Tag: MOD
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Second Afghan interpreter data breach uncovered at Ministry of Defence
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
A second email data breach has been uncovered at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the team responsible for relocating Afghan allies to the UK. The BBC reported that dozens of people who may be eligible to come to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap) were mistakenly copied into an email […]
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Afghanistan: MoD shared more than 250 Afghan interpreters’ details on email
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched an investigation into a data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces. More than 250 people seeking relocation to the UK – many of whom are in hiding – were mistakenly copied into an email from the Ministry of Defence. Their […]
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Leaked spreadsheet exposes details of UK Special Forces soldiers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A leaked spreadsheet circulating around WhatsApp has exposed the personal details of more than one thousand UK Special Forces soldiers, which are meant to remain secret. Read via Computing.
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UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The National Cyber Force’s existence has been publicly confirmed after months of speculation and a decade after the UK first began offensive cyber-operations. Read via BBCNews.
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MoD Receives Funding Boost and Confirms Increase in Cyber-Spending
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK government has dedicated an extra £16.5bn to defense spending which will see a heavy investment in cybersecurity defense and offensive capabilities. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Cyber Security Breach – Guest Blog
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
Guest post from Jason Barron, Advent IM Security Consultant Cyber security breaches hit unprecedented highs in UK defence industry – Just my opinion! What do you consider an unprecedented high? On Wed 8 Jan 20, Sky News released an article relating to a statistics document alleged to have been produced by the Defence Industry Warning, […]
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Cyber security breaches hit unprecedented highs in UK defence industry
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
An unprecedented number of security incidents were reported to the Ministry of Defence during the last 12 months. Read via Sky News.
Read MoreTrident vulnerable to hacking?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
By Julia McCarron with contribution from Chris Cope. There have been a number of press stories in the last few days that could have us searching for our 3 pronged spears to protect these shores because, if the news is to be believed, the missile version of Trident could be rendered useless or obsolete from […]
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