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Team of data scientists expands as Treasury looks to drive ‘data transformation’ across department.

A ransomware attack on the systems of publisher and social enterprise Big Issue Group has been claimed by the Qilin gang

Artificial intelligence legislation is needed to seize the benefits of the technology while minimising its risks, but Lord Holmes says the government’s current ‘wait and see’ approach to regulation will fail on both fronts

While subpostmasters fight tooth and nail for justice and financial redress, Fujitsu continues to target millions of UK taxpayer pounds.

Despite a previous pledge that HMRC’s IR35 online status checker tool will be continually updated as employment cases and tribunals occur, a freedom of information request confirms CEST has not been updated since October 2019.

MP asks government minister for figure on how much money the Post Office took from subpostmasters who were wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls.

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the findings of our annual survey into the technologies that IT buyers are spending their money on this year. The European CIO at PepsiCo explains how to make digital transformation go with a pop. And we look at the growing importance of cloud-to-cloud backup for data protection and resilience. Read the issue now.

Britain’s democracy is under threat from Chinese cyber attacks that have accessed the details of 40 million UK voters and have targeted senior politicians, MPs will be told today. Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden is due to tell Parliament that Beijing is behind a hacking operation that accessed millions of UK voters’ details from the Electoral Commission.

The Japanese IT services giant is embroiled in controversy in the UK over its role in the Post Office accounting scandal…

The Japanese IT services giant is embroiled in controversy in the UK over its role in the Post Office accounting scandal