Centre | UK News
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The UK’s cyber security agency dealt with more than 60 “nationally significant” cyber attacks over the past year, an official report has revealed. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, did not directly specify what the attacks were, but did talk about ransomware attacks against the NHS 111 helpline service and also the…
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40,000 BT and Openreach workers in first national telecoms strike since 1987 | Business News
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Around 40,000 BT and Openreach workers have walked off the job in the first national telecoms strike since 1987. Hundreds of picket lines have been set up across the UK, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU). It is the first of two strikes, with another being held on Monday, after members of the union…