Peter Flynn

AI

A British Cop Out: How AI Became an Excuse for Corporate Greed

The Numbers Game: When Statistics Tell Uncomfortable Truths The Morgan Stanley report revealing that Britain leads the pack in AI-driven job losses should surprise absolutely no one who’s been paying attention to how British businesses operate. An 8% net job loss – double the international average – isn’t a bug in the system, it’s a […]

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Ransomware

What is Ransomware?

Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that encrypts a victim’s files or locks their computer system, making data inaccessible until a ransom is paid to the attackers. It’s essentially digital extortion – cybercriminals hold your data hostage and demand payment (usually in cryptocurrency) for its release. How Ransomware Works Initial Infection • Phishing

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AI Is Thrown In To Try To Fix Britain’s “Broken” Police Force

The Home Secretary has announced she’s throwing £140 million at some shiny new tech toys, hoping they’ll magically fix what she’s calling Britain’s “broken” policing system – because apparently the solution to everything these days is more surveillance and fewer actual police on the beat. Shabana Mahmood reckons her AI gadgets will free up six

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Brainless Russian Hactivists Target UK

Low-level, politically driven cyber attackers targeting Britain’s networks are achieving little more than digital vandalism. A spate of cyber-attacks aimed at critical national infrastructure and local government systems across the UK has revealed a frustrating reality: these so-called hackers are hardly sophisticated cyber masterminds. They are low-level, technically inept troublemakers bent on disruption rather than infiltration. Their preferred method, the Denial of

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Houses of Parliament

Chinese Embassy In London Madness

Keir Starmer’s government has waved through plans for a massive new Chinese “super embassy” in central London — and it’s hard to imagine a more dangerously naïve move. Despite repeated warnings from MI5 that it’s “unrealistic to eliminate every potential risk,” Labour’s top brass have decided Beijing can build a sprawling base right in the capital’s heart.

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British Army

British Cyber Army Upgrade Is Coming

The British Army’s cyber warriors are to benefit from modern accommodation and specialist training facilities following a £279 million investment announced yesterday for the Duke of Gloucester Barracks in Gloucestershire. The huge project will deliver new infrastructure for the 13 Signal Regiment, which conducts the Army’s defensive cyber operations. Construction is due to begin next year and is expected to be

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