HTTP/2 200 date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:44:15 GMT content-type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8 cf-ray: 9b1dfe316e025ace-BLR cf-cache-status: HIT cache-control: max-age=0 , s-maxage=300 content-language: en last-modified: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:41:14 GMT server: cloudflare vary: Accept-Encoding via: 1.1 google p3p: CP="CAO DSP COR NID CURa ADMa TAIa IVAo IVDo CONo TELo OTPo OUR IND PHY ONL UNI NAV DEM" x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN content-encoding: gzip Copyright TechTarget - All rights reserved ComputerWeekly’s best articles of the day https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Techtarget Feed Generator en Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:41:14 GMT https://www.computerweekly.com editor@computerweekly.com <p>For years, the conversation around quantum computing and cryptocurrency has been dominated by a single, breathless question: Will a quantum breakthrough kill <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a>?</p> <p>&nbsp;The fear is simple enough. Bitcoin relies on cryptographic assumptions that could, one day, be broken by a sufficiently powerful quantum computer. If that happens, the thinking goes, the entire system collapses. Wallets could be drained. Property rights could be violated. Trust, the foundation of the protocol, evaporates.</p> <p>&nbsp;As someone who has spent decades working at the intersection of cryptography, maths, and blockchain systems, I understand the anxiety. I’ve had this conversation with researchers like <a href="https://www.scottaaronson.com/">Professor Scott Aronson</a>, one of the foremost experts on quantum computation. And while quantum computing will transform many fields, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/How-to-prepare-for-post-quantum-computing-security">we need to separate real risks from science-fiction panic</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/video/An-explanation-of-quantum-in-computing">Quantum computers</a>, if scaled dramatically beyond what exists today, could run <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/feature/Explore-the-impact-of-quantum-computing-on-cryptography">Shor’s algorithm</a> — a quantum technique designed to crack the hard mathematical problems that protect modern encryption — to break the elliptic-curve signatures that secure Bitcoin wallets. This is a genuine risk, but a very specific and narrowly defined one.</p> <p>&nbsp;Here’s the truth: Quantum computing won’t kill <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Bitcoin-halving-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know">Bitcoin</a>. But it will force it to evolve and that evolution has already begun. Quantum computers cannot magically rewrite the entire Bitcoin ledger. They cannot counterfeit coins out of thin air. And they cannot bypass consensus or control the network.</p> <p>&nbsp;What they <i>could</i> theoretically do is target addresses whose public keys have already been revealed, such as during a transaction. That means the threat is surgical, not systemic.</p> <p>&nbsp;The biggest misconception in this debate is that Bitcoin is frozen in time. It isn’t. Bitcoin has adopted major upgrades before. And it will evolve again. If and when the quantum threat becomes real rather than theoretical, the network can transition to quantum-resistant signature schemes, which &nbsp;already exist today.</p> <p>&nbsp;Post-quantum security isn’t an add-on in this ecosystem; it’s baked into its mathematical foundations. In other words, the tools for a quantum-safe future are not theoretical.</p> <p>Every transformational technology forces legacy systems to improve. Quantum computing will do the same, accelerating the move to more secure constructions, better cryptography, and next-generation scaling architectures. Far from killing Bitcoin, quantum technology could trigger its most important upgrade cycle yet.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;The only scenario in which Bitcoin faces existential risk is one where the ecosystem waits too long, assuming quantum computing is always “ten years away.” Cryptographers, researchers, and developers must treat the quantum shift as inevitable and prepare accordingly.</p> <p>&nbsp;Quantum computing will reshape the world’s technological landscape. It will disrupt encryption standards, national security models, scientific research, drug discovery, and yes--the blockchain ecosystem.</p> <p>&nbsp;But it won’t kill Bitcoin. What it will do is force us to adopt cryptography that is more robust, more transparent, more elegant, and more future-proof. And in that future, blockchains that embrace post-quantum security, including <a href="https://medium.com/starkware/stark-math-the-journey-begins-51bd2b063c71">STARK-based systems</a>, an advanced mathematical approach to blockchain, will not only survive, but thrive.</p> <p>&nbsp;The future of cryptography is not fear. It’s evolution.</p> <p>&nbsp;<em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-ben-sasson-9b7959/?originalSubdomain=il">Eli Ben-Sasson</a>, CEO and Co-Founder of StarkWare and Zcash, is a pioneering mathematician best known as the co-inventor of STARKs</em>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Claims that Quantum Computing will destroy Bitcoin may be exaggerated, but Bitcoin will need to adapt.   https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/quantum-computing-2-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Will-Quantum-Computing-Kill-Bitcoin Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:02:00 GMT <p>The European Commission has renewed its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503213/EU-recognises-UK-data-protection-adequacy-but-warns-against-divergence">data adequacy agreement with the UK</a>, guaranteeing free flow of data with the European Union (EU) for a further six years.</p> <p>The agreement assures that the UK’s data protection framework is considered to have equivalent safeguards to the EU, based on two European regulations – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED). The existing adequacy arrangement was due to expire on 27 December but will now continue until the same date in 2031.</p> <p>Minister for digital government and data Ian Murray said in <a href="https://x.com/IanMurrayMP/status/2002047009172377869">a post on X</a> (formerly Twitter) that he was “thrilled” at the decision.</p> <p>“I’m thrilled to welcome the EU’s renewal of its two adequacy decisions for the UK. We remain committed to enabling secure, trusted data flows between the UK and EU to support growth, innovation and security,” he wrote.</p> <p>Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy at the European Commission, said the renewal of data adequacy benefits businesses and citizens on both sides of the Channel.</p> <p>“It ensures the free flow of personal data between the European Economic Area and the UK in full compliance with data protection rules while reducing costs and administrative burdens. This continuity allows European companies to keep sharing data seamlessly with their UK partners, supporting innovation, competitiveness and trusted digital cooperation.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/UK-data-exchanges-with-EU-can-continue-after-adequacy-decision-but-for-how-long">Data adequacy with the EU became a critical issue</a> after the UK left the bloc, and the original 2021 agreement was based on the measures introduced by the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).</p> <p>In June this year, the government amended parts of the UK’s data protection regime through <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626126/UK-data-reforms-become-law">the Data (Use and Access) Act</a>, which aimed to make it easier for businesses and the public sector to share data, which the government claimed would ease bureaucracy and improve efficiency.</p> <p>Several civil society groups wrote in June to Michael McGrath, European commissioner for democracy, justice, the rule of law and consumer protection, calling for the EU to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the erosion of privacy and data rights and warning of “a substantive risk” that fresh UK adequacy decisions could be struck down by the European Court of Justice.</p> <p>“Allowing third countries such as the UK to benefit from unrestricted personal data flows with the EU while simultaneously weakening legal safeguards at home does not only endanger the rights of people in the EU, it also undermines the credibility of the EU’s data protection framework, exposes EU businesses to unfair competition, and devalues the Union’s regulatory leadership on the global stage,” they wrote.</p> <p>“The UK government’s proposed reforms and recent actions threaten to imperil the UK’s data and privacy protections. This status of affairs will fuel uncertainty and threaten individuals and businesses alike.”</p> <p>There were also warnings in Parliament that police use of US-based hyperscale cloud providers for processing sensitive law enforcement data could put adequacy with the Law Enforcement Directive at risk.</p> <p>In June 2024, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589152/Microsoft-admits-no-guarantee-of-sovereignty-for-UK-policing-data">Computer Weekly revealed that UK policing data uploaded to Microsoft cloud services is routinely sent offshore</a> for some forms of processing, in an apparent breach of the LED.</p> <p>During a debate in the House of Lords in March, Liberal Democrat peer Tim Clement-Jones highlighted how <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621774/UK-law-enforcement-data-adequacy-at-risk">cloud service providers routinely processed data outside the UK</a>, and were unable to provide contractual guarantees to policing bodies as required by Part Three of the DPA, which implements measures in the LED: “As a result, their use for law enforcement data processing is, on the face of it, not lawful,” he said.</p> <p>To circumvent the lack of compliance with these transfer requirements, the government simply dropped them from the new data act.</p> <p>“The government’s attempts to change the law highlight the issue and suggest that past processing on cloud service providers has not been in conformity with the UK GDPR and the DPA,” said Clement-Jones, at the time.</p> <p>Commenting on the renewal of data adequacy, European commissioner McGrath said, “The UK is an important strategic partner for the European Union and the adequacy decisions form a central pillar of this partnership.</p> <p>“By enabling the free flow of personal data, they underpin both commercial exchanges and cooperation in the fields of justice and law enforcement. Their renewal reflects the Commission’s assessment that the UK’s legal framework continues to provide robust safeguards for personal data that remain closely aligned with EU standards, including in the context of recent legislative developments.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about UK and EU data protection</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621775/Reassessing-UK-law-enforcement-data-adequacy">Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy</a> - Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626087/Beyond-the-AI-hypeHow-data-laws-quietly-handed-power-to-government-and-Big-Tech">Beyond the AI hype: How data laws quietly handed power to government and Big Tech</a> - The UK is at risk of becoming an ‘algorithm state’ as the government hands more power to Big Tech and reduces the rights of individuals.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630156/European-court-upholds-EU-US-Data-Privacy-Framework-data-sharing-agreement">European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement</a> - EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US – for now. An appeal may be in the offing.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031 https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Brexit-2-UK-EU-Fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636698/Euyropean-Commission-renews-UK-data-adequacy-agreement-ensuring-continued-free-flow-of-data Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:34:00 GMT <p>Westminster City Council has said that “potentially sensitive and personal” data was stolen by hackers during the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635092/London-councils-endure-wave-of-cyber-attacks-shared-IT-services-hit">cyber attack that hit three neighbouring London authorities</a> last month.</p> <p>Westminster is part of a shared IT services operation with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), with all three affected by the attack, which was first detected on 24 November.</p> <p>RBKC said four days later that it had experienced a data breach during the attack, but Westminster has now confirmed that, following further examination, its data was copied and taken by a third party that infiltrated IT systems operated by RBKC.</p> <p>“The council has established that the Westminster breach involves some limited data, hosted in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's shared IT environment, which is likely to contain some potentially sensitive and personal information,” said Westminster council in <a href="https://www.westminster.gov.uk/news/cyber-security-incident-update-17-december">a statement published on its website</a>.</p> <p>“Work is underway to establish what exactly the data entails and how it relates to individuals, as part of a comprehensive process in line with the Information Commissioner’s Office recommendations, which will take some time to complete. The data is not lost or deleted, and there is no indication at this stage that it has been published online.”</p> <p>RBKC added in a separate statement: “Following <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635852/NCC-supporting-London-councils-gripped-by-cyber-attacks">extensive investigation with cyber security specialists from NCC Group</a> and independent forensic experts, we can confirm that this was a cyber attack with criminal intent, with data copied and taken away.”</p> <p>The councils said the attack was detected quickly and they believe it was stopped before it could spread to other systems. “There is no evidence of any lateral movement,” said RBKC.</p> <p>The Metropolitan Police, the National Crime Agency, and the National Cyber Security Centre are also involved in the investigation.</p> <p>Westminster councillor David Boothroyd, cabinet member for finance and council reform, reassured residents that the council is doing everything possible to respond to the incident and to keep delivering services.</p> <p>“Our priority is to support and protect the most vulnerable in our community, despite the disruption that is being caused. We acted quickly to secure our systems, and we are working towards restoring council services as safely and swiftly as possible, but this will take time. We remain committed to transparency and will continue to provide updates as our recovery progresses,” he said.</p> <p>RBKC said it will “take months” to fully check for any further data exfiltrated from its systems. The borough said it has written to more than 100,000 households with advice on what to do if they are worried about the data breach.</p> <p>“We’re working to restore all systems securely, but this will take time. Essential services, including those supporting vulnerable residents, are being prioritised,” said RBKC. “Our investigation is ongoing and will take several months, due to the complex nature of the attack and the data involved, and the need to restart many of our systems.”</p> <p>Public services were affected at all three councils affected. In Hammersmith and Fulham, multiple services were affected, with most of its online offerings unavailable, including council tax accounts; business rates payments; benefits accounts; housing, including repairs; parking permits, fines and on-street bay suspensions; freedom pass applications; and property licensing.</p> <p>In Westminster, the disruption also extended across multiple services, including rent and service charge payments; council tax and business rates; housing repairs; local support payment applications; community hall bookings; birth, death and marriage certificates; children’s services referrals; complaints; licensing; and online waste and recycling services, including bulky item collections and requests for more recycling bags.</p> <p>The UK government also admitted today that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636539/UK-government-confirms-Foreign-Office-cyber-attack">IT systems at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office were hacked</a> in October, but insisted the attack had a “low risk” of personal data being compromised.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">2025 – a year of cyber breaches</h3> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li>Election workers’ data stolen in <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626354/Election-workers-data-stolen-in-cyber-breach-of-Oxford-City-Council">cyber breach of Oxford City Council</a>.</li> <li>Ransomware gangsters claim to have attacked the NHS, but clarity on the nature of the incident <a target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634578/Cl0p-claims-ransomware-hit-on-NHS" rel="noopener">is yet to emerge</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632066/Harrods-hit-by-second-cyber-attack-in-six-months">Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months</a>: Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack is not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631592/Cyber-attack-that-downed-airport-systems-confirmed-as-ransomware">Cyber attack that downed airport systems confirmed as ransomware</a>: Authorities in Europe say the cyber attack that caused disruption to passenger-facing services at multiple airports, including Heathrow, was the result of ransomware, as investigations continue.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630104/Cyber-attackers-damage-Jaguar-Land-Rover-production">Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production</a>: Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632018/Co-op-declares-cyber-attack-damage-cost-it-206m">Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m</a>: Co-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626754/Glasgow-Council-services-remain-offline-a-week-after-cyber-attack">Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack</a>: Disruption continues a week after core services at Glasgow City Council were forced offline following a cyber attack on a third-party IT services provider.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624963/Adidas-confirms-customer-data-was-accessed-during-cyber-attack">Adidas confirms customer data was accessed during cyber attack</a>: Sportswear manufacturer Adidas has confirmed its systems were infiltrated by an unauthorised third party.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624212/Retail-cyber-attacks-hit-food-distributor-Peter-Green-Chilled">Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled</a>: Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636539/UK-government-confirms-Foreign-Office-cyber-attack">UK government confirms Foreign Office cyber attack</a>: Reports blame Chinese hacking group but minister insists the source of the attack is unclear.</li> </ul> </div> </div> London borough confirms that data breach affecting three neighbouring councils in a shared IT services operation led to personal information being copied by a third party https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/data-leak-breach-2-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636738/Sensitive-data-stolen-in-Westminster-City-Council-cyber-attack Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:20:00 GMT <p>The UK government has admitted that IT systems at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) were hacked in October, but insists the attack had a “low risk” of personal data being compromised.</p> <p>During a round of broadcast interviews today (19 December 2025), trade minister Chris Bryant said it was “not clear” who perpetrated the attack, although the first report on the hack, revealed in <i><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37681625/china-hackers-stole-secret-files-foreign-office/">The Sun</a></i>, attributed it to a China-based threat actor known as Storm 1849.</p> <p>The same group was blamed for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632046/UK-US-urge-Cisco-users-to-ditch-end-of-life-security-appliances">targeting vulnerabilities in Cisco equipment</a> that led to a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warning in September for organisations using Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance family of unified threat management systems. Users were told to replace any devices reaching end-of-life support, noting the significant risks that ageing or obsolete hardware can pose.</p> <p>Bryant said some of the reports about the FCDO hack were “speculation”, but that the government had managed to “close the hole” quickly, and that security experts were confident there was a “low risk” of any individual being affected. <i>The Sun</i> report claimed hackers accessed confidential data and documents, possibly including thousands of visa details.