Britain is moving towards more active defence in cyberspace, the head of the UK’s new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said. By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News Speaking…
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Internet spying powers backed by review
Britain’s spies should be allowed to continue harvesting large amounts of data from emails, the government’s reviewer of terror legislation said. David Anderson has published a review of so-called bulk…
'Leaked report' reveals mass data fears
Spy officials allegedly voiced concerns back in 2010 that so much data was being collected by the UK security services, they risked overlooking useful intelligence. The draft report, apparently written…
Bank in the UK? Plans afoot to make YOU liable for bank fraud
Wonder whose idea that was… By John Leyden Bank customers may be obliged to bear the bill for fraud against their accounts, under proposed changes under consideration between banks, the…
UK is failing in the billion pound war against cybercrime
A £1bn cyber-security spend hasn’t made the impact it should have. By Darren Allan The UK government may have spent £1 billion over the last five years to bolster the…
Internet monitoring bill 'must do more to protect privacy'
Plans to authorise mass data collection and hacking by Britain’s spies do not do enough to protect privacy, a watchdog has warned. The extent of the intelligence agencies’ computer and…