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News The biggest breach saw about 27,000 people affected in June 2007, when a disgruntled contractor working for the MoJ gave a journalist names, addresses and bank details from a list of MoJ suppliers kept on "inadequately protected" electronic... [25 Jul 2008]
Businesses fear Sepa debit fraud risk
News The Sepa initiative seeks to create a common framework for cross-border Euro payments, using a single bank account and a single set of payments instruments across an area stretching from Ireland to Poland. [22 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have been hit by fraud. The bank chose PINsentry because of its similarity to... [18 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. [17 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Graham Yellowley, head of IT for investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities said: "We have a history of brilliant people creating the most inventive computing related tools on limited budgets and then the... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News The move is inevitable but we have to ensure that the UK is maintained as a centre of excellence and we have that commitment from the bank. Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres... [14 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News With the ability to easily and affordably surf the web on the new iPhone, more consumers will shop and bank online, encouraging malware writers to develop new ways to capture this information. Expect malware targeted at iPhone 3G users over the... [14 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Smith claimed the cards, expected to cost £30, will make it easier for young people to prove their identity when opening a bank account, enrolling in college or proving their age in pubs and clubs. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site... [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Microsoft announced its road map and pricing for web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses. Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favour, is likely... [09 Jul 2008]
London data centres hit by credit crunch
News It found that not one bank or law firm chose to take up space in London, with new space split roughly two-thirds retail and one-third technology. London's data centre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital... [04 Jul 2008]
Hardware defies economic gloom
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market just yet, according to analyst firm Gartner, which has predicted that the market for both PCs and servers will remain in growth this year, and at... [02 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. The bank has signed up for two years with the antivirus company, giving the deal a retail value of more than £200m. This initiative follows a similar move last year... [01 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year £160m deal with BT to outsource the management of its networked IT services. The contract will see Nationwide's voice and data network infrastructure and... [30 Jun 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to analysts. [30 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland Yahoo! under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management yesterday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology and operational execution, the company said. [27 Jun 2008]