</p> <p>The Storm 1849 attack campaign on Cisco equipment was dubbed <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366582137/Cisco-zero-day-flaws-in-ASA-FTD-software-under-attack">ArcaneDoor</a>, and targeted two zero-day vulnerabilities. One was a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability capable of remote code execution; the other was a high-severity persistent local code execution vulnerability.</p> <p>While government IT systems always face scrutiny over cyber security, the hack will provide further fuel for critics of plans to introduce a national digital ID scheme, many of whom have already raised concerns about the potential risks of gathering citizen identity data.</p> <p>The development also comes a day after <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2025-12-18/whistleblowers-raise-extreme-concern-about-security-of-governments-digital-id">ITV News</a> broadcast a report on the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622533/Government-faces-claims-of-serious-cyber-security-and-data-protection-problems-in-One-Login-digital-ID">cyber security issues found in One Login</a> – the government single sign-on system that will be at the heart of the digital ID plan – which were first revealed by Computer Weekly in April.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Damaging year"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Damaging year</h2> <p>2025 has been a notably damaging year for cyber attacks, with high-profile ransomware campaigns affecting <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634441/Jaguar-Land-Rover-cyber-attack-costs-firm-485m-in-its-quarter">Jaguar Land Rover</a> (JLR), the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632018/Co-op-declares-cyber-attack-damage-cost-it-206m">Co-op</a> and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634121/MS-profits-tumble-after-cyber-attack">Marks &amp; Spencer</a>.</p> <p>The Office for National Statistics attributed a November decline in the UK’s economy partly to the impact of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632149/JLR-tentatively-restarts-production-following-15bn-government-backing">the JLR attack, which stopped car production</a> at the manufacturer and had a knock-on impact across the automotive supply chain.</p> <p>Last month, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635092/London-councils-endure-wave-of-cyber-attacks-shared-IT-services-hit">four London councils</a> – Kensington and Chelsea; Hackney; Westminster; and Hammersmith and Fulham – suffered cyber attacks, disrupting services and prompting an NCSC investigation. Westminster has since admitted that potentially sensitive data was copied from its systems during the hack. Three of the local authorities operate a shared IT service.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">2025 – a year of cyber breaches</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Election workers’ data stolen in <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626354/Election-workers-data-stolen-in-cyber-breach-of-Oxford-City-Council">cyber breach of Oxford City Council</a>.</li> <li>Ransomware gangsters claim to have attacked the NHS, but clarity on the nature of the incident <a target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634578/Cl0p-claims-ransomware-hit-on-NHS" rel="noopener">is yet to emerge</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632066/Harrods-hit-by-second-cyber-attack-in-six-months">Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months</a>: Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack is not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631592/Cyber-attack-that-downed-airport-systems-confirmed-as-ransomware">Cyber attack that downed airport systems confirmed as ransomware</a>: Authorities in Europe say the cyber attack that caused disruption to passenger-facing services at multiple airports, including Heathrow, was the result of ransomware, as investigations continue.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630104/Cyber-attackers-damage-Jaguar-Land-Rover-production">Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production</a>: Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632018/Co-op-declares-cyber-attack-damage-cost-it-206m">Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m</a>: Co-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626754/Glasgow-Council-services-remain-offline-a-week-after-cyber-attack">Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack</a>: Disruption continues a week after core services at Glasgow City Council were forced offline following a cyber attack on a third-party IT services provider.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624963/Adidas-confirms-customer-data-was-accessed-during-cyber-attack">Adidas confirms customer data was accessed during cyber attack</a>: Sportswear manufacturer Adidas has confirmed its systems were infiltrated by an unauthorised third party.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624212/Retail-cyber-attacks-hit-food-distributor-Peter-Green-Chilled">Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled</a>: Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Reports blame Chinese hacking group but minister insists the source of the attack is unclear https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Westminster-Thames-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636539/UK-government-confirms-Foreign-Office-cyber-attack Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:15:00 GMT <p>For too long, enterprises have failed to go beyond the view of AI as a product; an assistant that sits to the side, helping users complete tasks and delivering incremental productivity gains.</p> <p>This narrow definition has limited its impact, confining copilots to isolated use cases and preventing organisations from seeing AI’s full operational potential.</p> <p>But that’s changing. More business leaders are recognising a new reality: AI is no longer a supporting technology. It is rapidly becoming the operational fabric of modern enterprises. We’re seeing a decisive shift beyond single-task activities towards autonomous, adaptive, and self-optimising systems powered by multi-agent systems.</p> <p>It’s not hard to see why. When autonomous agents can understand intent, coordinate complex work, and optimise themselves over time, value practically generates itself.</p> <p>Accordingly, AI agents <a href="https://www.capgemini.com/gb-en/insights/research-library/ai-agents/">are projected to generate $450 billion in economic value by 2028</a>. And yet, despite the obvious promise, our recent research shows that <a href="https://www.capgemini.com/gb-en/insights/research-library/ai-agents/">only 2% of organisations have deployed agents at full scale</a>.&nbsp;</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Moving beyond a single-task view"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Moving beyond a single-task view</h2> <p>With UK organisations under mounting pressure to boost productivity and automate end-to-end workflows, specialised multi-agent systems are ideally suited to the challenge. By rethinking and redesigning processes around these multi-agent systems, organisations become increasingly adaptable and agile, transforming long, manual cycles into minutes or seconds.&nbsp;</p> <p>Take the issue of complex supply chains – common to many enterprises. Stages of this process can rely on decades-old, highly manual action: long cycles, siloed teams, endless handoffs. They are also subject to innumerable variables, from material resource, to weather, to technical failures causing delays.</p> <p>Agentic AI systems can completely transform a supply chain end-to-end. Multiple AI agents can operate together, each contributing specialised expertise, communicating with each other, and collaborating like a real team across disciplines and locations. The system can collectively re-route shipments, flag and manage risks, and adjust buyer expectations – all in seconds.</p> <p>When highly specialised agents are coordinated across teams and embedded alongside humans, measurable impact scales quickly.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Orchestrating the multi-agent advantage"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Orchestrating the multi-agent advantage</h2> <p>Multi-agent systems can reshape the very core of how enterprises design their operations and deliver value. But getting multiple agents to work together, and alongside humans, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Data-Matters/Agentic-AI-and-the-rise-of-intelligent-enterprise-orchestration">takes careful orchestration</a>. There is an art to joining tasks together and adapting processes for an agentic-empowered workforce.</p> <p>&nbsp;It’s vital to have carefully designed programmes in place, with clear roles, robust guardrails, and reliable coordination mechanisms. To integrate AI effectively into existing workflows, new tools and frameworks are emerging to create and manage specialised AI agents across departments, enabling them to plan, collaborate, and hand off work safely.</p> <p>This coordinated approach marks an evolution in how we think about enterprise architecture. Instead of relying on fragmented, bolted-on systems and manual orchestration, organisations can now embed intelligence directly into their workflows.&nbsp; A deep understanding of the business, its weaknesses, and greatest opportunities for driving efficiency is essential – there is no copy and paste approach.</p> <p>Fuelled by this shift in enterprise thinking, 2026 is set to be the year of integrated multi-agent operations. Yet delivering tangible ROI and measurable productivity gains across the enterprise hinges on addressing a critical gap: building the trusted, AI-ready foundations needed for widespread adoption.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Trust in multi-agent transformation"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Trust in multi-agent transformation</h2> <p>Enabling multi-agent orchestration requires more than technology: organisations must establish the right enablers, from workforce models and governance frameworks to strong data infrastructure.</p> <p>This means prioritising platforms that enable multiple AI agents to coordinate safely within robust security frameworks capable of protecting and monitoring distributed systems. Because even despite the visible benefits of moving past single-task AI assistants, trust remains the critical barrier to multi-agent adoption.</p> <p>In 2024, <a href="https://www.capgemini.com/gb-en/insights/research-library/ai-agents/">43% of executives expressed confidence in fully autonomous AI agents for enterprise applications</a>. In 2025, that figure has dropped to just 22%, and 60% do not fully trust AI agents to manage tasks and processes autonomously. When scaling to multiple agents working in concert, this trust deficit becomes even more pronounced.</p> <p>Enterprises are shifting to a new operating model, whereby AI agents propose and execute, while humans supervise and govern. In this new paradigm, oversight becomes a design principle, and transparency in multi-agent decision-making becomes a strategic imperative.</p> <p>When multiple agents coordinate across departments like finance, supply chain, HR, customer service, visibility into how they collaborate and make decisions is essential. Employees and management alike need to understand how agents hand off work, resolve conflicts, and execute processes together. They must ensure they have the expertise in the data, system integration, and engineering on hand. Only when this human-AI chemistry is mastered, and when people can confidently supervise and guide the agents’ actions, can the trust question be fully addressed.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Generating waves of value"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Generating waves of value</h2> <p>Organisations that prioritise trusted orchestration as the foundation for multi-agent operations will unlock the competitive advantage these systems deliver: measurable productivity gains, reduced costs, and the ability to move from manual cycles to autonomous operations in minutes or seconds.</p> <p>Once these foundations are in place, multi-agent orchestration can generate continuous waves of value unmatched by the isolated AI deployments we’ve seen up to now. The next decade won’t be defined by incremental digital upgrades, but by a profound shift toward autonomous, adaptive, and self-optimising systems that form the fabric of modern business.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Steven Webb is the UK chief technology &amp; innovation officer at Capgemini.</em></p> </section> Enterprises are likely to shift from single-task AI to multi-agent systems, enabling autonomous, adaptive operations, but trust and orchestration remain problematic https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/using-AI-agent-chatbot-Looker-Studio-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Unlocking-the-value-of-multi-agent-systems-in-2026 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:32:00 GMT <p>The government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) are gearing up for the 2026 launch of the 15^th iteration of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-UK-governments-G-Cloud-procurement-framework-Everything-you-need-to-know">government’s G-Cloud procurement framework</a>, having treated the purchasing agreement to the biggest revamp in its history.</p> <p>The framework’s value and length are both markedly larger and longer, respectively, compared with previous iterations of the framework, with CCS introducing changes to seemingly make G-Cloud better suited for larger cloud deals.</p> <p>For example, the estimated framework value for G-Cloud 15 is tipped to be £14bn, with the agreement set to run for four years to September 2030.</p> <p>In contrast, the previous iteration was valued at £4.8bn and will have run for two years by the time it ends.</p> <p>Another sizeable change is the introduction of eight-year contracts for cloud hosting deployments under G-Cloud 15, when the maximum contract length permitted under G-Cloud 14 was half that length at four years. For the non-cloud hosting lots, contracts called off under G-Cloud 15 can be a maximum of six years.</p> <p>Based on all of the above, it’s fair to say G-Cloud 15 marks a radical departure for the framework, with all the changes that CCS has planned for it.</p> <p>Here, we take a deep dive into CCS’s proposed framework tweaks, and find out why it’s feared some of these changes risk making the framework less accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="How different is G-Cloud 15 to what’s gone before?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>How different is G-Cloud 15 to what’s gone before?</h2> <p>Compared with the first-ever iteration of G-Cloud, which made its debut in spring 2012, G-Cloud 15 is a world apart.</p> <p>When it made its debut, the framework was pitched as a means of opening up government IT deals to SMEs and supporting the growth of the UK’s own homegrown market of cloud providers.</p> <p>This was at a time when the awarding of lengthy and expensive contracts to big tech firms and systems integrators (SIs) was the norm, and G-Cloud was intended to help break the hold these firms had on public sector IT procurement.</p> <p>To this end, G-Cloud contracts were initially capped at 12 months in length, to give buyers the freedom to switch out their cloud providers regularly for cost or performance reasons.</p> <p>The framework was also regularly updated (with new iterations launching every six months) to ensure the public sector was getting access to the latest and greatest tools and technologies the burgeoning cloud market had to offer.</p> <p>“The G-Cloud tenets were around innovation and getting SMEs into public sector IT, and introducing a fresh approach, niche tools and cost-effective solutions, and actually freeing up departmental procurement professionals [because it was easier to use],” Bill McCluggage, a former director of IT strategy and policy in the Cabinet Office and deputy government CIO from 2009 to 2012, told Computer Weekly.</p> <p>“And the customers loved it because it meant they didn’t have to go through a big, costly, long-winded, complex procurement process that – by the time you got through the other end of it – your requirements have literally changed.”</p> <p>And while the framework initially helped to give homegrown cloud firms and SME tech providers a leg-up into government IT deals, the picture has steadily changed over the past decade or so. Specifically, since the hyperscalers <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443458/Assessing-the-hyperscale-squeeze-on-G-Clouds-SMEs">began opening UK datacentres in late 2016</a>.</p> <p>Evidence of this can be seen from glancing at the government’s Digital Marketplace sales figures. These confirm the tech suppliers making the most amount of sales from the framework these days are big tech firms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM, Microsoft, and consultancies and SIs such as Deloitte, Capgemini and Accenture.</p> <p>“[The framework has] slowly but surely been grasped by the procurement professionals in CCS and tailored into a traditional, risk-averse framework that now starts to look as if it’s favouring the big hyperscalers and the SIs again,” said McCluggage.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What’s the timeline for G-Cloud 15 to start?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What’s the timeline for G-Cloud 15 to start?</h2> <p>The invitation to tender (ITT) part of the procurement process for G-Cloud 15 began on 23 October 2025, and would-be suppliers have until Friday 30 January 2026 to apply for a place on the framework, which is expected to go-live in September 2026.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="How does G-Cloud 15 differ to G-Cloud 14?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>How does G-Cloud 15 differ to G-Cloud 14?</h2> <p>There are quite a few differences between the two purchasing agreements, with the number and structuring of the framework lots for G-Cloud 15 looking significantly different. This is mainly because G-Cloud 15 is covering the work of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561973/Microsoft-leaves-SME-resellers-in-the-dark-over-Cloud-Compute-2-framework-snub">Cloud Compute framework, as well</a>.</p> <p>For example, Cloud Hosting is now spread across two lots (dubbed Lot 1a and Lot 1b) rather than one.</p> <p>Lot 1a is for suppliers specialising in the provision of “core” infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) subscription services, while Lot 1b covers the same types of services when used to host information that is classified as being above the “official”&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66b0d3c9ab418ab0555932d9/2024-08-05_-_2024_GSCP_UPDATE_.docx__1_.pdf">government data security classification</a>&nbsp;level.</p> <p>The framework’s Cloud Software Lot has also been similarly split into Lot 2a, covering the provision of infrastructure software-as-a service (ISaaS), and Lot 2b, which covers software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings.</p> <p>Lot 3, covering Cloud Support services, remains intact, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366574775/CCS-holding-firm-on-G-Cloud-14-insurance-requirements-for-prospective-Lot-4-suppliers">but Lot 4, which was run as a standalone framework to G-Cloud 14 for public sector IT buyers that wanted to run their own competitive processes</a> for more complex cloud support contracts, is being discontinued. &nbsp;</p> <p>As previously stated, G-Cloud 15 is set to run for four years, while G-Cloud 14 was initially a two-year framework (that got extended by an additional six months).</p> <p>Meanwhile, the maximum amount of time that contracts can run for has doubled (in the case of the cloud hosting lots) to eight years in G-Cloud 15. This works out at five years for the initial term of the contract, with buyers offered up to three optional extensions of 12 months.</p> <p>For the other G-Cloud 15 lots, the maximum amount of time that contracts can run for is six years, consisting of an initial period of four years, with buyers offered up to two optional extensions of 12 months.</p> <p>For context, all G-Cloud 14 contracts, regardless of the Lot they were called off from, could run for an initial 36-month period, with the option given to extend them by a further 12 months if needed.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What other changes has CCS introduced?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What other changes has CCS introduced?</h2> <p>As well as a rework of the G-Cloud 15 Lot structures, CCS is considering introducing enhanced applicant vetting procedures for Lot 1a and Lot 1b participants, specifically.</p> <p>As previously detailed by Computer Weekly, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634470/CCS-under-fire-over-anti-SME-supplier-requirements-for-G-Cloud-15">CCS is reportedly considering making potential suppliers</a>:</p> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li>Undergo more rigorous financial vetting than required under the previous iteration of the framework.</li> <li>Possess an expanded number of mandatory ISO accreditations than before, or provide proof that work to acquire them is underway by the time the application deadline for G-Cloud 15 closes in January 2026.