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Jobs at risk of redundancy at fast-growing financial services group FinTrU
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (272+ words) One of the north's fastest-growing financial services companies FinTrU has confirmed it has initiated a consultation with "a number of roles" at risk of redundancy. Darragh McCarthy's Belfast-based group, which works with banks around the world to meet legal and…...
AI blackmail is a real danger, and we must take it seriously - The Irish News view
1+ week, 1+ day ago (301+ words) As if it weren't a complex enough modern world, children are facing a new threat: criminals using artificial intelligence to create sexualised images of young people and then demanding money to keep them private. As we report today, following a…...
Business diary: Belfast Cyber Expo will be a February first
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (1677+ words) Leaf-IT and Belfast Chamber of Commerce will host Belfast Cyber Expo 2026, a major new event designed to help Northern Ireland businesses strengthen cyber security and respond to evolving threat landscape. The event will take place on Thursday February 26 at the…...
The growing risks presented by cyber security and data breaches
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (440+ words) Cyber security and data breach incidents are on a sharp upward trajectory, affecting organisations across industries in Northern Ireland and beyond. The rise in incidents is forcing local businesses to view cyber risk not as a question of "if, but…...
Report into PSNI spying on journalists and lawyers to be published next week
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (192+ words) A review into to the extent of PSNI spying on journalists, lawyers and others is set to be published next week. The McCullough Review was established last year after it emerged the PSNI had been spying on journalists over a…...
UK and 12 allies issue warning over Chinese cyber attacks on ‘critical sectors’
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (318+ words) UK businesses and organisations in critical sectors have been warned to take steps to protect themselves against Chinese hackers as three China-based technology companies were accused of being linked to global cyber attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre, which is…...
What is RSV? And how to protect yourself
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (788+ words) Health experts at NHS England have urged eligible pregnant women to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ahead of winter to protect their newborns. Australia experienced its highest-ever number of RSV cases last year, and NHS officials have said…...
Cyber attack on hospitals ‘contributed to patient death’
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) A patient death has been linked to a cyber attack which crippled NHS blood services in south London last year, it has emerged. King's College Hospital, in south London, said that a patient died "unexpectedly" during the cyber attack. And…...
Public ‘should create secret code with family to help stop AI deepfake scams’
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) The public should create secret passwords with their family and friends to help them identify whether they are really interacting with them or an AI-generated deepfake impersonating them, a cyber security expert has said. Cody Barrow, chief executive of cyber…...
Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (513+ words) Regulators have launched an investigation into Royal Mail after it delivered just over three-quarters of first-class post on time last year, missing its delivery targets set by the communications watchdog. The company said 76.3% of first-class mail arrived within one working…...