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    UK Cyber Chief Warns Country is at an Inflection Point as Digital Threats Rise

    2024-12-03

    Cybersecurity Dive: The new leader of the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre   warned the country has reached an inflection point where malicious actors are actively working to weaponize the country’s dependence on the digital economy.

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    Cyberattacks Cost British Businesses $55 Billion In Past Five Years, Broker Says

    2024-11-26

    MSN: Cyberattacks have cost British businesses around 44 billion pounds ($55.08 billion) in lost revenue in the past five years, with 52% of private sector companies reporting at least one attack in that time, insurance broker Howden said.

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    Fintech Giant Finastra Confirms it’s Investigating a Data Breach

    2024-11-20

    TechCrunch: Finastra, a London-based financial software company that serves most of the world’s top banks, has confirmed it’s investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed a compromise of the company’s internal file-transfer platform. 

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    UK Banks Urged to Gird for CrowdStrike-Like Outage

    2024-11-04

    Bank Info Security: British financial institutions must ensure by this spring that they could reasonably weather a third-party tech outage on the scale of July's global meltdown of 8.5 million computers triggered by a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

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    UK’s CybaVerse Raises $1.4 Million to Expand Cybersecurity Team

    2024-10-29

    PYMNTS.com: U.K. cybersecurity firm CybaVerse is expanding its team after raising $1.4 million. The company announced the fundraise on its website, saying it would use the capital to speed the development of its platform and expand its team.

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    UK, US, and Canada Join Forces on Cybersecurity and AI Research

    2024-09-23

    Tech Monitor: The UK, the US, and Canada are set to collaborate on research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies related to artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, resilient systems, and information domain-related innovations.

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    Cybersecurity Firm Wiz to Open European Headquarters in London

    2024-08-15

    The Guardian: Cybersecurity firm Wiz, which last month rejected a $23bn (£18bn) takeover bid from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is to open a European headquarters in London – a move that is a major shot in the arm for the UK’s aspiration to be a global tech hub.

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    New UK Government Unveils Bills for AI, Cybersecurity and Resilience to Boost Tech Outlook

    2024-07-18

    Tech Radar: The King has unveiled the newly-elected Labour government’s first drafted bills and legislation to the UK Parliament, including several pieces relating to technology.

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    London Cyber Firm CultureAI Raises £8 Million to Double Workforce and ‘Fix Human Error’

    2024-07-17

    City A.M: London-based tech company CultureAI has secured $10m (£7.7m) in a Series A funding round, co-led by Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures. The investment is set to propel CultureAI’s product development, double its workforce and support its expansion into the US market.

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    UK’s Revamped Surveillance Rules Become Law Despite Industry Opposition

    2024-04-29

    CSO Online: The UK’s Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act (IPAA) received royal assent, making it law and broadening the government’s ability to collect bulk communications data.

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