</li> <li>Where Lot 1b applicants are concerned, they must possess insurance cover in excess of £75m to secure deals through G-Cloud 15.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="How will the financial vetting procedures for G-Cloud 15 differ to what’s gone before?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>How will the financial vetting procedures for G-Cloud 15 differ to what’s gone before?</h2> <p>Participants in G-Cloud 15’s cloud hosting lots will need to participate in a more in-depth Gold Standard Financial Viability Readiness Assessment (FVRA).</p> <p>This process typically involves suppliers having to participate in a detailed assessment of their financial affairs, involving the supply of extensive information about their businesses, which will be subject to tight scrutiny by CCS.</p> <p>Under the previous iteration of the framework, all suppliers – regardless of lot – were subject to less onerous checks that would only involve them having to participate in a full FVRA if they did not meet an initial credit score screening test. This system remains in place for Lot 2a, Lot 2b and Lot 3 providers under G-Cloud 15.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What kind of accreditations are participating suppliers expected to have?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What kind of accreditations are participating suppliers expected to have?</h2> <p>The CCS has confirmed it is now mandatory for suppliers wishing to participate in its Cloud Hosting Lots to possess the ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certifications.</p> <p>CCS initially stated in its tender documents that suppliers would need to be in possession of these mandatory accreditations by the time the application deadline for G-Cloud 15 closes in January 2026.</p> <p>However, it appears, in response to supplier pushback, CCS’s stance on this matter has now softened.</p> <p>“Following a review of requirements and the current capability and capacity issues that exist within the market, CCS has decided to amend its position concerning ISO accreditation,” CCS has confirmed.</p> <p>“The ISO standards listed are still mandatory … to operate in Lots 1a and 1b. However, the requirements on bidders will now be that if they do not currently hold the required ISO certification, they must evidence to CCS, before the application deadline of 30 January 2026, that they have begun the process of certification … This should take the form of an authorised third-party confirmation from an ISO accreditation body.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="G-Cloud suppliers have previously been exempt from needing the Cyber Essentials accreditation. Is that the case this time around?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>G-Cloud suppliers have previously been exempt from needing the Cyber Essentials accreditation. Is that the case this time around?</h2> <p>No – under the terms of G-Cloud 15, all participating suppliers will now need to hold a Cyber Essentials accreditation.</p> <p>CCS previously stated this would just be mandatory for G-Cloud 15’s Cloud Hosting participants, but – in an email to suppliers dated 5 December 2025 – it confirmed this condition now applies to all suppliers.</p> <p>“Suppliers awarded a place on the framework on either Lots 2a, 2b or 3 will be required to obtain a valid Cyber Essentials certificate for themselves and ensure any of their subcontractors who process personal or official data have a Cyber Essentials certificate,” the email, seen by Computer Weekly stated.</p> <p>“Evidence of your certification is required within 12 months of the award date of the G-Cloud 15 framework. Certificates will be monitored by CCS, and any suppliers who fail to provide a valid certificate within 12 months of the award date will be suspended from the framework. Suspended suppliers can be reinstated as soon as they provide a valid Cyber Essentials certificate to CCS.</p> <p>“Bidders who already have a Cyber Essentials certificate should provide it with their tender,” it added.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="And what’s with the changes to the insurance requirements?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>And what’s with the changes to the insurance requirements?</h2> <p>Details of G-Cloud 15’s reworked insurance requirements are laid out in a “Joint Schedule 3” document CCS has previously shared with potential suppliers.</p> <p>It stipulates that suppliers wanting to secure contracts under framework Lot 1a, Lot 2a, Lot 2b and Lot 3 “shall hold” separate private indemnity, public liability insurance and employers’ liability insurance with cover that totals at least £7m.</p> <p>As such, suppliers must have separate professional indemnity insurance and public liability insurance of at least £1m each, as well as at least £5m in employers’ liability insurance. Incidentally, these levels of insurance are the same as those required of suppliers on G-Cloud 14.</p> <p>However, suppliers vying for contracts awarded under Lot 1b, which covers IaaS and PaaS services used to host data that is above the “official” security grading, must have in place separate private indemnity, public liability and employers’ liability insurance that totals at least £75m, the document states.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="These changes appear to raise the barriers to entry to G-Cloud quite significantly. What has been the response to them?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>These changes appear to raise the barriers to entry to G-Cloud quite significantly. What has been the response to them?</h2> <p>As previously reported by Computer Weekly, concerns have been raised by various sources in the G-Cloud supplier community that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634470/CCS-under-fire-over-anti-SME-supplier-requirements-for-G-Cloud-15">G-Cloud 15 looks set to finally put paid to the notion that the framework is SME-friendly</a>, based on the changes CCS is planning to introduce.</p> <p>Speaking to Computer Weekly, Nicky Stewart, a senior advisor to pro-cloud market competition advocacy group The Open Cloud Coalition, echoed these concerns.</p> <p>“G-Cloud began as a revolutionary initiative designed to shatter the IT ‘oligopoly’ [of big tech firms and SIs], enabling the government to ‘<a href="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/8LDdCjRvnlf311JB3cWfRCmhsvh?domain=gds.blog.gov.uk/">pay less, get more, and get it sooner</a>’ by allowing SMEs and new market entrants access to the market to compete with the oligopoly,” she said.</p> <p>“G-Cloud, in its initial iterations, genuinely enabled this aspiration. SMEs and new market entrants grew, hired, created wealth and helped to underpin the government’s digital transformation. But along the way, G-Cloud lost its way.”</p> <p>An “absence of competition” within G-Cloud paved the way for a new “duopoly” of suppliers emerging – namely AWS and Microsoft – that, in time, SMEs would find difficult to beat on price and – ultimately – would lose out on business to.</p> <p>And G-Cloud 15 seems to be continuing a marked shift that started with G-Cloud 14, in terms of the framework becoming harder for SMEs to get a foothold in.</p> <p>“G-Cloud 14 saw a shift, not towards competition and diversity, but towards alignment with the CCS Public Sector Contract,” she said. “This meant financial tests from the outset and, initially at least, much tougher insurance requirements. Previously, buyers would perform their own due diligence and determine their insurance requirements.</p> <p>“G-Cloud 15 takes this shift to a new level … the insurance, financial and accreditation requirements are all significant barriers to entry. These, coupled with a potential eight-year term for cloud hosting call-off contracts, risk undermining G-Cloud’s initial principles of diversity and competition, and could nullify any meaningful impact that G15 could have had in terms of diversifying and strengthening the government’s unhealthily concentrated cloud market.”&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why has CCS decided to make such big changes to how G-Cloud this time around?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why has CCS decided to make such big changes to how G-Cloud this time around?</h2> <p>The reasoning for pushing through many of the proposed changes to the framework can be traced back in part to the fact that when G-Cloud 15 launches, it will not only be replacing G-Cloud 14, but also the need for CCS to roll out a third iteration of its hyperscale-focused Cloud Compute framework.</p> <p>The latter was created as a purchasing agreement for large-scale, high-value public sector cloud contracts, and so it is thought that CCS is putting suppliers through heightened financial vetting and requiring more accreditations to make sure they have what it takes to deliver on these types of deals.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What difference will adding the Cloud Compute framework to the G-Cloud purchasing agreement make?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What difference will adding the Cloud Compute framework to the G-Cloud purchasing agreement make?</h2> <p>The government’s Cloud Compute framework was originally created and introduced so that large, hyperscale deals of that ilk would no longer be funnelled through the more SME-friendly G-Cloud setup. However, that purchasing agreement – over two iterations – has struggled to find its footing with public sector IT buyers.</p> <p>CCS has confirmed there will be no third iteration of the Cloud Compute, as the principles of that framework are set to be incorporated into G-Cloud 15.</p> <p>This is thought to be why G-Cloud 15’s value has ballooned between iterations, and why G-Cloud 16 is not expected to make an appearance until 2030 at the earliest.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why exactly is CCS merging the Cloud Compute framework with G-Cloud?"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why exactly is CCS merging the Cloud Compute framework with G-Cloud?</h2> <p>The official line on this is that merging the two frameworks will allow Cloud Compute to “leverage” G-Cloud’s popularity, with the latter purchasing agreement described by CCS in the G-Cloud 15 tender document as the “largest framework of its kind in the public sector”.</p> <p>Reading between the lines, this could be interpreted as an admission from CCS that the Cloud Compute framework never quite delivered on what it was intended to, and under-performed.</p> <p>The first iteration, which went live in 2021, reportedly generated very few sales, with a 2023 investigation by <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366547018/CCS-urged-to-do-more-to-make-Cloud-Compute-2-framework-more-accessible-to-SMEs">Computer Weekly uncovering just one contract</a> – totalling £750,000 – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500567/AWS-Microsoft-and-Google-secure-spots-on-750m-UK-government-Cloud-Compute-framework">called off under the £750m Cloud Compute 1 framework</a>.</p> <p>The framework’s second iteration, Cloud Compute 2, has fared a little better since it went live in November 2023, having undergone a revamp by CCS to make it more accessible to SME suppliers. &nbsp;</p> <p>According to contract data supplied to Computer Weekly by public sector-focused analyst Tussell, there have been at least five deals totalling £10.8m called off under Cloud Compute 2 since it went live – the largest of these being a £5m contract awarded by the Department for Work and Pensions to Oracle in May 2024.</p> <p>For a framework valued at £1.35bn, though, it’s not a great sales track record, particularly as it’s a purchasing agreement intended for large-value cloud deals to be pushed through it.</p> <p>To put that figure into context, during the 2023–24 financial year, the amount of cloud spend – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634470/CCS-under-fire-over-anti-SME-supplier-requirements-for-G-Cloud-15">as confirmed by CCS</a> – transacted through the G-Cloud framework totalled £3.1bn.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">G-Cloud article timeline</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366547018/CCS-urged-to-do-more-to-make-Cloud-Compute-2-framework-more-accessible-to-SMEs">CCS urged to do more to make Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to SMEs</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634470/CCS-under-fire-over-anti-SME-supplier-requirements-for-G-Cloud-15">18 November 2025 – CCS under fire over ‘anti-SME’ supplier requirements for G-Cloud 15</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> The 15th iteration of the UK government’s flagship cloud computing procurement framework is due to go live in 2026, and looks set to be very different compared with previous versions of the purchasing agreement https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/cloud-services-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/UK-governments-G-Cloud-15-framework-Everything-you-need-to-know Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:45:00 GMT <p>As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative.</p> <p>This transition involved a painful reckoning with data complexity, supply chain reality, and the sheer energy appetite of modern computing, driven primarily by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI).</p> <p>We entered 2025 with goals framed by aspiration; we exit under the binding mandate of actuality. The central shift is profound: IT sustainability is no longer a parallel environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiative.</p> <p>It has become deeply intertwined with core business continuity, geopolitical supply chain risk, and mandatory financial disclosure. While this shift signals progress, momentum is driven more by necessity and the threat of liability than by shared ethical commitment.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The conversation evolves from aspirational to accountable"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The conversation evolves from aspirational to accountable</h2> <p>The most profound shift over the past year has been the forced elevation of the sustainability dialogue directly onto the executive committee’s core risk portfolio. This movement is not voluntary; it is driven by impending regulation and the sobering realisation that environmental failure now carries direct, auditable financial penalties and board-level liability.</p> <p>Only a year ago, discussions circled around unquantifiable reputational benefits. Today, the lexicon is dominated by acronyms signalling mandatory compliance: <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/doing-business-eu/sustainability-due-diligence-responsible-business/corporate-sustainability-due-diligence_en">CSDDD</a>, <a href="https://finance.ec.europa.eu/capital-markets-union-and-financial-markets/company-reporting-and-auditing/company-reporting/corporate-sustainability-reporting_en">CSRD</a>, and the tightening of the <a href="https://sciencebasedtargets.org/developing-the-net-zero-standard">SBTi Net-Zero Standard V2</a>. These frameworks compel executives to move past narratives and confront the granular, auditable data attached to every asset, vendor, and cloud usage.</p> <p>For the CIO, this manifests in two critical areas. First, energy efficiency is decisively reframed as a cost of doing business, crucial for operational expenditure control amid volatile global energy markets. Second, the sudden energy demand of generative AI has triggered a rapid, internal debate on responsible compute architecture.</p> <p>Leaders are increasingly compelled to justify AI investment not solely on traditional ROI, but via a nascent “return on compute” model that necessarily integrates and accounts for carbon expenditure. This makes the environmental cost of IT an integrated input in the total cost of ownership calculation, rather than a polite footnote.</p> <p>Despite this high-level engagement, progress remains complicated. The IT function often lacks the authority to enforce change across complex internal silos, and the necessary budget and risk tolerance for truly transformative shifts remain stubbornly limited.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Genuine progress where the green shoots are taking hold"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Genuine progress where the green shoots are taking hold</h2> <p>Despite systemic inertia, 2025 delivered solid, tangible progress in certain operational domains, offering a partial blueprint for future net-zero efforts. Our confidence is bolstered by three examples, though it is crucial to understand that wide-scale adoption across the average enterprise remains nascent and often confined to pilot programs:</p> <p><b>1. Decoupling cloud growth from carbon:</b> Hyperscale cloud providers have largely won the battle for renewable energy procurement. The next frontier — optimising physical operations — has seen enterprise engagement. We saw accelerated adoption of advanced liquid cooling technologies (still primarily concentrated in hyperscale environments, but critical for future AI scaling). Enterprises optimising workloads for low-carbon regions and utilising serverless architectures successfully decoupled rapid cloud expansion from a proportional rise in emissions. This success belongs predominantly to the hyperscalers, and enterprise optimisation remains an ongoing campaign.</p> <p><b>2. Maturing the circular IT model (As-a-Service):</b> The year 2025 saw the Managed Device-as-a-Service (MDaaS) model transition into a critical environmental enabler. By outsourcing the entire device lifecycle, enterprises commit practically to refurbishment and robust reverse logistics. Successful enterprises leverage these contracts to guarantee asset re-entry into the value chain via certified refurbishment, drastically reducing e-waste. The caveats are two-fold: MDaaS adoption is far from universal, and the verification of these circular chains still lacks necessary, robust third-party scrutiny.</p> <p><b>3. The nascent rise of green software engineering:</b> The formal emergence of green software engineering (GSE) is perhaps the most encouraging development. For too long, the environmental focus was only on hardware. This year, organisations began measuring code energy consumption — optimising algorithms and refactoring applications to reduce reliance on resource-intensive computing.</p> <p>An important development this year was the publication of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/web-sustainability-guidelines/"><b>W3C Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG)</b></a> Draft Note. Developed through a global, collaborative effort — in which I was pleased to participate — the guidelines offer a structured and internationally relevant set of best practices for reducing the environmental footprint of web products and services. While the scope focuses specifically on the web rather than the full breadth of enterprise IT, the Draft Note nonetheless represents a significant step forward for the industry.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The persistent gaps undermining net-zero momentum"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The persistent gaps undermining net-zero momentum</h2> <p>For all the genuine acceleration, 2025 was equally defined by two persistent, critical gaps that threaten to derail net-zero pathways and demand urgent attention.</p> <p><b>1. The Scope 3 emissions chasm:</b> The most pervasive and frustrating gap remains the measurement and meaningful reduction of Scope 3 emissions, particularly from purchased goods and downstream asset end-of-life.</p> <p>Despite regulatory urgency, the vast majority of enterprises still rely on highly aggregated, industry-average supplier data (spend-based or activity-based), which is neither auditable nor sufficient for mandatory disclosure. The necessary mechanism — detailed, granular product carbon footprints (PCF) provided by every vendor — is simply not available at scale or with sufficient fidelity.</p> <p>The problem persists because it requires collaboration across complex, often proprietary global supply chains. Suppliers are reticent to disclose granular data, citing competitive concerns, while buyers lack the leverage to mandate it. The result is a ‘Scope 3 plateau’: targets are set, but underlying emissions remain stubbornly high, creating a significant credibility risk. We are still largely measuring a reflection, not the reality.</p> <p><b>2. The generative AI energy debt:</b> While AI is a powerful tool for sustainability optimisation, the immediate, unmanaged energy demand of Large Language Models (LLMs) represents a profound and growing gap. The speed of AI adoption, combined with the inherently expensive High-Performance Computing (HPC) required, creates an “energy debt” that offsets hard-won gains elsewhere.</p> <p>The challenge is governance. Enterprises are deploying AI solutions without robust, mandatory policies on model selection, inference efficiency, or resource decommissioning. Crucially, most organisations remain focused on achieving initial ROI metrics, relegating energy efficiency to an optional performance tweak. Failure to enforce a framework for ‘responsible compute’ risks the transformative power of AI being negated by its own expanding environmental impact. This is the single greatest risk to the IT sector’s net-zero journey.