A technical issue on the UK’s company register may have exposed personal data linked to millions of businesses. The problem affected Companies House, which holds records for over five million UK firms. A system fault reportedly allowed certain details, such as names and contact information, to be accessed or surfaced […]
Posted in News Also tagged Companies House, Glitch, SecurityA short-lived IT fault at Lloyds Banking Group has raised serious questions about how modern banking systems handle and protect customer data. What Happened? Last Thursday morning, customers using apps from Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland reported seeing transactions that did not belong to them. In some cases, […]
Posted in News Also tagged App, Customer, Glitch, LloydsGoogle has updated its “Results about you” tool to help people find and remove personal information such as home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses from Google Search results. The feature allows users to monitor whether their details appear in search results and request that links containing that information be […]
Posted in News Also tagged Google, SecurityBrowser extensions can read and change the content of websites you visit, so regularly reviewing and removing unused extensions in Chrome or Microsoft Edge is a quick way to reduce the risk of unnecessary access to email, documents and other business information viewed in your browser. Why This Matters Browser […]
Posted in News Also tagged Browser, Business, ExtensionsResearchers warn that private conversations with AI chatbots may be ending up in commercial databases sold by data brokers. It’s been reported that AI visibility researcher Lee S Dryburgh found that some browser extensions marketed as free VPNs or ad blockers can intercept traffic to services such as ChatGPT, Gemini, […]
Posted in News Also tagged AI, Brokers, TranscriptsA UK data centre has demonstrated that artificial intelligence infrastructure can reduce its electricity consumption by up to 40 per cent in response to grid signals without interrupting critical computing workloads. A UK-First Trial Of Flexible AI Infrastructure The demonstration took place at Nebius’s “AI Factory” data centre near London […]
Posted in News Also tagged AI, Data CentreThe world’s biggest hard drive manufacturers have already allocated all the units they will produce this year after hyperscale AI and cloud operators secured the bulk of available capacity. AI Infrastructure Buys Up The Year Western Digital and Seagate have both confirmed that their nearline hard drive production for calendar […]
Posted in News Also tagged AI, Data Centres, Hard DriveMicrosoft has published peer-reviewed research demonstrating that data can be written into ordinary borosilicate glass and preserved for more than 10,000 years, positioning its ‘Project Silica’ work as a potential long-term archival storage platform for the cloud era. The Challenge This development addresses a persistent challenge for hyperscale cloud providers […]
Posted in News Also tagged Glass, Microsoft, StorageAI agents running inside messaging apps can leak sensitive data through automatic link previews, researchers at AI security firm PromptArmor have warned, creating a zero-click data exfiltration risk. The flaw reportedly exploits indirect prompt injection. For example, an attacker tricks an agent into generating a malicious URL containing sensitive information, […]
Posted in News Also tagged Agents, AI, Chat, LeaksPeople using cryptocurrency services in the UK are now required to provide personal and tax identifying details to cryptoasset platforms, following new reporting rules that came into force on 1 January 2026. What Are The Rules? From the start of 2026, anyone buying, selling, transferring, or exchanging cryptoassets through a […]
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