All articles by Greg Noone
Greg Noone
Greg Noone is the editor of Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.
Rheinmetall reveals last year’s hack by Black Basta cost the firm $10m
Though hit with business recovery costs and a dip in sales as a result of the breach, the cyberattack only impacted Rheinmetall’s civilian unit and not its military arm.
Arm planning to launch AI chips next year amid huge global demand
The move is intended to make Arm’s owner, Softbank, a centre of AI excellence in its own right.
ICO warns that many UK businesses are still cybersecurity laggards
ICO’s latest report on the state of UK corporate cybersecurity includes case study of a law firm crippled by a ransomware attack encrypting almost a million files.
Vodafone-Three merger wins conditional security approval while still under CMA investigation
The Cabinet Office issues tentative approval for the Vodafone-Three merger but says more work has to be done to ensure security at the new firm will be watertight.
Zscaler calls investigators in amid breach speculation
Zscaler confirmed that it had taken a “test environment” offline amid rumours of a larger breach of its systems, but claimed that customers remained unaffected.
Hack dismissed as the cause of UK e-gates airport failure
The UK’s Home Office said that its vaunted e-gates system failed because of a bug and not a state-sponsored cyberattack.
Atos courts competing refinancing bids from Daniel Křetínský’s EPEI and David Layani’s Onepoint
Having previously spurned Atos, billionaire Daniel Křetínský has returned with a new offer for the embattled French IT giant.
LockBit leader’s hidden identity unmasked on gang’s website by law enforcement coalition
Russian national’s identity unmasked on LockBit’s website two months after LockBit was raised and temporarily crippled by a joint US, UK and Australian law enforcement operation.
Communication gaps between IT departments and senior corporate leadership worsening application security risks
New research by Dynatrace finds that boardrooms are often confounded by their security teams’ techno-babble and an inability to convey how the risk of breaches could impact wider corporate operations.
SK Hynix says key component for AI chips sold out until 2025
A key supplier for Nvidia, SK Hynix said that its high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI chipsets would now only be available from next year.