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Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak

Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak

ExfilSquad claims 135,000 contact records weeks after hitting the Department for Education

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Statcounter reports Linux at 10.65% of desktop usage in North America, with Cloudflare data lending further support to the milestone. linuxiac.com/linux-deskto... #Linux #OpenSource

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America

Statcounter reports Linux at 10.65% of desktop usage in North America, with Cloudflare data lending further support to the milestone.

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Yet another job ad! We're looking for a software engineer to work on our open source Tierkreis workflow system (focussing on quantum-HPC hybrid integration). The job is based in Singapore. #quantumcomputing #jobad jobs.eu.lever.co/quantinuum/8...

ico.org.uk/make-a-compl... in case you get an unsolicited email from Team Labour. First the data leak and, now, not cleaning their databases!!!

‘The company, which runs more than 60 health clinics nationwide, took more than 3 weeks to notify potentially impacted patients… "It takes 1 day, or even hours, for hackers to use a combination of the information that has been stolen to crack an individual's system”’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Delay in revealing theft of medical data labelled 'unacceptable'

Cybersecurity experts have questioned why Partnered Health took more than three weeks to reveal it had been the victim of a data breach.

abc.net.au

30 of the World’s Worst Bike Lanes That Should Never Have Been Built. Send in your own suggestions for round 2! momentummag.com/30-of-the-wo...

📣 JOB ALERT: We're hiring a Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships to help us build the long-term support we need to make cycling in London safe everywhere and fun for everyone... Head to our website for all the details, including how to apply: lcc.org.uk/jobs/

The fabulous 18th-century Abbey Library of Saint Gall in Switzerland 🇨🇭

Estonia lost out on $28m of tax revenues due to a poorly written law AI systems were able to identify in an instant. It sparked the country to rethink how it uses AI - putting it front and centre. My latest for @wired.com, supported by a @tarbellcenter.bsky.social grant www.wired.com/story/the-28...

The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

A single wording mistake cost the government millions. Now Estonia is using AI to spot legal errors before they become law—and to automate more of the state.

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A YouTube creator built the perfect alternative for anyone switching from Photoshop to GIMP. This free and open-source patch turns GIMP into a Photoshop-like editor with a familiar tool layout, keyboard shortcuts, more canvas space, and fully local files

Austria's new #supercomputer was officially inaugurated today! Multi-Site Computer Austria #MUSICA is a distributed system located in Vienna, Linz and Innsbruck. Learn more about it in our latest news article: asc.ac.at/news/2026/ne... #hpc #highperformancecomputing #Austria

I was asked to create a risk analysis of Microsoft 365 Copilot for a labor council and it occurs to me that others may find it useful. Voila! padlet.com/verdigris21/...

Microsoft 365 Copilot: An Analysis

An analysis of Microsoft 365 Copilot: Risks and Issued

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The end of an era! The last broadcast of BBC Radio 4 on Longwave (198kHz). The transmitter will be switched off at the end of June after nearly a century of transmission from Droitwich.

Linux laptop? Stick to a budget. Shop and check compatibility on somewhere like ubuntu.com/certified/la... Thinkpads are considered "easy". Then there are specialists like Slimbook, Tuxedo etc.

Certified laptops | Ubuntu

Laptops that have been certified for use with Ubuntu.

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As luck would have it, Sean from New York, who used to work for a pool company, was nearby to talk about this blue stuff.

A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match.

Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream | TechCrunch

A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match.

techcrunch.com

24 June via @mayflybooks.bsky.social

Keir Starmer keeps referring to the consultation as evidence for why the social media ban isn't a last gasp by-election gambit in his answers to the press. The consultation had 116,211 responses to 54 questions. The government has published a single percentage of answers to just two questions

Work punctuated with new password pauses!

Dashiexp: Pause On That Meme

ALT: Dashiexp: Pause On That Meme

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NHS patients can't opt out of Palantir's data platform – but their hospital can

NHS patients can't opt out of Palantir's data platform – but their hospital can

Minister says trusts can go it alone on procurement as Parliament mulls February 2027 FDP contract renewal

theregister.com

Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again - this time via career platform breach

Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again - this time via career platform breach

Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that's OK then

theregister.com

Climate change: how fires and floods are creating uninsurable areas across Europe As #climaterisk increases, "the question is no longer whether or not the public sector will need to play a larger role, but how quickly it can be redesigned to do so"... theconversation.com/climate-chan...

Climate change: how fires and floods are creating uninsurable areas across Europe

From California to France and the UK, traditional private markets are buckling under the weight of climate claims.

theconversation.com

Battery charged and now heating water. Days like this call for an extra battery.

A Very Peculiar Practice is on BBC Four. As relevant on university life today as it was in 1986!

Matt Sawyer Peter Davison Tefal

ALT: Matt Sawyer Peter Davison Tefal

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UK universities cut jobs, research, teaching amid squeeze in overseas students. 30,000 job losses, brain drain, less student choice. Local economies shattered because of obsession with 'foreign' students. Govt can exclude them from immigration stats during period of study. archive.ph/L0iEn/again

UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students

‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says

ft.com

REED: How many taxpayers' returns were leaked by the IRS in the 2020 breach? BLANCHE: Excuse me? REED: 405,427. One of them was Donald Trump, correct? BLANCHE: Donald Trump and his family. REED: And Donald Trump was president at the time. So it was his IRS that allowed this breach of privacy

#hpc This Friday's exploit: ssh-keysign-pwm github.com/0xdeadbeefne...

GitHub - 0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn: Steal SSH host private keys and /etc/shadow via the ptrace_may_access mm-NULL bypass + pidfd_getfd. Pre-31e62c2ebbfd kernels.

Steal SSH host private keys and /etc/shadow via the ptrace_may_access mm-NULL bypass + pidfd_getfd. Pre-31e62c2ebbfd kernels. - 0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn

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Are you a people person that wants to help us make our community bigger, better and stronger? Join our team! jobs.ashbyhq.com/openhomefoun...

Community Associate

We are looking for The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Community Associate based in Europe to join our Community Department. This is the job for someone who lives and breathes community. Someo...

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New #HPC Job! 👉️ Marketing & Business Development Lead for Supercomputing, AI and Enterprise Data at HMx Labs Location: London, UK Employer: HMx Labs Remote: Hybrid