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Strategic priorities for 2026 and beyond"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Strategic priorities for 2026 and beyond</h2> <p>As the IT Sustainability Think Tank looks towards 2026, the focus must shift from identifying the problem to systematically<i> closing</i> the remaining gaps with institutional discipline. We must treat these priorities as non-negotiable elements of future business resilience:</p> <ol type="1" start="1" class="default-list"> <li><b>Mandate data granularity for Scope 3:</b> Leverage procurement influence to force supplier compliance on verifiable Product Carbon Footprints (PCF). The mandate must be non-negotiable, enforced with clear vendor scorecards and contractual requirements.</li> <li><b>Institutionalise green software engineering:</b> Invest heavily in training and tooling to embed energy efficiency into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Software architecture must be treated with the same environmental scrutiny as data centre cooling, making efficiency an audited requirement.</li> <li><b>Govern the AI energy cost:</b> Implement a Responsible AI framework that includes mandatory energy consumption metrics and resource allocation policies for all Generative AI deployments.</li> </ol> <p>The year 2025 was when IT sustainability moved into the board’s audit file. Next year must be the year we finally gather the granular data, enforce the necessary discipline, and manage the rapidly growing energy appetite of our own invention. The time for aspirational statements is definitively over; the urgent task now is to move these nascent efforts into full, verifiable accountability.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more from the IT Sustainability Think Tank</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-Environmental-trends-to-redefine-IT-strategies-in-2025">Sustainability has shifted from a buzzword to a business imperative</a>. It is no longer just a tick-box exercise – it is now a central pillar shaping the future of enterprise strategy, according to Gartner.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-The-10-energy-risks-enterprises-must-prepare-for-now">As the global transition towards developing low-carbon economies continues apace</a>, Gartner shares its take on the actions enterprises must take now to navigate an increasingly volatile energy landscape.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-How-IT-directors-can-spot-false-green-claims-from-Big-Tech-suppliers">In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials</a>, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how?</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/IT-sustainability-think-tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-How-IT-sustainability-entered-the-mandate-era-during-2025 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:15:00 GMT <p>The Post Office has issued information and instructions to its branch network regarding an issue with Horizon, six years after it began “fobbing off” a subpostmaster who raised concerns about it on numerous occasions.</p> <p>After <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633589/Investigator-warns-Post-Office-inquiry-about-Horizon-defect-at-large-for-years">pressure from Computer Weekly and forensic investigator Ron Warmington</a>, the Post Office finally investigated the issue, first raised in June 2019, about a defect in Horizon that could create unexplained account shortfalls in branches.</p> <p>The issue, branded the “part cash” defect by Denis O’Donnell, the former subpostmaster who raised concerns with the Post Office, was likely to have seen some customers, for decades, receive extra cash from subpostmasters without realising. A Horizon screen icon which has two opposite uses, allowing the subpostmaster to both take money and pay money, is at the centre of the issue.</p> <p>The Post Office, under new leadership, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635620/Post-Office-finally-investigates-Horizon-defect-but-investigator-slams-comms-strategy">agreed to look into the Horizon defect</a> earlier this month, but O’Donnell said he was “fobbed off” by the Post Office for many years over the issue. It was 2019 when he first alerted the Post Office with letters to senior executives including former CEO <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612789/Post-Office-boss-Nick-Read-Inadequate-greedy-and-self-interested-whistleblowers-tell-inquiry">Nick Read</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585307/Comms-director-at-centre-of-cover-up-never-thought-Post-Office-were-the-baddies">Mark Davies</a>, who headed up the Post Office’s communications department.</p> <p>O’Donnell’s first letter stated that it was “regarding a possible systemic problem”. This was at a time when the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475611/Subpostmasters-proved-right-on-IT-system-failures-as-calls-for-full-public-inquiry-mount">Post Office system was being interrogated in a High Court trial</a> that ended with it admitting Horizon errors could cause the shortfalls it had blamed and punished subpostmasters for, something it had previously denied.</p> <p>Following a second letter a month later, Davies replied, writing that the Post Office was looking into the problem. O’Donnell continued to write to the Post Office and was repeatedly told they were looking into it, but it was never resolved.</p> <p>Computer Weekly <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589512/Post-Office-Horizon-system-investigators-were-blocked-and-threatened-as-they-witnessed-cover-up">revealed the issue to Warmington</a> at forensic investigation firm Second Sight, which helped to expose the Post Office Horizon scandal. He said he found it serious enough to write to the Post Office scandal public inquiry and report what he had learned.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Meeting with Post Office IT boss"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Meeting with Post Office IT boss</h2> <p>Following a Computer Weekly article regarding the defect, things escalated quickly, with O’Donnell and Warmington meeting with Post Office IT boss Paul Anastassi and other executives to discuss the issue.</p> <p>According to Warmington, during the meeting, it emerged that account shortfalls being experienced today in branches could be caused by the issue. He said it is only a small number today, but is likely to have been much larger in the past.</p> <p>A Post Office spokesperson said: “We recognise that the issue Mr O’Donnell describes does exist and does create a discrepancy. It is not due to a technical defect with Horizon, but an issue with process (user journey). However, we do recognise that the possibility for that incorrect user journey does exist on the system still and, if used, results in a discrepancy.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the ‘part cash defect’</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633589/Investigator-warns-Post-Office-inquiry-about-Horizon-defect-at-large-for-years">Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635620/Post-Office-finally-investigates-Horizon-defect-but-investigator-slams-comms-strategy">Post Office finally investigates Horizon defect, but investigator slams comms strategy</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>Warmington demanded that the Post Office fix the defect and “pending that”, warn subpostmasters and their staff about it, so that they can reduce the risk of future losses.</p> <p>He also called for the Post Office to “admit that, for over 25 years, this defect will have been generating shortfalls in branches”. Although, he said: “It’s probably impossible to determine how often the problem has caused branch losses, nor to whom.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The Post Office spokesperson said: “It is impossible to know the exact impact in the network and we acknowledge there will be postmasters who have experienced the issue and not raised it. But we do believe the overall impact is limited.”</p> <p>It said from going through its records, the number of discrepancies in a year attributed to this process is 10 out of 14,000, or 0.07%, where discrepancies have been made known to it.</p> <p>“We would like to assure your readers that Post Office today has taken this matter seriously and our chief technology officer, chief corporate affairs officer and central operations director met virtually with Mr Warmington and Mr O’Donnell twice,” said the Post Office. “We encourage any current or former postmaster who believes they may have been impacted by this issue to get in touch as they may be eligible for redress through the Post Office Process Review.”</p> <p>O’Donnell praised the new Post Office leadership for their actions to address the issue and supported the demands made by Warmington. “We’ve got to respect the fact that the [new leadership] has changed tack on this,” he said. “I think it’s fantastic what’s occurred in the last few months. I think that it is a marvellous change for me because I’ve been carrying this alone for a long time.”</p> <p>The Post Office scandal was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">first exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009</a>, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered due to the accounting software<em>&nbsp;(see timeline of Computer Weekly articles about the scandal below)</em>.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Timeline: Computer Weekly articles about the scandal since 2009</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>May 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">Bankruptcy, prosecution and disrupted livelihoods – postmasters tell their story</a>.</li> <li>September 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280090846/Post-masters-form-action-group-after-accounts-shortfall">Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall</a>.</li> <li>November 2009:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280091449/Post-Office-theft-case-deferred-over-IT-questions">Post Office theft case deferred over IT questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2010:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280092879/Royal-Mail-postpones-Horizon-roll-out-after-outages">A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages</a>.</li> <li>February 2011:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280095088/Post-Office-faces-legal-action-over-alleged-accounting-system-failures">Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures</a>.</li> <li>October 2011:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240105787/85-sub-postmasters-seek-legal-support-in-claims-against-Post-Office-computer-system">85 subpostmasters seek legal support in claims against Post Office computer system</a>.</li> <li>June 2012:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240158501/Post-Office-launches-external-review-of-system-at-centre-of-legal-disputes">Post Office launches external review of system at centre&nbsp;of legal disputes</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175402/Post-Office-admits-that-Horizon-system-needs-more-investigation">Post Office admits Horizon system needs more investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175994/Post-Office-calls-for-amnesty-for-Horizon-evidence">Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240176122/Post-Office-wants-to-get-to-bottom-of-IT-system-allegations">Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations</a>.</li> <li>June 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186334/Investigation-into-Post-Office-accounting-system-to-drill-down-on-strongest-cases">Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases</a>.</li> <li>July 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240187566/Post-Office-Horizon-system-investigation-reveals-concerns">Post Office Horizon system investigation reveals concerns</a>.</li> <li>October 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207934/End-in-sight-for-sub-postmaster-claims-against-Post-Offices-Horizon-accounting-system">End in sight for subpostmaster claims against Post Office’s Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>October 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240208118/Former-Lord-Justice-of-Appeal-Anthony-Hooper-joins-Post-Office-Horizon-investigation">Former Lord Justice of Appeal Hooper joins Post Office Horizon investigation</a>.</li> <li>November 2013:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240209819/150-subpostmasters-make-claims-to-Horizon-accounting-system-investigation">150 subpostmasters file claims over “faulty” Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>September 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240230333/Fresh-questions-raised-over-Post-Office-IT-systems-role-in-fraud-cases">Fresh questions raised over Post Office IT system’s role in fraud cases</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236243/MPs-blast-Post-Office-over-IT-system-investigation-and-remove-backing">MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236291/Why-MPs-lost-faith-in-the-Post-Offices-IT-investigation-but-vowed-to-fight-on">Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office’s IT investigation, but vowed to fight on</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236777/Debate-over-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-held-in-Westminister">MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims</a>.</li> <li>December 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236938/MP-accuses-Post-Office-of-acting-duplicitously-in-IT-investigation">MP accuses Post Office of acting ‘duplicitously’ in IT investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240238523/MPs-force-inquiry-into-Post-Office-subpostmaster-mediation-scheme">MPs force inquiry into Post Office&nbsp;subpostmaster mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>January 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239009/Post-Offices-faces-grilling-by-MPs-over-Horizon-accounting-system">Post Office faces grilling by MPs&nbsp;over Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>February 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239385/Post-Office-CIO-would-talk-to-any-subpostmaster-about-IT-problems-promises-CEO">Post Office CIO will&nbsp;talk to any subpostmaster&nbsp;about IT problems, promises CEO</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240242064/Post-Office-ends-IT-system-investigation-day-before-potentially-damning-report">Post Office ends working group for IT system investigation&nbsp;day before potentially damaging report</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500242929/MPs-seeks-reassurance-over-Post-Office-mediation-scheme">MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500243220/Retiring-MP-aims-to-uncover-truth-of-alleged-Post-Office-computer-system-problems">Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500244656/Post-Office-failed-to-investigate-account-shortfalls-before-legal-action-report-claims">Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls&nbsp;before legal action, report claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500245279/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-set-to-review-subpostmasters-claims-of-wrongful-prosecution">Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution</a>.</li> <li>June 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249009/Post-Office-looking-to-replace-controversial-Horizon-system-says-MP">Post Office looking to replace controversial Horizon system with IBM, says MP</a>.</li> <li>July 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249393/Campaigners-call-for-independent-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-system-dispute">Campaigners call for independent inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT system dispute</a>.</li> <li>October 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500255862/James-Arbuthnot-takes-Post-Office-IT-fight-to-House-of-Lords">James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500256860/Communication-Workers-Union-warns-subpostmasters-of-flaw-in-Post-Office-Horizon-accounting-system">The union that represents Post Office subpostmasters has warned of a problem with the Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257572/Post-Office-IT-support-email-reveals-known-Horizon-flaw">Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw</a>.</li> <li>November 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257720/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-being-prepared-in-Horizon-dispute">Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute</a>.</li> <li>February 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500272635/Post-Office-faces-group-litigation-as-subpostmasters-fund-class-action">Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action</a>.</li> <li>June 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450297820/Considerable-risk-if-Post-Office-replaced-Horizon-system-says-chairman">Post Office chairman Tim Parker says there would be “considerable risk” associated with changing its Horizon computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450403690/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-system-dispute-prepares-for-next-stage">The legal team hired by a group of subpostmasters will take their case to the next stage</a>.</li> <li>January 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411786/Game-on-for-group-litigation-against-Post-Office-after-watershed-decision">The group action against the Post Office that alleges subpostmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets green light from the High Court of Justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450415674/1000-sub-postmasters-apply-to-join-IT-related-group-litigation-against-Post-Office">1,000 subpostmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450417356/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-appoints-forensic-accountants-for-Post-Office-IT-system-cases">Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm</a>.</li> <li>May 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Hundreds of subpostmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March</a>.</li> <li>July 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Post Office defence in computer system legal case due this week</a>.</li> <li>August 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450423858/Subpostmasters-allege-bullying-and-intimidation-by-Post-Office-over-Horizon-IT-system">Campaigners submit initial evidence in group litigation against Post Office over controversial Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>October 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450428525/Post-Office-computer-system-legal-case-reaches-important-procedural-juncture">Subpostmasters’ group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone</a>.</li> <li>November 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450429076/Court-dates-set-for-Post-Office-accounting-system-trials">An end is in sight for subpostmasters’ campaign against alleged wrongful prosecution, which they blame on a faulty computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2017:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430183/Post-Office-court-case-judge-issues-warning-to-legal-teams">High Court judge in subpostmasters versus Post Office case over an faulty system tells legal teams to cooperate</a>.</li> <li>January 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433741/Forensic-investigation-into-Post-Office-IT-system-at-centre-of-legal-case-nears-completion">Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion</a>.</li> <li>April 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439796/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-findings-in-Post-Office-computer-case-raise-further-enquiries">Criminal Cases Review Commission&nbsp; examination of Post office IT system has raised further questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440879/Connectivity-problem-hits-thousands-of-Post-Office-branches">Post Office branches unable to connect to Horizon computer system for several hours after morning opening time</a>.</li> <li>October 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451492/Why-subpostmasters-and-Post-Office-are-battling-it-out-in-the-High-Court">After over a decade of controversy, next week marks the beginning of a court battle between subpostmasters and the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452254/High-court-Post-Office-trial-puts-subpostmasters-contract-under-microscope">Case against Post Office in relation to allegedly faulty computer system begins in High Court</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452444/Post-Office-trial-throws-up-more-known-computer-problems">High Court case in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has revealed a known problem with a computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452694/Post-Office-executives-cross-examined-in-Horizon-IT-system-trial">A High Court trial, where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office for damages caused by an allegedly faulty IT system, ends second week</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452957/Post-Office-held-back-information-about-Horizon-IT-system-errors">Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network</a>.