Author: Robert Booth
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Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says
The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular pattern of significant strikes, ministers have been warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) found that 58 critical government IT systems independently assessed in 2024 had “significant gaps in cyber-resilience”,…
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Meta says it has taken down about 20 covert influence operations in 2024
Meta has intervened to take down about 20 covert influence operations around the world this year, it has emerged – though the tech firm said fears of AI-fuelled fakery warping elections had not materialised in 2024. Nick Clegg, the president of global affairs at the company that runs Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said Russia was…