Bill Goodwin

Refrigerators at three meat processors in the UK were hit by cyber attacks amid warnings from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre to protect internet-facing industrial devices

In a worst-case scenario, self-replicating artificial intelligence could launch cyber attacks at will against UK targets by 2028

The Court of Appeal finds that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against Northern Ireland police despite ‘unreasonable conduct’ by the force

Operational pressures do not reduce the need for lawful and consistent safeguards, says Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO)

Austria is following Germany’s lead by introducing a sovereign encrypted messaging service for healthcare professionals

Home Office seeks technical fixes to immigration and asylum while invoking national security to avoid disclosing the growing use of AI in decision making, claims report

Luxembourg is rolling out a secure encrypted messaging service based on the open source Matrix protocol, for use by government, businesses and citizens, offering a sovereign alternative to WhatsApp and Signal

The UK’s data protection watchdog warns of an “ongoing failure” by the Metropolitan Police Service to restrict staff from using unauthorised IT services

Asylum seekers are not informed that caseworkers use an AI tool to summarise their interviews used by decision makers

Court of Appeal to decide whether Investigatory Powers Tribunal has powers to award compensation for legal costs to victims of unlawful surveillance

Large language models must have lawful basis for processing personal data – ‘benefiting humanity’ is not enough, says Information Commissioner’s Office

Businesses are being inundated with trivial AI-generated data protection, say lawyers

Although the UK and Europe have laws to restrict Chinese technology from critical infrastructure, implementation is patchy

A reimagined structure for the UK data regulator raises questions about the effectiveness of its oversight, as staff continue to express concern over a toxic workplace culture that has taken hold under the organisation’s leadership

Northern Ireland journalist subject to unlawful communications surveillance seeks damages from police in Northern Ireland in high court claim for data protection breaches and harassment

French local authorities to deploy ‘sovereign’ end-to-end encrypted messaging service in a move away from US big tech

National Centre for Information Defence will disrupt information warfare from hostile states, UK prime minister Andy Burnham has announced

European Union urged to deploy real-time European cyber alert platform to share information with member states on cross-border cyber attacks

UK government argues that national security would be damaged if it departs from ‘neither confirm nor deny policy’ on Apple ‘backdoor’ notice

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them