All articles by Matthew Gooding

Matthew Gooding

Matthew Gooding is the former managing editor of Tech Monitor.

Conti ransomware captures Costa Rica, Musk makes Twitter bid – April 2022 in review

Our look back at the tech news from April sees an entire nation ransomed and the world’s richest man buying his own social network.

Lapsus$ – and the European Union – target Big Tech – March 2022 in review

Major tech companies were targeted by hackers, as well as regulators keen to limit their dominance of digital markets.

IBM faces ‘dinobabies’ ageism lawsuit, TSMC powers on – February 2022 in review

February saw IBM accused of ageism, ransomware hackers backing Russia, and TSMC cementing its semiconductor supremacy.

TSB fined £48.6m after IT crash that left millions without access to bank accounts

‘Widespread and serious failings’ at the bank during a system migration caused significant disruption to customers, regulators found.

A new UK ICO and Russia’s cyber war in Ukraine begins – January 2022 in review

The new UK data regulator set out his stall as Russian forces ramped up cyber aggression against Ukraine.

China has a $143bn semiconductor plan to beat US chip sanctions

Beijing is ready to pump cash into its chip industry to boost manufacturing capabilities and hit back against Washington’s sanctions

Hyperscalers clean up in Pentagon’s $9bn multi-cloud Jedi replacement

Four cloud giants will share a bumper contract awarded by the US Department of Defence after years of wrangling.

US scales back plan to ban Chinese semiconductors

Under pressure from businesses, senators have rowed back on plans for an immediate moratorium on Chinese components as the chip war continues.

Rackspace email outage caused by ransomware attack

We just don’t know when our Exchange servers will be back, the cloud company helpfully says.

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield stepping down as musical chairs continues at Salesforce

The founder of the collaboration app is leaving the company in the new year. He is one of several executives departing the Salesforce stable.