Stronger action is needed from Ofgem to ensure that energy customers get a fair deal, according to a committee of MPs. The MPs have called on the organisation to be less timid when it comes to dealing with "anti-competitive" behaviour by ...
Mr Jyotiraditya M Scindia minister of Power said that the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana for rural household electrification was launched in 2005 by Government of India. The scheme is being implemented through State Discoms and ...
The government is to publish details of its controversial plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity. The Queen's Speech in May revealed that the government would go ahead ...
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The UK Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested three people in connection to using ransomware, which security experts say poses a threat to businesses as well as consumers. Ransomware is malicious software that is inadvertently ...
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Ailsa Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has stepped down. Beaton is to leave the MPS in mid 2013, having worked as director of information for 12 years. No details are yet available as to ...
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Cybergeddon, a complete take-down of the internet, is undoubtedly within the power of some nation states, but is unlikely, say security industry experts. Bringing down the internet would not be in anyone’s interest, said Fred Piper, ...
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The mother of hacker Gary McKinnon marked the end of a traumatic chapter of their lives when she give thanks to all those who helped their 10-year campaign against a US order for his extradition to face charges for hacking federal ...
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European MPs are the latest grouping to voice concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International ...
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Three students at the Fashion Institute of Technology(FIT)have been named finalists in off-price specialty retailer Loehmann's NY Design Challenge competition,held exclusively with FIT.Ou Ma of Beijing,China;Maor Tapiro from Brooklyn,NY;and ...
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U.S. officials today expressed dismay over the U.K. government's refusal to extradite British hacker Gary McKinnon, but insisted the broader extradition relationship between the two countries is as strong as ever. In separate statements, ...
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The Treasury Committee requested that RBS chief executive Stephen Hester provide a detailed explanation of what went wrong at the bank to cause its ongoing IT issues. In a letter to the bank, Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury ...
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MPs have slammed plans to give the Home Secretary carte blanche to retain any type of data in the draft Communications Data Bill dubbed ‘the Snoopers’ Charter’. In a Joint Committee the MPs and Lords concluded that the ...
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The UK should declare cyber war on states and criminals who target the country by using aggressive retaliatory strikes, says Parliament's Intelligence Security Committee (ISC). The call comes in the ISC's annual report, which says too ...
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The Post Office has launched an external review into the Horizon computer system at the centre of its legal dispute with sub-postmasters. Some sub-postmasters blame the Horizon system for what they claim are false accusations made against ...
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Key HMRC IT implementations have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The report called for a better understanding of the costs of benefits of the ...
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