</li> <li>November 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453243/High-Court-trial-over-Horizon-computer-system-completes-witness-cross-examinations">The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage</a>.</li> <li>December 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453546/CCRC-may-hold-off-subpostmaster-decision-until-after-Post-Office-Horizon-trial">CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>December 2018:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252454055/Complex-Post-Office-Horizon-case-set-to-continue-into-2020">Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020</a>.</li> <li>January 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455126/Subpostmasters-suing-Post-Office-over-IT-failures-stunned-by-CEOs-honour">Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case</a>.</li> <li>January 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455877/Thousands-of-known-errors-on-controversial-Post-Office-computer-system-to-be-revealed">Thousands of known errors on controversial Post Office computer system to be revealed</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252458999/Tech-under-spotlight-at-High-Court-in-second-subpostmasters-versus-Post-Office-trial">Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459274/Post-Office-considered-Horizon-IT-system-as-high-risk-court-told">Post Office considered Horizon IT system “high-risk”, court told</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459857/CCRC-watching-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-closely">CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459564/Subpostmasters-achieve-stunning-victory-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-case">Judge rules that Post Office showed “oppressive behaviour” in response to claimants accused of accounting errors they blamed on Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459863/Post-Office-lacked-humanity-in-the-treatment-of-subpostmasters-says-peer">Post Office “lacked humanity” in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459670/Post-Office-director-cross-examination-confirms-lack-of-investigation-into-branch-IT-problems">A High Court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459996/Horizon-IT-system-trial-suspended-after-Post-Office-accuses-judge-of-bias">The Post Office legal team in the case brought by more than 500 subpostmasters has called for the judge to be recused after questioning his impartiality</a>.</li> <li>March 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460542/Post-Office-made-to-repay-public-money-it-allocated-to-fund-Horizon-litigation">A senior civil servant asked the Post Office to repay public money it had wrongly allocated to paying legal costs</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460815/Post-Office-could-face-huge-costs-bill-for-first-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461096/Post-Office-to-appeal-judgment-from-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office to appeal judgment from first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461348/Judge-in-Post-Office-trial-rejects-application-to-recuse-himself">The Post Office’s claim that the judge overseeing the case concerning its controversial Horizon IT system was biased has been dismissed</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461728/MP-questions-government-over-Post-Office-Horizon-case">MP questions government over Post Office Horizon case</a>.</li> <li>April 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461829/Government-says-no-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-trial-due-to-chairmans-dual-role">Government says no conflict of interest in trial despite Post Office chairman’s dual role</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463196/Court-of-Appeal-rejects-a-Post-Office-request-in-Horizon-IT-case">The Court of Appeal has refused the Post Office’s application to appeal a major decision in the Horizon IT trial</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463625/Post-Office-applies-to-appeal-damning-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">The Post Office has applied for permission to appeal judgments from the first trial in its IT-related legal battle with subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463938/Post-Office-told-to-pay-over-5m-of-its-opponents-costs-for-first-Horizon-trial">The judge in the Post Office Horizon trial has ordered the organisation to pay the legal costs, and refused to give permission to appeal a major judgment</a>.</li> <li>June 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252465193/Post-Office-asks-Court-of-Appeal-for-permission-to-appeal-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office asks Court of Appeal for permission to appeal judgment in first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>July 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466111/Post-Office-back-office-error-leaves-subpostmaster-with-thousands-of-pounds-extra">Post Office back-office error leaves subpostmaster with thousands of pounds extra</a></li> <li>July 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466406/Post-Office-fixes-technical-problem-causing-accounting-errors-in-Horizon">Post Office fixes technical problem causing accounting errors in Horizon</a></li> <li>August 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468199/Hundreds-of-Post-Office-branches-hit-by-new-Horizon-problem">Subpostmasters suffering slow running and frozen terminals while Post Office searches for a fix to issues apparently caused by a software update</a>.</li> <li>August 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468689/Latest-Post-Office-Horizon-problems-caused-by-software-update">The Post Office has fixed the latest problems with its Horizon system, affecting hundreds of branches</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>October 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252473026/Post-Office-IT-trial-judgement-within-days">A High Court judgment for a trial that focused on the Post Office’s IT system at the centre of a multimillion-pound litigation will be announced early next month</a>.</li> <li>November 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474416/Court-of-Appeal-dismisses-Post-Office-application-to-appeal-damning-judgment">The Court of Appeal has rejected a Post Office application to appeal judgments made in its multimillion-pound battle with subpostmasters over IT system failures</a>.</li> <li>November 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474583/Peer-suggests-clear-out-of-Post-Office-board-after-Court-of-Appeal-confirms-major-defeat-in-court">Peer calls for clear-out of Post Office board after Court of Appeal confirms major court defeat</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475310/Post-Office-settles-legal-dispute-with-subpostmasters-ending-20-year-battle-for-lead-claimant">The Post Office has settled its long-running legal dispute with subpostmasters, and will pay £57.75m in damages</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475442/Subpostmasters-got-the-best-deal-possible-in-legal-battle-with-the-Post%20Office-says-lawyer">Subpostmasters ended their legal battle with the Post Office at the optimal time, according to the lawyer that managed the High Court action</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475611/Subpostmasters-proved-right-on-IT-system-failures-as-calls-for-full-public-inquiry-mount">Subpostmasters proved right on IT system failures as calls for full public inquiry mount</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475773/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-to-review-Horizon-judgment-swiftly">Criminal Courts Review Commission to review Horizon judgment “swiftly”</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475841/National-Federation-of-Subpostmasters-cries-foul-after-court-ruling">National Federation of Subpostmasters cries foul after court ruling on controversial computer system</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475989/Former-Post-Office-CEO-apologises-to-subpostmasters-over-Horizon-scandal">Former Post Office CEO apologises to subpostmasters over Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2019:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476160/Call-for-former-Post-Office-CEO-to-step-down-from-public-roles-after-IT-court-battle-lost">Call for former Post Office CEO to step down from public roles after IT court battle lost</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476403/Fujitsu-must-face-scrutiny-following-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judgment">Fujitsu must face scrutiny following Post Office Horizon trial judgment</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476569/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-government-to-pay-legal-costs-for-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster group calls for government to pay legal costs for Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476622/Why-subpostmasters-are-calling-on-the-government-to-pay-Horizon-trial-costs">Why subpostmasters are calling on the government to pay Horizon trial costs</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476768/Government-distances-itself-from-Post-Office-decisions-in-Horizon-IT-litigation">Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy says it did not make decisions in the Post Office’s recent court battle</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477142/Government-should-not-be-allowed-to-dismiss-subpostmasters-claims-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Government should not be allowed to dismiss subpostmasters’ claims over Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477368/Police-sent-information-about-potential-Fujitsu-staff-perjury-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">Police sent information about potential Fujitsu staff perjury in subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477433/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-move-closer-to-appeal">Prosecutions are a significant step closer to being sent to the Court of Appeal as Criminal Courts Review Commission forms a group of commissioners to review them</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Alan-Bates-The-details-man-the-Post-Office-paid-the-price-for-ignoring">Alan Bates: The “details man” the Post Office paid the price for ignoring</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477786/Government-refuses-request-to-pay-legal-costs-for-subpostmasters-in-Post-Office-case">The government has refused to pay the huge legal costs subpostmasters incurred in their battle with the government-owned Post Office, which they won</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478402/Pressure-for-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-system-scandal-begins-with-mountain-to-climb">Members of Parliament seeking a public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal face huge challenges, but pressure and time could force justice</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478549/Calls-for-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-scandal-increase-in-Parliament-with-cross-party-support">Calls for inquiry into Post Office IT scandal increase in Parliament, with cross-party support</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478694/Concerns-raised-over-former-Post-Office-CEOs-appointment-at-NHS-trust-under-review">Care Quality Commission to review concerns over Paula Vennells’ appointment after they were raised by a former NHS consultant psychiatrist</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479087/Government-admits-it-was-too-passive-managing-Post-Office-as-parliamentary-pressure-builds">Government admits it was too passive managing Post Office as parliamentary pressure builds</a>.</li> <li>February 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479323/Government-claims-it-was-misled-by-Post-Office-over-IT-scandal">Minister says Post Office IT experts misled the government when it asked questions about subpostmasters’ concerns over Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479176/Boris-Johnson-commits-to-getting-to-the-bottom-of-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson commits to “getting to the bottom of” Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479401/Boris-Johnsons-commitment-to-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal-in-doubt">Boris Johnson’s commitment to inquiry into Post Office scandal in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479549/MPs-call-on-PM-to-commit-to-full-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs call on PM to commit to full public inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479650/Those-who-did-not-play-by-the-rules-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-should-face-prosecution">Those who did not play by the rules in Post Office Horizon scandal “should face prosecution”</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479794/MPs-told-to-hold-to-account-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs told to hold to account those responsible for Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480083/Secret-Post-Office-deals-cause-fury-among-Horizon-IT-scandal-campaigners">The Post Office has sparked anger with secret settlements with subpostmasters outside the recent legal action against it</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/Labour%20MP%20Karl%20Turner%20tells%20Computer%20Weekly%20that%20the%20Post%20Office%20Horizon%20scandal%20is%20the%20most%20grotesque%20version%20of%20predatory%20capitalism%20he%20has%20ever%20seen">Labour MP Karl Turner tells Computer Weekly that the Post Office Horizon scandal is the most grotesque version of predatory capitalism he has ever seen</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/MP-warns-minister-not-to-parrot-civil-servants-lines-on-Post-Office-IT-scandal">MP Kevan Jones has warned a government minister not to repeat the mistakes of predecessors in relation to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480440/Coronavirus-CCRC-uses-Microsoft-Teams-to-consider-subpostmaster-appeals">Criminal Cases Review Commission to use Microsoft Teams to ensure review of subpostmaster prosecutions is held on time</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480463/Coronavirus-Post-Office-postpones-subpostmaster-compensation-scheme-amid-Covid-19-crisis">Post Office postpones subpostmaster compensation scheme amid Covid-19 crisis</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480571/Meeting-reviewing-subpostmaster-applications-to-appeal-criminal-prosecutions-moves-into-second-day">Meeting reviewing subpostmaster applications to appeal criminal prosecutions moves into second day</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480655/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-to-be-considered-by-Court-of-Appeal-for-miscarriages-of-justice">Subpostmaster prosecutions to be considered by Court of Appeal for miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480745/How-Subpostmasters-made-legal-history-with-biggest-referral-of-potential-miscarriages-of-justice">How subpostmasters made legal history with biggest referral of potential miscarriages of justice.</a></li> <li>April 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482260/Met-Police-assess-evidence-of-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trials">Met Police&nbsp;examines information about evidence&nbsp;given in court by Fujitsu staff on the Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482517/Subpostmasters-receive-their-inadequate-damages-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office’s faulty IT system have&nbsp;received their damages after a High Court victory</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483344/Post-Office-executive-who-tried-to-mislead-judge-in-Horizon-trial-leaves-via-back-door">A senior Post Office executive at the centre of an IT scandal, who tried to mislead a High Court judge in relation to it, has&nbsp;left the organisation without fanfare&nbsp;despite many years of service</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483639/900-more-criminal-prosecutions-of-subpostmasters-could-be-unsafe-because-of-IT-failures">Post Office re-examines hundreds of prosecutions that could have resulted from faults in Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483733/Subpostmasters-crowdfund-for-justice-in-IT-scandal">A campaign group representing subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting by the Post Office is raising money to help clear the names of victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484026/Subpostmasters-to-force-scrutiny-of-governments-role-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters to force scrutiny of government’s role in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484100/CCRC-sends-47-subpostmaster-miscarriages-of-justice-for-appeal-asks-for-prosecution-powers-review">The Criminal Cases Review Commission sends 47 more subpostmaster cases to Court of Appeal and asks government to review private prosecution powers</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484163/Government-investigation-into-Horizon-scandal-bares-teeth">Select committee chair writes to former Post Office CEO demanding answers over her role in IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484483/Anger-as-government-launches-pathetic-and-pointless-review-of-Horizon-scandal">The government has been accused of launching a review that fails in getting to the bottom of one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484566/Subpostmasters-will-not-cooperate-with-government-review-into-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters will not cooperate with government review into IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484647/Blow-to-Government-review-of-Post-Office-scandal-as-key-forensic-accountants-refuse-to-support-it">The government’s proposed review of the Post Office IT scandal has received a further setback as forensic accountants join subpostmasters in refusing to back it</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484776/Select-committee-chair-demands-sharper-teeth-for-review-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Call for government review of Post Office Horizon scandal to have the power to force individuals to give evidence under oath</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484917/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims-keep-pressure-on-governments-doorstep">Subpostmasters seeking justice in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are regaining momentum in Parliament</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484963/Care-Quality-Commission-to-discuss-concerns-over-Paula-Vennells-NHS-role">Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485110/Firm-that-investigated-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-support-criminal-conviction-appeals">Second Sight is working with law firm in appeals by subpostmasters against criminal convictions in Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485190/Former-Post-Office-CEO-and-Fujitsu-play-the-blame-game-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Post Office and Fujitsu blame each other for many of the failings in the Horizon IT scandal that wrecked lives</a>.</li> <li>June 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485328/MPs-to-examine-fairness-of-private-prosecutions-in-light-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Parliamentary Justice Committee to hold short inquiry into the rules and regulations surrounding private organisations’ ability to initiate criminal proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485826/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-days-to-raise-thousands-of-pounds-or-perpetrators-go-scot-free">Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal need to raise thousands of pounds in a week or those responsible for their suffering will avoid scrutiny</a>.</li> <li>July 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486099/Subpostmasters-hit-funding-target-to-prevent-government-burying-IT-scandal">The government is set to face scrutiny over its involvement in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>September 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252488725/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-victims-face-long-fight-as-government-digs-heels-in">The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses</a>.