Day Headlines in Computers News: 2025-08-21
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Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 15:41:00)
US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software. -
Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 15:09:00)
Many more data breaches at the MoD's Arap programme to relocate at-risk Afghan citizens to Britain have emerged following an FoI request by BBC journalists. -
Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 15:00:00)
Latest Apple zero-day found in the ImageIO framework opens the door for targeted zero-click attacks on iPhone users. -
ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 13:20:00)
The UK information commissioner is investigating claims that the use of algorithms by the Home Office to make recommendations on migrants breaches privacy laws -
‘Historic’ shift in broadband usage heralds expansion phase (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 12:15:00)
Latest edition of report into broadband finds data consumption growth in second quarter is overcoming traditional seasonal declines to mark milestone -
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 09:00:00)
The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully -
Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 09:00:00)
Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings -
Number of girls taking GCSE computer science drops amid fall in overall candidates (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 08:00:00)
The number of students taking GCSE computing has fallen this year, with fewer girls and boys choosing the subject compared with 2024 -
BT Group ramps up its cloud transformation efforts with another five-year AWS deal (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 07:08:00)
BT Group's multi-year cloud transformation effort is moving on from workload migrations to building out a cloud-native infrastructure, with the help of AWS -
Routers key to broadband experience on NBN in Australia (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-21 07:00:00)
Study of wireline broadband connections across Australian households shows retail service provider-issued gateways outperform bring-your-own alternatives, while fibre-to-the-home is driving demand for higher speed tiers