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NHS hospitals gear up to get cyberattack systems back online
Dec 5, 2024 · NHS Wirral said it reverted to pen and paper operations following the attack last week, but the intrusion hasn't yet been claimed by a known crime group. 'Digital gateway service' was the point of intrusion. The same can't be said for the attacks on Liverpool hospitals.INC Ransom took credit for these, which have attracted an overwhelmingly angry reception from onlookers, for the most part due ...
Richard Speed - The Register
Jan 12, 2018 · Richard is The Register's Microsoft ecosystem reporter, focusing not just on the Windows and Azure giant but also suppliers, customers, and rivals in its orbit.
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK outlines 'priorities'
Nov 21, 2024 · The list includes terrorism, child sexual abuse and exploitation, illegal suicide and self-harm content, illegal activity that disproportionately affects women and girls, illegal disinformation, hate that incites violence towards specific individuals or groups, UK-linked content designed to encourage or facilitate organized immigration crime by criminal groups, as well as illegal sales of ...
Perplexity, not Google, is now the best search engine
Dec 16, 2024 · Opinion Perplexity offers several advantages over Google as a search engine, making it a compelling alternative for many.. Back in the 1970s, when this columnist was a happy teenage graduate student, I started my first business: Researchers at Large. I was one of the first people to make a living by being able to get answers from early search tools such as OCLC, NASA/Recon, and Dialog.
Coder wrote a bug so bad security guards wanted a word
Dec 16, 2024 · Who, Me? Welcome once again to Who, Me? The Register's Monday morning feature in which we share tales of technological messes your fellow readers made, and escaped, to give you hope in case you err during the coming week.
Vodafone, Three can merge if they promise to behave
Dec 5, 2024 · On Three's behalf, CK Hutchison Group Chairman Canning Fok said: "When Three and Vodafone are combined, CK Hutchison will fully support the merged business in implementing its network investment plan, the cornerstone of today's approval by the CMA, transforming the UK's digital infrastructure and ensuring customers across the country benefit from world-beating network quality."
NHS declares major cyber incident for third time this year
Nov 26, 2024 · A UK hospital is declaring a "major incident," cancelling all outpatient appointments due to "cybersecurity reasons." The Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, located in North West England, said the so-called "incident" affects the whole Trust, which oversees Wirral Women and Children's Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital, …
Apple Intelligence summary botches BBC News headline
Dec 17, 2024 · "This one caused some jitters and has fed into a mood that AI-generated products can be a bad fit for news especially. Our Head of News is big on verify and truth, etc so [the] BBC will really want to make a fuss when this happens so everyone knows it's wrong and not our fault."
BOFH Archive - The Register
BOFH: When the Sun rises in the West and sets in the East, only then will the UPS cease to supply uninterrupted voltage