</li> <li>September 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489777/Subpostmasters-still-in-the-dark-about-live-Horizon-errors">Subpostmasters still not being told about all the known errors in the controversial Post Office branch accounting and retail system that they use</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489999/Justice-for-subpostmasters-as-wrongful-criminal-convictions-are-set-to-be-quashed">The Post Office has chosen not to contest 44 out of 47 appeals, meaning most are likely to have their names cleared, but others still face a Court of Appeal battle for justice</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490154/Government-deaf-to-loud-calls-for-statutory-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal">MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490276/Care-Quality-Commissions-enquiries-into-IT-scandal-CEO-continue">NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490447/Government-ministers-plea-for-subpostmasters-to-take-part-in-review-of-IT-scandal-rejected">Government minister met with former subpostmaster online in an attempt to get victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal involved in government review</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490580/Post-Office-races-to-solve-IT-error-under-gaze-of-public-and-banks">The Post Office is focusing urgently on fixing an IT error suffered by a subpostmaster amid the ongoing IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490795/Labour-shares-subpostmaster-concerns-over-whitewash-Horizon-IT-inquiry">Labour politicians are calling for the government to give the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry the power to force witnesses to give evidence if they don’t cooperate</a>.</li> <li>October 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490996/NHS-trust-takes-another-look-at-its-appointment-of-IT-scandal-CEO">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has asked for external review of its process when appointing controversial executive</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491520/Subpostmasters-complaint-about-government-begins-its-journey-to-Parliamentary-Ombudsman">Government faces scrutiny of its handling of the Post Office IT scandal that destroyed subpostmasters’ lives and livelihoods</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491681/Post-Office-Horizon-system-crashes-nationally">Post Office branches offline during busy business hours after suffering an IT error that the Post Office said related to IT from supplier Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491906/Lack-of-openness-on-Horizon-errors-remains-as-Fujitsu-refuses-to-explain-latest-outage">Fujitsu is refusing to explain what caused a national system outage in Post Office branches last week, despite the Post Office confirming the issue was the fault of the supplier</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492031/Police-open-criminal-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff-in-Post-Office-IT-trial">The Metropolitan Police opens criminal investigation into Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in trials of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted and even imprisoned for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492118/Post-Office-explanation-of-IT-system-outage-so-vague-it-is-pointless">Post Office criticised over vagueness of its explanation of the cause of a UK-wide IT failure that saw subpostmasters unable to do business</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492186/Botched-software-update-to-blame-for-Horizon-crash">Post Office says planned firmware update caused the problem that left branches unable to do business for 90 minutes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492350/Fujitsu-staff-under-investigation-for-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trial-named">Court documents reveal the names of the Fujitsu employees under investigation for potentially providing misleading information in criminal trials</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492495/Subpostmasters-want-300m-from-a-government-that-allowed-Post-Office-reign-of-terror">The government allowed the Post Office to ‘run amok’ and destroy lives, says complaint to Parliamentary Ombudsman</a>.</li> <li>November 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492572/Post-Office-accused-of-lying-and-potentially-being-in-contempt-of-Parliament-in-IT-scandal">Campaigning politician demands access to documents that could prove that the Post Office lied</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492923/Government-covers-its-ears-as-complaint-by-victims-of-Post-Office-abuse-heads-to-ombudsman">Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493199/Post-Office-IT-scandal-CEO-Paula-Vennells-jumps-NHS-ship-as-pressure-mounts">CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493522/History-made-as-subpostmasters-wrongly-prosecuted-in-Horizon-IT-scandal-have-convictions-quashed">History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493521/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-executive-at-Welsh-FA-questioned-by-MP">The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an&nbsp;MP</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493818/Post-Office-suffers-latest-court-defeat-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252494402/NHS-trust-says-appointment-processes-robust-despite-criticism-of-role-for-Post-Office-scandal-CEO">NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495079/IT-scandal-exposes-legal-rule-that-made-it-easy-for-Post-Office-to-prosecute-the-innocent">Lawyers call for changes to digital evidence rule that made it easier for the Post Office to ‘bamboozle courts’ and make subpostmasters pay a heavy price for its IT failings</a>.</li> <li>January 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495097/More-subpostmasters-prosecutions-sent-to-appeal-for-wrongful-conviction">The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred four more subpostmasters’ criminal convictions to appeal, as part of the biggest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496560/Fujitsu-bosses-knew-about-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-flaws-says-insider">A former senior developer who worked for Fujitsu on the Post Office IT system that led to subpostmasters being falsely accused of fraud, has claimed bosses knew of fundamental flaws before going live</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496767/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-prime-minister-to-pause-Horizon-whitewash-inquiry">Subpostmasters call for Boris Johnson to pause and reshape the government’s Horizon inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496823/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-director-triggers-vote-of-no-confidence-in-Welsh-FA-boss">Vote of no confidence in Football Association of Wales boss triggered by recruitment of former Post Office executive who tried to mislead a judge in IT trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497419/Government-to-change-unfair-private-prosecutions-used-to-prosecute-innocent-subpostmasters">Government agrees to change private prosecution rules that were abused by the Post Office in its pursuit of subpostmasters wrongly accused of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497511/Prime-Minister-yet-to-respond-to-serious-subpostmaster-concerns-over-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmaster victims who have spent millions bringing the Post Office IT scandal to light have received no reply to their concerns from Boris Johnson</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497573/Governments-refusal-of-freedom-of-information-request-about-Post-office-deeply-concerning">MP condemns department’s ‘bizarre’ rejection of freedom of information request linked to Post Office IT scandal</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497583/Welsh-FA-boss-linked-to-recruitment-of-controversial-former-Post-Office-executive-to-step-down">Football Association Wales boss steps down after losing confidence motion triggered by appointment of an executive involved in the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497665/Potential-miscarriages-of-justice-of-Scottish-subpostmasters-move-to-full-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is reviewing five cases of potential miscarriage of justice in relation to subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498067/Subpostmasters-in-Court-of-Appeal-to-end-20-year-torment">Subpostmasters heading to Court of Appeal to clear their names in what is potentially the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498087/Government-to-bail-out-Post-Office-which-cant-afford-to-pay-compensation-to-subpostmasters">The Post Office does not have enough money to pay compensation to the subpostmasters it wrongfully prosecuted</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498141/Post-Office-IT-scandal-executive-forced-out-of-job-at-Football-Association-of-Wales">Angela van den Bogerd has left her role at the Football Association of Wales, following criticism of her part in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498245/Post-Office-staff-instructed-to-shred-documents-that-undermined-its-claims-Horizon-was-robust">Court of Appeal hearing reveals Post Office instructed employees to destroy documents that undermined an insistence that its Horizon computer system was robust</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498341/Post-Office-was-told-in-2013-that-Fujitsu-witness-was-unreliable-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">The Post Office was warned that a former Fujitsu employee had misled courts when giving evidence on its behalf</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498358/Prime-Minister-says-people-should-be-held-to-account-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson agrees with MP that those responsible for the Post Office Horizon scandal should be brought to book</a>.</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498388/Ex-Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-walked-away-from-IT-scandal-with-over-400,000-in-pay-and-bonuses">Former Post Office chief was paid over £400,000 when she left despite the organisation being involved in what would become the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498409/Government-faces-judicial-review-into-plans-for-Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry">The UK government faces a potential judicial review over its Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry, after subpostmasters formally wrote to the government seeking one</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498901/Demands-for-changes-to-barmy-rules-on-digital-evidence-have-governments-ear">The government is listening to calls for changes in how digital evidence is considered in court, as Post Office IT scandal spells out current rule’s inadequacy</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498971/Post-Office-gives-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-another-year">The Post Office's controversial contract with Fujitsu has been extended another year to help the organisation manage its exit</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499045/Post-Office-Horizon-contract-extension-is-part-of-project-to-bring-Fujitsu-work-in-house">The Post Office is to move work done by Fujitsu in-house when its outsourcing contract ends, and is already recruiting IT experts</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499238/End-of-the-road-for-Post-Office-IT-system-that-destroyed-lives">The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office's denial of them, caused huge suffering</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499377/Only-Government-standing-in-the-way-of-fair-compensation-for-subpostmasters">The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499723/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-criminal-convictions-overturned-in-Court-of-Appeal">The Court of Appeal has overturned the criminal convictions of 39 subpostmasters who were blamed and punished for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499778/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-steps-down-from-roles-after-massive-miscarriage-of-justice-is-laid-bare">Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499806/Another-38-subpostmasters-submit-appeals-against-convictions">The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500167/Post-Office-CEO-either-knew-what-was-going-on-in-Horizon-scandal-or-was-asleep-at-the-wheel">Post Office IT scandal CEO has no excuse for her inaction in preventing the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history, says Criminal Cases Review Commission chairperson</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500232/Post-Office-dishonesty-in-Horizon-scandal-is-reason-enough-for-statutory-public-inquiry">Subpostmasters, MPs and the public call for a full statutory judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, following another damning court judgment</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500395/Minister-promises-fair-and-speedy-compensation-for-555-subpostmasters-who-defeated-Post-Office">Government says it wants to ensure a fair pay-out for the 555 subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a legal battle</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500406/Post-Office-contacts-over-500-subpostmasters-potentially-wrongly-prosecuted-for-financial-crimes">The Post Office has contacted hundreds of people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500460/Miscarriages-of-justice-are-the-potent-tip-of-Post-Office-scandal">The miscarriages of justice involving subpostmasters are the most disturbing element of the Post Office Horizon scandal – but it goes much deeper</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500646/Fujitsu-bags-3bn-in-public-sector-contracts-while-software-errors-wreck-the-lives-of-subpostmasters">The supplier at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has so far escaped the ramifications of its role in the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500762/More-former-subpostmasters-have-criminal-convictions-quashed">Another two former subpostmasters have had their convictions for financial crimes overturned, following a hearing in Southwark Crown Court</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501013/Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry-set-to-be-given-statutory-status-with-wider-powers">The government inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be made statutory with the power to compel witnesses and evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501082/Nothing-off-the-table-in-statutory-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">The government confirmed that the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be given statutory status and wider scope</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501128/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair">The Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance has agreed to meet the former judge heading up the inquiry into the Post Office scandal that ruined the lives of hundreds of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501399/Its-a-good-day-when-we-refer-a-case-CCRC-tells-MPs-during-review-of-Post-Office-prosecutions">Criminal Cases Review Commission will not allow pressure on its resources to prevent subpostmasters seeking a review of their criminal convictions</a>.</li> <li>May 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501510/BCS-demands-reform-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-following-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-revelations">Professional IT body wants changes to how computer evidence is used in court in the wake of the Post Office case</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501656/Post-Office-scandal-public-inquiry-finally-begins-after-chances-to-address-problems-were-missed">The Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry begins with subpostmaster campaign group waiting for full details before committing its support</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502056/Did-government-allow-Post-Office-to-sack-forensic-accountants-to-cover-up-Horizon-scandal">Whatever the Post Office told government about its decision to sack investigators examining subpostmaster prosecutions for theft could identify if the government was part of a cover-up</a>.</li> <li>June 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502738/Post-Office-pays-400-subpostmasters-compensation-for-losses-caused-by-computer-errors">The Post Office has so far compensated about 400 subpostmasters who suffered losses as a result of computer errors that they were wrongly blamed for</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503399/Ten-more-former-subpostmasters-set-to-have-wrongful-convictions-overturned">Another 10 subpostmasters are set to have their criminal convictions quashed as part of one of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503752/Government-commitment-to-Post-Office-Horizon-victims-was-a-false-promise">The government has made no contact with subpostmasters two months after it said it would work with them to ensure they get speedy and fair compensation</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503844/Taxpayers-will-have-to-pay-at-least-300m-to-bail-out-Post-Office-after-scandal">The cost of a scheme set up to compensate subpostmasters who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal will exceed £300m</a>.</li> <li>July 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252504363/Government-to-fund-interim-compensation-of-up-to-100000-for-each-wrongly-convicted-subpostmaster">The government will pay interim compensation within weeks to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of crimes due to computer errors</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505156/Four-more-subpostmasters-set-to-have-convictions-overturned">A further four subpostmasters are set to have their wrongful convictions overturned in the latest development in the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505410/Overturned-convictions-of-subpostmasters-mount-up-but-555-victims-no-closer-justice">The government has failed to provide fair compensation to the subpostmasters who exposed the full extent of the Horizon scandal to the world</a>.</li> <li>August 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506031/Subpostmasters-demand-more-clarity-on-Horizon-public-inquiry-before-committing-their-support">Subpostmasters demand more clarity on Horizon public inquiry before committing their support</a>.</li> <li>September 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506632/CCRC-refers-six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-for-appeal">Six more subpostmaster convictions referred for appeal in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506647/Government-Minister-holds-secret-meeting-with-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims">Government minister holds secret meeting with Post Office Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508099/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-announces-first-public-hearing">The public inquiry into a scandal that saw subpostmasters imprisoned after being blamed for accounting shortfalls will hold its first public hearing early next month</a>.</li> <li>October 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508541/Post-Office-board-appalling-short-sighted-and-partisan-said-Minister-researching-Horizon-project">A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509066/Fujitsu-escaped-huge-lawsuit-because-Post-Office-behaved-so-badly-in-Horizon-scandal">The behaviour of Post Office senior management during the Horizon scandal was so egregious that the supplier of the faulty software has escaped a large financial penalty</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509113/Police-interview-former-Fujitsu-staff-for-second-time-in-potential-perjury-investigation">Former Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in subpostmaster trials have been questioned by police for a second time</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509150/Number-of-subpostmasters-appealing-convictions-reaches-137-at-one-legal-firm">Former subpostmasters convicted of crimes based on data from error-prone Post Office computer system continue to embark on appeals</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509242/Government-and-Post-Office-should-stop-discussing-Horizon-victim-compensation-and-pay-it">The first hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hears why victims should be paid compensation immediately</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509479/Convictions-of-eight-former-subpostmasters-in-Scotland-under-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating eight potential miscarriages of justice linked with faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509618/Post-Office-agrees-to-share-privileged-legal-information-with-Horizon-scandal-inquiry">The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>November 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509696/Six-more-former-subpostmasters-have-convictions-overturned">A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>November 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509817/Subpostmasters-asked-to-remove-support-for-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509860/More-wrongful-convictions-overturned-in-Post-Office-scandal">Seven more subpostmasters have been cleared after the Post Office charged them for crimes caused by its faulty Horizon software</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510062/Post-Office-supported-1999-law-change-that-eased-prosecutions-using-computer-evidence">The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution ‘onerous’ – a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510083/Post-Office-Inquiry-clears-up-opaque-stance-on-subpostmaster-compensation">The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited</a>.