Tag: Government
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Coronavirus: Council IT systems ‘compromised by virus scam emails’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Criminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak have compromised council computer systems, a council has warned. Read via BBC news.
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PODCAST: Government Digital Transformation, are we nearly there yet?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
We are a decade on from ‘Tell us once’ – the Government service that was supposed to allow users to literally tell Government just once about a change in their lives and that would then be reflected through all the services they use or need. In this episode, we ask the pesky question from from […]
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Government to strengthen security of internet-connected products
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
New legislation to improve security standards of internet-connected household devices. Read via GOV.UK.
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Betting companies given access to UK gov’t information on millions of children
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
Reports suggest a government database was misused for age verification purposes. Read via ZDNet.
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General election 2019: ‘Cyber-attack’ on Labour Party digital platforms
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Labour Party says there has been a “sophisticated and large-scale cyber-attack” on its digital platforms. Read Via BBC NEWS
Read MoreWhy would anyone want to hack the weather?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A review of the news of the BoM attack from Security Consultant, Chris Cope. Or more precisely, why would anyone want to hack the Australian met office? Well, its happened and officials are quick to announce that the damage will take millions of dollars to fix and that China was responsible for the hack. Its […]
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