The UK government will pass legislation compelling companies providing IT services to critical national infrastructure to improve their cyber defenses after a wave of attacks by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. As many as 1,000 firms will fall under …
The captain of the Solong container ship that crashed near the UK is a Russian national, the ship’s owner said. The rest of the crew are a mix of Russian and Filipino, shipping company Ernst Russ AG said in a …
The UK government has ordered Apple Inc. to build a backdoor to give it access to global user data, in a move that could spark one of the biggest privacy fights in the iPhone maker’s history. British authorities in an …
As governments grapple with what to do about DeepSeek, China’s hot new AI model — including outright bans — the UK is issuing a warning to its citizens and business: be careful. “Ultimately it is a personal choice for people, …
Chinese state actors have made widespread — and likely successful — efforts to access British critical infrastructure networks, according to UK officials, underscoring fears of vulnerabilities to increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks by foreign powers. Senior ministers in the Labour government have …
Threats to the UK from Russia and Iran and the danger posed by the Islamic State group have increased in recent months, according to the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency. Ken McCallum, the director-general of MI5, said the security …
UK spies are stepping up efforts to tackle cyber and artificial intelligence threats from hostile foreign states, including the sort of online manipulation that helped foment rioting across the country in the past 10 days. GCHQ, the UK’s national security …
The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers that Russia uses to skirt international sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter …
Tests are being carried out to determine whether the UK Houses of Parliament contain the form of crumbling concrete that caused ministers last week to tell more than 100 schools to close buildings. Surveyors are investigating if any parts of …
Hackers were able to access UK voter registers undetected for 15 months, the Electoral Commission said, raising questions about data security even as it played down fears about the impact on elections. “Hostile actors” could obtain the name and address …
