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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog UK defence lawyers have proved somewhat more effective than the Crown Prosecution Service when it comes to dealing with IT matters -- Aaron Caffrey got off in the Port of Houston hacking case, because the jury were left with reasonable doubt as to...
[June 10, 2005, 18:55]
MoD announces winner of robot challenge
News The Ministry of Defence has announced the winner of its Grand Challenge competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats encountered by UK troops on current operations. Photo credit: Ministry of Defence
[August 22, 2008, 8:59]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Some of them, says the Ministry of Defence, are on the same frequency as the new 802.11a wireless network. We've got lots of those in the UK whirring away. The UK troops in the Gulf aren't just known as the Borrowers because of their shortage of...
[March 7, 2003, 14:37]
Upbeat Y2K message from MOD
News Just over 1000 of these are critical to the UK's defence capabilities. Defence Secretary George Robertson said: "The Year 2000 is a real issue, and we are under no illusions about its urgency and importance.
[December 9, 1998, 11:59]
Ministry of Defence criticised over EDS contract
News Last week, a consortium led by EDS won the contract for the second phase of the ATLAS project, the Ministry of Defence's information infrastructure, and at £4bn one of the largest public sector projects in the UK.
[January 11, 2007, 16:30]
Linux considered for GPS rival
News In an exclusive interview with ZDNet UK, Pat Norris, UK business development manager for Logica CMG's Space and Defence Division, said that he wouldn't rule out using open-source software in certain systems as part of the integrator's £5.2m...
[February 6, 2004, 12:00]
Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack
News At the time of writing, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia website was unavailable for viewing from the UK. The Georgian embassy in the UK has accused forces within Russia of launching a co-ordinated cyberattack against Georgian websites, to...
[August 11, 2008, 13:51]
Mannesmann to float Internet business
News The announcement came as Mannesmann launched its official defence document, charging that Vodafone's bid is inadequate and inappropriate. Analysts said the defence document did not cover any new ground, but said an Internet float could raise a...
[January 17, 2000, 16:46]
IBM middleware may refuel veteran aircraft
News We are delighted to add IBM UK to our team," said John Mengucci, vice president and general manager of the Department of Defence Systems for Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions. IBM UK has joined the Lockheed Martin consortium...
[July 20, 2006, 10:45]
Microsoft investigates Web attack
News Paul Rogers, network security analyst with UK computer security company MIS Corporate Defence Solutions, says that, although this may be a fairly remote outpost for Microsoft, such lax security is unacceptable.
[January 23, 2001, 15:18]
Millennium bug: erm, we're not ready - MOD, Inland Rev.
News He remains confident that, by autumn, all mission critical systems will be fully millennium compliant and that the UK will have "full defence capability". MOD spokesman Marcus de Ville admitted critical defence systems still to be made bug...
[June 18, 1999, 14:55]
IT 'needs women'
News Qinetiq, a former arm of the Ministry of Defence that now provides scientific and technological research and solutions to private industry, said this week that scientifically trained women are choosing not to pursue careers in science and...
[October 17, 2003, 12:10]
MoD loses 87 USB devices holding classified data
News Ministry of Defence staff have reported 87 USB data-storage devices containing classified data lost or stolen since 2004. Defence minister Bob Ainsworth, in a written parliamentary answer on Wednesday, said that the figures were compiled as part of...
[July 17, 2008, 16:41]
NASA hacker to hear fate next month
News His defence has argued that he should not be extradited as he could be tried under America's tough anti-terrorism laws. However, the defence argued that the note was not binding as it was unsigned. The defence called Clive Stafford-Smith, a human...
[April 12, 2006, 18:05]
Nato creates cyber-defence command
News Nato is creating a cyber-defence command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructures. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber-defence among Nato allies after its formation was...
[April 9, 2008, 9:30]
Trojan defence acquits British teenager
News Even though both the defence and prosecution acknowledged that the attack had originated from Caffrey's computer, the defendant claimed his computer had been taken over by a hacker using a Trojan Horse program.
[October 17, 2003, 12:58]
BT's broadband vision explored
News On Monday, BT launched a defence of its Internet strategy, proudly showing off its new IP backbone -- dubbed Colossus -- and claiming to be "passionate" about broadband. On Wednesday Oftel announced the fourteen operators that will roll out...
[April 6, 2000, 15:03]
Demon Internet v. Laurence Godfrey - case settled
News The case, in which UK scientist Laurence Godfrey sued the ISP for failing to remove allegedly defamatory messages from a newsgroup hosted by Demon, has been bitterly fought by both defence and prosecution.
[March 29, 2000, 15:37]
Government hack attacks dropping
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has provided the most detailed answer, revealing that there have been 30 "hacking incidents" this year, compared to 36 last year and 12 in 2003. Don Touhig, undersecretary of state for defence, said in response to a...
[July 12, 2005, 9:15]
HP, EDS clients advised to review contracts
News EDS is responsible for and has delivered some of the biggest projects in the UK public sector, including the much-criticised £5bn MoD Defence Information Infrastructure project, which will rationalise 300 databases.
[May 22, 2008, 9:13]