</li> <li>December 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510928/Government-must-go-further-after-agreeing-to-pay-compensation-for-wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters">Government must go further after agreeing to pay compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>December 2021:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511005/Pressure-on-government-to-pay-fair-compensation-to-subpostmasters-left-out-of-current-schemes">Pressure on government to pay fair compensation to subpostmasters left out of current schemes</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511716/MPs-call-for-fair-compensation-for-excluded-victims-of-Post-Office-scandal">Almost 100 MPs have backed a call for the government to reverse its decision to exclude 555 subpostmasters from fair compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511844/Post-Office-cant-access-records-of-all-money-paid-to-it-by-victims-of-the-Horizon-scandal">A parliamentary select committee was told that the Post Office is unable to access information to accurately calculate compensation for some Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512010/Post-Office-received-1bn-taxpayer-subsidy-last-year-as-part-of-IT-scandal-compensation">The Post Office received subsidies worth over £1bn last year, including a £685m payment just last month, in a scheme labelled Post Office Historical Matters Compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512095/Government-widens-subpostmaster-miscarriage-of-justice-compensation">Government widens subpostmaster miscarriage of justice compensation scheme in&nbsp;Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512243/Government-has-nothing-against-paying-555-subpostmasters-fair-compensation">Government officials are open to finding a way to properly compensate victims of the Horizon scandal without setting a dangerous legal precedent</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512410/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-government-over-unfair-compensation-settlement">The subpostmaster campaign group responsible for exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal is to meet with the government to discuss fair compensation for their suffering</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512465/Demands-on-Fujitsu-to-contribute-to-1bn-Horizon-scandal-compensation-costs">Fujitsu cannot hide away as taxpayers pick up the bill for the Post Office scandal triggered by its IT system, say peers</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512882/Cack-handed-government-compensation-scheme-prolongs-suffering-of-Horizon-scandal-victims">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are being denied the millions of pounds they are owed as the government delays compensation resolution</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513159/Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-tell-their-stories-in-public">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are due to tell their devastating stories to the statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513492/MPs-demand-urgent-compensation-for-Post-Office-scandal-victim-group">MPs are demanding urgent action by the government to provide full compensation to a group of 555 Post Office Horizon scandal victims who have so far been left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513544/The-British-public-are-waking-up-to-the-scandal-that-happened-under-their-noses">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513687/Horizon-inquiry-questioning-raises-hopes-of-fair-compensation-for-victims-so-far-left-out">Horizon inquiry questioning raises hopes of fair compensation for victims so far left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513934/Government-set-to-backtrack-on-untenable-position-on-subpostmaster-compensation">Government set to backtrack on untenable position on subpostmaster compensation</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514110/Post-Office-warned-of-software-flaw-in-2006-but-failed-to-alert-subpostmaster-network">The Post Office and Fujitsu failed to alert subpostmasters to a software error that caused them to be wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514320/Horizon-scandal-inquiry-hearing-sheds-light-on-Subpostmaster-federations-role-in-hushing-up-IT">Horizon inquiry hearing sheds light on subpostmaster federation’s role in hushing up IT problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514929/555-subpostmasters-to-get-fair-compensation-after-government-U-turn">555 subpostmasters to get fair compensation after government U-turn on its stance on High Court settlement</a>.</li> <li>March 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515319/Compensation-goal-finally-in-sight-for-555-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Compensation goal finally in sight for 555 Post Office scandal victims, after 13 year campaign</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515504/Fujitsu-bags-430m-government-contracts-despite-rising-cost-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu bags £430m government contracts despite rising cost of Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516173/More-Scottish-subpostmaster-conviction-reviews-expected-as-part-of-Post-Office-scandal">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission expects more subpostmasters with potential wrongful convictions to come forward</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516273/Post-Office-scandal-victims-still-waiting-for-compensation-a-year-after-convictions-overturned">Former subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted and punished for crimes have not yet received full compensation over a year after their convictions were overturned</a>.</li> <li>April 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516388/Police-question-former-Fujitsu-worker-again-in-Post-Office-scandal-perjury-investigation">A former Fujitsu worker has been questioned under caution for the third time&nbsp;as police investigate potential perjury in trials of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516635/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-could-be-stripped-of-CBE">Paula Vennells could be stripped of her CBE as the Honours Forfeiture Committee commits to reconsider its award in the light of the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516675/Judicial-intervention-inevitable-as-Post-Office-compensation-valuation-falls-short">Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are ‘poles apart’ on valuations</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517922/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-to-tell-their-stories-raising-questions-of-law">Inquiry into Post Office scandal moves to Scotland, with differences in English and Scottish law raising further serious questions about subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517997/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-brings-forward-urgent-compensation-hearings">The chair of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry has brought forward hearings about compensation as victims warn that at this rate “people will die” before they get anything</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518010/CCRC-to-contact-88-more-former-subpostmasters-with-potentially-wrongful-convictions">The Criminal Cases Review Commission is to contact 88 more potentially wrongfully convicted Post Office workers</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518282/Controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-replaced-by-2025">The Post Office Horizon IT system at the centre of a national scandal will be replaced by 2025, with a supplier expected to be named in August</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518299/Post-Office-scandal-victim-calls-for-governments-role-in-silencing-victims-to-be-investigated">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520527/Government-has-no-plans-to-review-controversial-court-rules-on-computer-evidence">Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520682/The-barristers-that-broke-their-backs-to-break-the-Post-Offices-shield-of-lies">Computer Weekly spoke to the barristers at Henderson Chambers that fought the Post Office in the High Court to expose the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521309/More-wrongful-convictions-quashed-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Two more Post Office Horizon scandal victims have had their wrongful convictions overturned</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521718/Minister-says-compensation-offer-to-555-subpostmasters-close">The 555 subpostmasters who exposed the depth of the Post Office Horizon scandal could finally be fairly compensated</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521791/Post-Office-IT-investigator-to-be-released-from-confidentiality-obligations-for-inquiry">Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522193/Independent-scrutiny-brought-into-compensation-negotiations-for-wrongly-prosecuted-subpostmasters">Lawyers negotiating the compensation valuations for former subpostmasters who suffered wrongful convictions have brought in independent&nbsp;judicial scrutiny&nbsp;to break an impasse</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522141/Subpostmaster-campaigning-forces-government-to-set-up-compensation-scheme-and-make-interim-payments">Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts</a>.</li> <li>July 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523126/Six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned">More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523143/Post-Office-attacked-subpostmasters-who-questioned-Horizon-say-victims">When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252524481/Police-interview-Horizon-scandal-victim-in-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff">The Met Police have interviewed a former subpostmaster as part of an investigation into potential perjury by former Fujitsu staff</a>.</li> <li>September 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525291/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-intervenes-in-slow-compensation-progress">Chair of statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has aired his disappointment over the slow progress in making interim payments to victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525926/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-restarts-with-call-for-a-pause-amid-disclosure-controversy?_ga=2.192509992.363987533.1665478652-286388731.1664962548&amp;_gl=1*4vu0dy*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NTc0MDc3NC4zOC4xLjE2NjU3NDU4NDkuMC4wLjA.">The public inquiry into the Post Office scandal has begun phase two with a request for adjournment amid allegations that the Post Office is failing to disclose relevant documents</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526045/Those-responsible-for-subpostmaster-suffering-in-Horizon-scandal-must-face-public-inquiry">Victims demand that the perpetrators of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal face the public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526102/Fujitsu-to-finally-face-up-to-blame-for-its-part-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu’s part in causing the extreme suffering of subpostmasters will be made clear as the IT supplier begins giving evidence at a statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526209/Subpostmaster-federation-failed-its-members-when-they-needed-it-most">A dereliction of duty saw subpostmaster federation ignore its members when IT problems hit and allowed the Post Office destroy their lives</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526537/New-minister-asked-to-pause-Fujitsu-government-contracts">Politicians are keeping up the pressure to block government contracts being awarded to Fujitsu because of its role in the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526542/Reported-Horizon-errors-should-have-been-show-stopper-public-inquiry-told">Problems reported with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system before its roll-out should have been regarded as a “show-stopper.”</a></li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526586/Horizon-system-EPOSS-code-writers-lacked-basic-programming-skills-public-inquiry-hears">Horizon system code writers lacked basic programming skills, according to the task force set up to investigate reported problems with the controversial software</a>.</li> <li>October 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">T</a><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">rials of the Horizon computer system in Post Office branches in 1999 led to a warning from subpostmasters that software problems meant “a tragedy was not far away”</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526828/Game-of-hardball-in-Horizon-negotiations-left-subpostmasters-exposed-to-tragedy?_ga=2.132243406.1953818817.1667299299-286388731.1664962548&amp;_gl=1*4o99gw*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NzQ4NTg3OS4xMTIuMS4xNjY3NDg1OTg4LjAuMC4w">Game of ‘hardball’ in Horizon negotiations left subpostmasters exposed to tragedy</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526883/Confirmation-bias-led-Post-Office-to-prosecute-subpostmasters-without-investigation-inquiry-told">Confirmation bias led Post Office to prosecute subpostmasters without investigation, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527040/Six-subpostmaster-convictions-referred-for-appeal-in-Scotland">SCCRC has referred six cases of potential wrongful convictions of subpostmasters to the High Court of Justiciary</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527085/Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-subpostmaster-trial-manoeuvred-into-role-public-inquiry-told">Fujitsu expert witness in subpostmaster trial ‘manoeuvred’ into role, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527307/Post-Office-changed-view-of-Horizon-problems-before-roll-out-because-of-a-sunk-cost-fallacy">Post Office changed view of Horizon problems before roll-out, because of a ‘sunk cost fallacy’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527341/Team-working-on-controversial-Post-Office-Horizon-EPOSS-software-was-the-joke-of-the-building">Team working on controversial Post Office Horizon EPOSS software was the ‘joke of the building’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527436/Post-Office-scandal-inquirys-expert-IT-witness-troubled-by-his-findings">The Post Office IT scandal inquiry’s appointed expert IT witness was “troubled” by the lack of integrity of data from the Horizon system that was used to send people to prison</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsu-put-pressure-on-UK-government-to-sign-off-troubled-Horizon-project-public-inquiry-hears">Telegram from British Embassy in Tokyo to UK government reveals pressure on ministers to sign off controversial contract</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527837/Subpostmaster-federation-deliberately-kept-public-in-dark-over-computer-problems-secret">Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems</a>.</li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527952/Post-Office-boosted-its-coffers-as-Horizon-system-threw-up-unexplained-shortfalls-inquiry-told">Post Office boosted its ‘coffers’ as Horizon system threw up unexplained shortfalls, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528046/Post-Office-scandal-cock-up-or-cook-up">Post Office scandal – “cock-up or cook-up”?</a></li> <li>December 2022:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528356/Criminal-Cases-Review-Commission-calls-on-more-convicted-subpostmasters-to-come-forward">Criminal Cases Review Commission calls on more convicted subpostmasters to come forward</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528935/Former-subpostmaster-Alan-Bates-turns-down-OBE-offer">Former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who ‘pulled up trees and moved mountains’, turns down OBE offer</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252529287/Advisory-board-goal-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-returned-to-rightful-financial-position?amp=1">Advisory board goal for Post Office scandal victims to be returned to rightful financial position</a>.</li> <li>January 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365529814/Former-Fujitsu-staff-under-police-investigation-to-face-Post-Office-IT-scandal-inquiry">Former Fujitsu staff under police investigation to face Post Office IT scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365531937/Post-Offices-most-senior-executives-hushed-up-Horizon-errors-public-inquiry-told">Post Office’s most senior executives hushed up Horizon errors, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532018/Post-Office-ditched-plan-to-replace-Fujitsu-with-IBM-in-2015-due-to-cost-and-project-concerns">Post Office attempted to replace controversial Horizon system 10 years ago, but was put off by project’s scale and cost</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532063/IT-worker-evidence-reveals-a-toxic-Post-Office-IT-helpdesk-that-discriminated-against-subpostmasters">IT worker tells public inquiry that the Post Office Horizon helpdesk was toxic, rudderless and racist</a>.</li> <li>March 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532477/Subpostmaster-demands-names-of-Post-Office-executives-who-crushed-him-to-suffocate-truth">Subpostmaster demands names of Post Office executives who crushed him to suffocate truth</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365534956/CCRC-says-door-open-for-more-reviews-of-subpostmaster-convictions">CCRC says ‘door open’ for more reviews of subpostmaster convictions</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535112/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-after-technical-challenges-moving-to-cloud">The Post Office has extended a contract with Fujitsu after being unable to resolve technical issues related to migrating its IT to the cloud</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">Post Office paid IBM millions when it ended proposed contract to replace Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">The Post Office ended a proposed contract with IBM to replace its controversial Horizon system after work had already started</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366535953/More-Post-Office-software-related-convictions-take-total-to-86">More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537376/Fujitsu-staff-had-unrestricted-and-unauditable-remote-access-to-Post-Office-branch-systems">Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537341/Post-Office-lawyer-bragged-how-team-destroyed-attack-on-the-Horizon-system-and-put-woman-in-prison">Post Office lawyer bragged how team ‘destroyed attack on the Horizon system’ and put woman in prison</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537461/Post-Office-executive-produced-one-sided-report-giving-Horizon-system-a-false-bill-of-heath">Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538153/Campaigning-former-subpostmaster-fears-compensation-for-scandal-victims-will-be-delayed-to-2025">Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025</a>.</li> <li>May 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538096/Post-Office-scandal-cover-up-a-dark-chapter-in-government-corporate-and-legal-history">Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government, corporate and legal history</a>.</li> <li>June 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366542414/Post-Office-will-not-oppose-potential-Horizon-conviction-appellants">Post Office CEO told MPs that the organisation is telling some subpostmasters it won’t oppose them if they appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543482/Public-inquiry-hears-how-Post-Office-security-withheld-evidence-from-people-it-suspected-of-theft">Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543715/Former-Fujitsu-IT-chief-evidence-postponed-after-late-Post-Office-disclosure">Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544234/Post-Office-inquiry-must-examine-rule-on-IT-evidence-if-miscarriages-of-justice-are-to-be-avoided">Post Office inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled it to prosecute innocent people</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544394/Peer-calls-for-every-Post-Office-prosecution-to-be-reviewed">Peer calls for every Post Office prosecution to be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544317/Horizon-inquiry-adjourned-as-Post-Office-disclosure-failures-threaten-to-derail-proceedings">Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544506/Horizon-inquiry-chief-threatens-Post-Office-with-criminal-sanctions-over-disclosure-failures">Horizon inquiry chief threatens Post Office with ‘criminal sanctions’ over disclosure failures</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544874/Subpostmaster-compensation-deadline-will-be-missed-warns-public-inquiry-chair">Subpostmaster compensation deadline will be missed, warns public inquiry chair</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366545596/CCRC-refers-two-more-subpostmaster-conviction-for-appeal">CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366546032/Post-Office-tried-to-convince-independent-IT-witness-that-he-was-wrong-about-Horizon">Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon</a>.