UK government officials consider banning ransomware payments

The UK government is considering banning public organizations from paying ransomware demands as it seeks to strike a “significant blow” to cyber criminal operating models. The consultation follows a series of serious ransomware incidents at NHS bodies, the British Library, Royal Mail and more, that have caused severe real world …

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Treasury minister Siddiq quits after ethics investigation

Tulip Siddiq quit as a Treasury minister after the ministerial standards watchdog said it was “regrettable” she was “not more alert” to the reputational risk caused by her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq’s aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled into …

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Chris McCausland’s stand-up show coming to Netflix

ExclusiveTuesday 14th January 2025, 4:56pm by Jay Richardson Chris McCausland’s 2023 stand-up special Speaky Blinder is coming to Netflix. Launching on Thursday under the title Chris McCausland: Live, the special has quietly appeared on the streamer without advance publicity. But a preview clip is already on the platform, with the …

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Royal Mail respond after ‘missed’ North East deliveries

Residents in Wynyard, near Stockton, had previously claimed that deliveries from the postal service had been missed, including NHS documents and banking correspondence. But Royal Mail has now put out a statement to say that only one day’s worth of post had been missed, which was delivered the next working …

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