UK to Ban Cold Calls Selling Insurance and Crypto to Clamp Down on Fraud May 3, 2023 By Kitty Donaldson The UK is to set to ban cold calls that sell financial products including insurance and cryptocurrencies in an effort...
UK Says Energy Aid Will Cost Treasury Billions and Cut Inflation September 9, 2022 By Kitty Donaldson and Emily Ashton Liz Truss’s UK government announced a sweeping package of measures to contain spiraling energy bills, seeking to ease a historic...
Ransomware Is Key Online Threat Facing UK, Says Cyber Security Chief June 14, 2021 By Kitty Donaldson Professional criminals holding businesses to ransom — often with the support of nation-states — is the key online threat facing...
Ex-Security Chief Martin Urges UK to Outlaw Cyber Ransoms September 18, 2020 By Kitty Donaldson Ciaran Martin, who stepped down as head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre this month, will call on Boris...
U.K. Repelled 658 Cyber Attacks This Year, Many From Hostile Foreign States October 23, 2019 By Kitty Donaldson The National Cyber Security Centre defended the U.K. from 658 cyber attacks in the year to October — many from...
UK PM’s Ultimatum to EU: Negotiate Brexit on His Terms, or Face No-Deal Divorce October 2, 2019 By Robert Hutton and Kitty Donaldson Boris Johnson is poised to issue an ultimatum to the European Union on Wednesday: negotiate Brexit on his terms within...
U.K. Networks Could Become Less Secure if Huawei Is Banned, MPs Say July 19, 2019 By Kitty Donaldson Barring Huawei Technologies Co. from operating in the U.K. could lower security standards and make networks less resilient to malicious...
UK Joins Global Backlash Against Tech Firms that Fail to Control Harmful Content April 9, 2019 By Lucy Meakin and Kitty Donaldson The U.K. joined a growing global backlash against technology companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., proposing fines and...
Brexit Talks ‘Deadlocked’ Despite Appeal to EU for Last-Minute Concession March 11, 2019 By Tim Ross and Kitty Donaldson Theresa May’s government declared Brexit talks are “deadlocked” as ministers urged the European Union to make a last minute concession...
Update – EU, UK Officials Pessimistic About Chances of Brexit Breakthrough: Sources March 7, 2019 By Ian Wishart, Dara Doyle and Kitty Donaldson European and UK officials are pessimistic about the chances of a breakthrough in Brexit talks, with Britain accusing the bloc...