Here is a case of trust and privacy gone very wrong. I gave my DNA to tracking company – then it vanished – BBC News Who knows what will happen. Your Takeaway This story should make you think about the information you hold and the steps you take to keep …
Because It’s Friday – Tea, M’Lady.
Thunderbirds has made the “Because It’s Friday” slot before: As a child of the 60s, this week we are celebrating the life of one of the iconic voices from Thunderbirds – Parker. Peppa Pig and Thunderbirds actor David Graham dies – BBC David Graham also provided Dalek voices. Have a …
Stuff happens
On September 4, Tewkesbury Borough Council declared a major IT incident and shut down its systems and enacted their incident response plan. It now turns out that this incident was not a cyber-attack but an error in user accounts. However this does not matter. There was and is inconvenience to …
TfL Update
Here are a couple of updates on the Transport for London (TfL) cyber security incident. If you remember TfL said there was “no evidence” that customer data had been compromised. Transport for London Cyber Incident | Smart Thinking Solutions Update One The authorities have arrested a suspect: London transport cyber …
Transport for London Cyber Incident
Like many others, when I am traveling on public transport in London – and many other cities – I simply wave my phone over a sensor to pay for my fair. We are putting a lot of trust in those systems being secure. When they are not, then there could …