Metropolitan Police STILL using Windows XP on 18,000 PCs and laptops
And only EIGHT have been migrated to Windows 10 as Met Police officers are forced to get to grips with Windows 8.1
The Metropolitan Police has migrated just 1,000 PCs from Windows XP to more secure and up-to-date operating systems. Indeed, it would appear that the pace of change is slowing, with Metropolitan Police...
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Thank Zuck it's Friday #9 - Home Office 'super database', the software reseller claiming £270m from Microsoft and social media data breaches
This week on the IT news podcast the team discusses the Home Office's 'super database' on race, health and biometrics, the British software reseller bringing at £170m claim against Microsoft and the recent data breaches involving both Facebook and LinkedIn....
British software reseller files £270 million antitrust court action against Microsoft
ValueLicensing alleges that Microsoft pressurises customers not to sell unused Windows and Office licences, to the detriment of the secondhand market
Booking.com fined €475,000 for late reporting of data breach
Travel firm delayed reporting the breach by 22 days, exceeding the 72-hour limit
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Patterns of unusual behaviour are the clearest signal of an attack, not programmes or files
Petlog accused of mishandling details of customers and pets
A database migration appears to have caused a data breach, with pet owners able to see other people's details and potentially register their pets as their own
