British spook warns of Chinese tech threat
China seeking will exploit tech dominance to control
Britain’s GCHQ spy agency chief has warned of the “huge threat” from China seeking to exploit its tech dominance to control its citizens and gain influence abroad.
British spooks violated privacy rights
EU’s highest court rules
GCHQ's methods for bulk interception of online communications violated the right to privacy and the regime for collection of data was "not in accordance with the law," the grand chamber of the European court of human rights has ruled.
West faces technology moment of reckoning
Intelligence boss warns we must not drop the soap
According to a top spook, the West is faced with a "moment of reckoning" regarding technology and security.
Via might save Huawei's bacon
Chinese firm caught between ROC and hard place
While US semiconductor firms Intel and AMD and others are effectively banned from shipping their technology to Chinese giant Huawei, another firm could fill the X86 processor hole in its motherboards.
IT companies’ rebel at GCHQ’s encryption plans
We want to participate in every encrypted email
While the UK has been distracted by Brexit, GCHQ has sounded out plans to force IT companies to hand over opened copies of every encrypted email sent by their customers.
Britain to create 2,000 strong anti-Russian cyber force
Four-fold increase
While the UK can't afford to upgrade computers for the NHS to something a little more secure, it is splashing out huge amounts of money on spy equipment to keep the Russians out.
UK GCHQ violated human rights
No wonder the UK wanted out of the European Court
GCHQ's methods in carrying out bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide enough surveillance safeguards, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled in a test case judgment.
Britain bans ZTE
The Chinese get a bruising…
While the world is still sort of wondering about the air strikes in Syria last week, some of the rest of us – including Scotland – are thinking about the other things that are happening in our little world of technology.
Russian hackers attack major UK sectors
GCHQ is on the case
The chief executive of Britain's GCHQ cyber security centre said today that its spooks are aware of attempts to disrupt the UK's energy, telecomms and media by attempted hacks.
Top British spook slams US tech companies
Improving security lets the terrorists win