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Investigatory Powers Act: Home Office proposes rethink of safeguards on bulk data collection
David Anderson KC will review the case for relaxing safeguards on intelligence and police use of bulk data under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, also known as the Snoopers Charter. → Read More
Russian hacking group Seaborgium targets SNP MP Stewart McDonald
Scottish National Party MP Stewart McDonald has become the latest victim of a Russian state backed hacking group that specialises in targeting NGOs, politicians, journalists, and other people of influence. → Read More
Cops make arrests and seize drugs after hacking Exclu encrypted messaging app
European police have shut down an encrypted messaging service used by thousands of people including members of organised crime groups. A joint operation led by Dutch and German police has led to over 45 arrests following a multi-country probe into the Exclu encrypted messaging service. Police covertly read decrypted communications on the app for five months before launching co-ordinated raids,… → Read More
Chinese IoT suppliers expose UK businesses to espionage and data theft
Chinese companies supplying network components, known as IoT modules, post a greater long-term threat to UK security than the now banned 5G supplier Huawei, according to a study by a Chinese expert and former diplomat. → Read More
WhatsApp’s £4.8m fine raises questions for organisations using behavioural advertising
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has fined WhatsApp, owned by Meta, in a case that will raise questions for organisations that rely on contracts rather than consent to comply with GDPR when offering behavioural advertising → Read More
£4.8m WhatsApp fine raises questions for organisations using behavioural advertising
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has fined WhatsApp, owned by Meta, in a case that will raise questions for organisations that rely on contracts rather than consent to comply with GDPR when offering behavioural advertising → Read More
David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws
Home Office commissions independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snoopers’ charter. It will include a review of bulk datasets and government access to internet connection records held by phone and internet companies. → Read More
Experts concerned over silence around government obligation to review UK surveillance laws
The government is required to review the UK’s surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act but experts say they are in the dark about its plans. The National Crime Agency’s operation Venetic has highlighted the need for urgent reforms. → Read More
Companies warned to step up cyber security to become ‘insurable’
Investing in better IT security to protect against cyber crime will make businesses more resilient against other risks → Read More
Davos 2023: Pervasive cyber crime and cyber security gaps pose severe risk to organisations
The threat of widespread cyber crime and vulnerabilities in cyber security are among the most severe risks facing businesses, governments and the public over the next decade. Cyber attacks will disrupt critical resources and services, including agriculture, water, financial systems, transport and communications, the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2023 reveals. → Read More
Meta to appeal £345m fine for Facebook and Instagram privacy breaches
Social media company Meta is to appeal after the Irish Data Protection Commission fined the company for breaching GDPR. → Read More
Complaints that NCA failed in duty of candour over EncroChat warrants ‘incredible’, court hears
Lawyers representing ten claimants who are challenging the lawfulness of the National Crime Agency’s role in bringing prosecutions based on messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network had put forward ‘incredible’ claims, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard. → Read More
NCA ‘wrong-footed’ defence lawyers after agreeing to take expert evidence on EncroChat ‘as read’
Lawyers for the National Crime Agency dismissed key findings of a technical expert about the EncroChat hacking operation as inaccurate, despite agreeing to take the findings “as read” the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard. → Read More
Top 10 crime, national security and law stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 crime, national security and law stories of 2022. → Read More
NCA officer questioned in Investigatory Powers Tribunal over failure to disclose EncroChat notes
A National Crime Agency officer yesterday faced questions in Britain’s most secret court after she failed to disclose a key document about the agency’s use of hacked text messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network in criminal prosecutions. → Read More
Cyber crime officer says French legal challenges to EncroChat are ‘hype’
Matthieu Audibert, officer of the French Gendarmerie’s cyber space command, gets into a spat with defence lawyers on Twitter over the lawfulness of evidence from the hacked phone network EncroChat. → Read More
Protecting children by scanning encrypted messages is ‘magical thinking’, says Cambridge professor
Cambridge professor Ross Anderson argues in a rebuttal to GCHQ experts that using artificial intelligence (AI) to scan encrypted messaging services is the wrong approach to protecting children and preventing terrorism. → Read More
French Supreme Court rejects EncroChat verdict after lawyers question secrecy over hacking operation
France’s Supreme Court has referred a criminal case which relies on evidence from the hacked EncroChat encrypted phone network back to the court of appeal after finding that prosecutors failed to disclose sufficient information about the hacking operation. The Cour de Cassation in Paris found that French investigators had failed to supply a certificate to authenticate intercepted phone data and… → Read More
Proposals for scanning encrypted messages should be cut from Online Safety Bill, say researchers
Automatic scanning of messaging services for illegal content could lead to one billion false alarms each day in Europe. → Read More
Italian Supreme Court calls for prosecutors to disclose information on Sky ECC hacking operation
Italy’s Supreme Court says Italian prosecutors and police should disclose information on how they obtained intercepted messages from the Sky ECC cryptophone network → Read More