</li> <li>August 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366548772/MP-calls-for-review-of-computer-evidence-rule-which-meant-subpostmasters-were-wrongly-convicted">MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted</a>.</li> <li>August 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366549452/Six-subpostmaster-appeals-to-be-heard-in-Scottish-court">Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552411/Post-Office-employee-changed-story-for-witness-statement-used-to-destroy-subpostmaster">Post Office employee changed story for witness statement used to destroy subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553492/Post-Office-had-no-interest-in-subpostmaster-welfare-when-taking-legal-action-says-Fujitsu-memo">Post Office had no interest in subpostmaster welfare when taking legal action, says Fujitsu memo</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552360/Government-offers-600000-to-subpostmasters-with-overturned-convictions">Government offers £600,000 to subpostmasters with overturned convictions</a>.</li> <li>September 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553454/Five-more-subpostmasters-have-IT-system-related-convictions-overturned">Five more subpostmasters have IT system-related convictions overturned</a></li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553642/Government-breached-privacy-of-Horizon-victims-with-compensation-offer-says-lawyer">Government ‘breached privacy’ of Horizon victims with compensation offer</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553756/First-subpostmaster-Horizon-conviction-overturned-in-Scotland">First subpostmaster Horizon conviction overturned in Scotland</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366554152/Amnesia-hides-names-of-individuals-behind-Post-Offices-head-on-a-spike-strategy">Amnesia hides names of individuals behind Post Office’s ‘head on a spike’ strategy</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555336/Angry-lawyer-warned-against-Post-Office-computer-investigation-in-2010-email">‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555682/Former-Post-Office-executive-admits-he-wouldnt-sign-unfair-contract-he-pushed-on-subpostmasters">Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556296/Post-Office-auditors-presumed-subpostmasters-were-on-the-fiddle-or-in-a-muddle">Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’</a>.</li> <li>October 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556653/Taxpayers-to-fund-a-further-150m-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Bill for the scandal over £1bn, as campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558553/Post-Office-disclosure-failures-delay-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-again">Post Office disclosure failures delay Horizon scandal inquiry again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558733/Former-Post-Office-manager-has-no-memory-of-preparing-witness-statement-in-legal-dispute">Former Post Office manager has no memory of preparing witness statement in legal dispute</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366559812/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-postpones-more-key-witness-hearings">Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560655/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-again">Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561353/CCRC-refers-two-posthumous-subpostmaster-appeals-to-Crown-Court">CCRC refers posthumous appeals against convictions to Crown Court for first time</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561493/Paulla-Vennells-email-fuelled-Post-Office-Horizon-cult-inquiry-told">Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561572/Slow-government-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-forces-new-legislation">Slow government response to Post Office scandal compensation forces new legislation</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561574/Post-Office-lawyer-with-his-fingerprints-are-all-over-IT-scandal-spreads-blame">Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562072/Undisclosed-document-could-reveal-pressure-on-Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-Post-Office-prosecution">Undisclosed document could reveal pressure on Fujitsu expert witness in Post Office prosecution</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562217/Money-at-heart-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-blame">Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562653/Former-Post-Office-investigator-called-subpostmaster-campaigners-crooks">Former Post Office investigator called subpostmaster campaigners ‘crooks’</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563257/Current-Post-Office-executive-in-denial-of-Horizon-cover-up">Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563400/Government-advised-to-overturn-all-Post-Office-scandal-convictions">Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563893/Government-reveals-its-own-slow-progress-in-compensating-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564035/No-hiding-place-for-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">‘No hiding place’ for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2023:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564173/Post-Office-gets-government-handout-as-Horizon-replacement-costs-increase-significantly">Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565512/Metropolitan-Police-launches-second-criminal-investigation-in-Post-Office-scandal">Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565613/Post-Office-scandal-furore-is-moment-to-change-digital-evidence-rules">The current rules around digital evidence are partly to blame for the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565715/Fujitsu-gets-stay-of-execution-as-MPs-support-exoneration-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters">Fujitsu gets stay of execution as MPs support exoneration of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565752/Hero-subpostmaster-accuses-government-of-diversion-tactics-through-weaselly-statistics">‘Hero’ subpostmaster accuses government of diversion tactics through ‘weaselly’ statistics</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565720/How-Fujitsu-became-a-central-part-of-the-Post-Office-scandal">How Fujitsu became a central part of the Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565784/Hundreds-of-subpostmasters-to-have-convictions-quashed-in-blanket-exoneration">The government has chosen to introduce legislation that will enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;How legal disclosure failures disrupted the Post Office Horizon inquiry.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566438/Fujitsu-morally-obliged-to-contribute-to-subpostmaster-financial-redress-amid-insane-delays">Fujitsu ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to subpostmaster financial redress amid ‘insane’ delays</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566755/More-than-900-subpostmaster-convictions-wouldnt-have-happened-without-Post-Office-backed-law-change">More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566772/Anger-sparked-by-TV-drama-forces-Fujitsu-to-put-public-sector-contract-bidding-on-hold">Anger sparked by TV drama forces Fujitsu to put public sector contract bidding on hold</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566859/Fujitsu-boss-describes-Post-Office-behaviour-as-shameful%20and%20appalling">Fujitsu boss describes Post Office behaviour as ‘shameful and appalling’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567032/Urgent-question-asks-which-ministers-knew-of-Post-Offices-shocking-plan-to-remove-judge">Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office's shocking plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567093/Fujitsu-agrees-to-support-former-subpostmasters-families-beyond-financial-redress">Fujitsu agrees to support former subpostmasters’ families beyond financial redress</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567433/Committee-chair-asks-minister-to-back-Mr-Bates-clause-in-Post-Office-compensation-legislation">Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567874/Expert-IT-witness-outsmarted-an-aggressive-Post-Office-to-get-to-truth-after-inspection-madness">Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568092/MP-demands-answers-from-government-minister-over-second-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">MP demands answers from government minister over second faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568333/Pre-Horizon-users-contacting-lawyers-as-more-Post-Office-IT-horror-stories-emerge">Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568552/Government-dragging-it-out-by-refusing-to-share-knowledge-of-Post-Office-trial-delaying-tactic">Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568812/People-are-now-listening-Post-Office-inquiry-told-as-latest-phase-ends">‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568954/Post-Office-scandal-phase-fours-rogues-gallery">Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569712/More-than-1000-subpostmasters-could-have-used-second-faulty-Post-Office-system">More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Two years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569873/Post-Office-CEO-refused-to-meet-government-minister-without-her-lawyer-after-2015-Horizon-report">Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570054/Post-Office-IT-insider-and-the-software-decision-that-lit-the-Horizon-scandal">Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570413/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-system-was-developed-in-house">Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571076/Law-to-clear-hundreds-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters-expected-In-July?_gl=1*d95qqy*_ga*Nzg3MzQ4Njc1LjE3MDc4MTY3Njg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTcwODg4MzMxMC41Mi4xLjE3MDg4ODM5NjAuMC4wLjA.">Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570712/Unisys-investigating-potential-involvement-in-controversial-Post-Office-system">Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571135/King-Charles-strips-disgraced-Post-Office-CEO-of-her-CBE">King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571354/Post-Office-scandal-roundup-fourth-estate-in-full-throttle">Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571394/Government-wont-rush-to-include-Post-Office-Capture-convictions-in-overturning-legislation">Government won’t rush to include Post Office Capture convictions in overturning legislation</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571363/Government-should-face-legal-deadlines-on-paying-Post-Office-victims">Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571692/Pathetic-Post-Office-spat-detracts-attention-and-fuels-disdain-for-authority">‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571653/Post-Office-CEOs-Capture-investigation-claims-questioned">Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571913/MPs-demand-Fujitsu-be-nailed-down-on-financial-promise-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">MPs demand Fujitsu be ‘nailed down’ on financial promise to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571992/Post-Office-staff-conspired-to-pervert-the-course-of-justice-says-KC">KC names Post Office staff he believes conspired to pervert the course of justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572232/Perverting-course-of-justice-and-contempt-of-Parliament-a-week-in-post-drama-Post-Office-scandal">Perverting course of justice and contempt of Parliament: a week in post-drama Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572277/Post-Office-prosecutions-during-Horizon-go-live-phase-are-frightening">Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572513/Brutal-decisions-required-to-sort-out-Post-Office-mess-says-select-committee-chair">‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572633/MPs-call-for-Post-Office-exclusion-from-compensation-schemes-as-trust-hits-rock-bottom">MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572692/Fujitsu-should-pay-half-of-Post-Office-scandal-costs-says-MP">Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573252/Current-subpostmaster-account-shortfalls-reveal-extent-of-Post-Offices-pre-2019-neglect">Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573392/Unprecedented-bill-to-exonerate-hundreds-of-wrongly-convicted-Post-office-workers-arrives">Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573533/Children-of-Post-Office-victims-form-group-to-hold-Fujitsu-boss-to-his-word">Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573602/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-software-was-completely-rewritten-in-1994">Controversial Post Office Capture software was completely rewritten in 1994</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366574833/Post-Office-scandal-fallout-for-Fujitsu-could-open-UK-public-sector-to-Indian-giants">Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575033/Post-Office-Capture-users-campaign-gathers-pace">Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575372/Sums-of-money-Post-Office-stole-from-subpostmasters-may-never-be-known">Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575495/Leaked-comms-reveal-Fujitsu-eyeing-huge-UK-government-bounty-despite-Post-Office-scandal-promise">Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty</a>.</li> <li>March 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575754/Remote-access-is-the-Post-Offices-known-unknown">Remote access is the Post Office’s known unknown</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577734/Fujitsu-staff-instructed-how-to-bid-for-government-contracts-during-self-imposed-ban">Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579492/Fujitsu-should-stop-bending-rules-stop-bidding-and-pay-up-says-MP">Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579713/Environment-Agency-dumps-Fujitsu-in-sign-of-Post-Office-scandal-taking-its-toll">Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579994/MPs-will-grill-Cabinet-Office-over-Fujitsu-contract-bidding-pause">MPs will grill Cabinet Office over Fujitsu contract bidding pause</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580055/Some-former-Post-Office-staff-should-be-jailed-over-scandal-says-government-minister">Some former Post Office staff should be jailed over scandal, says government minister</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580033/Further-extension-to-controversial-Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-inevitable">Further extension to controversial Post Office contract with Fujitsu inevitable</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580240/Civil-servants-more-to-blame-for-Post-Office-cover-up-than-ministers-says-Alan-Bates">Civil servants more to blame for Post Office cover-up than ministers, says Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580376/Subpostmasters-stealing-from-branches-didnt-make-sense-former-judge-tells-inquiry">Subpostmasters stealing from branches ‘didn’t make sense,’ former judge tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580532/Fujitsu-public-sector-contracts-dry-up-in-Post-Office-scandal-aftermath">Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580442/Former-Post-Office-executives-neglect-prolonged-Horizon-reliability-myth">Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580563/Post-Office-boss-said-subpostmasters-had-hands-in-till-and-blamed-technology-for-missing-cash">Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Alan%20Bates%20and%20JFSA%20won%E2%80%99t%20back%20down%20in%20fight%20with%20government%20and%20Post%20Office">Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Post-Office-boss-signed-off-hush-money-to-cover-up-smoking-gun">Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581297/IT-expert-who-helped-expose-Post-Office-scandal-offers-to-investigate-second-controversial-system">IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581519/Unisys-reveals-no-link-to-development-of-controversial-Post-Office-software">Unisys reveals no link to development of controversial Post Office software</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581672/Post-Office-lawyer-was-a-jack-of-all-trades-but-failed-his-own">Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581777/Fujitsu-UK-to-cut-UK-jobs-as-Post-Office-scandal-fallout-hits-sales">Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581895/Expert-investigating-Capture-system-refuses-to-meet-untrustworthy-Post-Office">Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581954/Post-Office-boss-used-husbands-descriptions-in-Orwellian-ploy-to-downplay-Horizon-problems">Post Office boss used husband’s descriptions in 'Orwellian' ploy to downplay Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582013/Lords-debate-amendment-to-law-on-use-of-computer-evidence-in-light-of-Post-Office-scandal">Lords debate amendment to law on use of computer evidence in light of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582214/More-evidence-emerges-that-Post-Office-executive-misled-High-Court-judge">More evidence emerges that Post Office executive misled High Court judge</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582332/Post-Office-lied-to-subpostmasters-when-forced-to-meet-them-says-former-federation-representative">Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582452/Post-Office-scheme-was-a-charade-that-never-intended-for-large-compensation-pay-outs">Post Office scheme was a ‘charade’ that never intended for large compensation pay-outs</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582732/Post-Office-misjudged-campaigner-it-labelled-a-bluffer">Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583159/Post-Office-investigators-saw-subpostmasters-as-enemies-and-thats-what-they-became">Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583452/Post-Office-legal-boss-withheld-details-from-statutory-body-reviewing-miscarriages-of-justice">Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583303/Police-told-in-2016-that-Post-Office-prosecutor-withheld-evidence-of-Horizon-errors-from-court">Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583912/Fujitsus-Post-Office-Horizon-admission-was-bombshell-amid-religious-panic-over-reliability">Fujitsu Post Office system admission was ‘bombshell’ to barrister</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases</a></li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584740/Scotlands-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-exonerated-en-masse">Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585307/Comms-director-at-centre-of-cover-up-never-thought-Post-Office-were-the-baddies">Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584810/Post-Office-IT-boss-failed-to-raise-concern-over-false-Horizon-statements">Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585694/Post-Office-considered-asking-Computer-Weekly-to-review-Horizon-IT-system">Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585733/Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-didnt-believe-there-were-miscarriages-of-justice-inquiry-told">Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585779/The-fall-from-grace-of-ex-priest-and-Post-Office-boss-Paula-Vennells">The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585812/Post-Office-directors-went-crawling-back-to-Fujitsu-when-IBM-project-got-complex">Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585863/You-knew-former-ally-accused-Paula-Vennells-of-knowing-about-Horizon-problems">'You knew' - former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586015/Third-police-probe-into-Post-Office-scandal-under-consideration">Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586256/Government-was-aware-of-Post-Office-strategy-to-fight-subpostmasters">Government knew of Post Office plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586242/Paula-Vennells-boasted-about-removing-Horizon-risk-reference-in-Royal-Mail-flotation-prospectus">Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586358/Over-700-wrongful-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned-by-new-legislation">Over 700 subpostmasters exonerated by new legislation</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586398/Post-Office-scandal-Met-Police-investigation-set-to-go-national">Met Police investigation set to go national</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586399/Government-appoints-investigators-to-analyse-Post-Office-Capture-software-used-before-Horizon">Government appoints investigators to analyse Post Office Capture software used before Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586814/Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-project-labelled-unachievable-as-taxpayer-bill-reaches-1bn">Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587174/Fujitsu-set-for-further-180m-deal-as-Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-delayed">Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587652/Post-Office-bosses-misled-subpostmasters-day-before-IT-project-problems-exposed">Post Office bosses misled subpostmasters a day before IT project problems were exposed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587793/Subpostmasters-consider-legal-action-against-government-in-pursuit-of-financial-redress">Subpostmasters may take legal action against government in pursuit of financial redress</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587816/Post-Office-chair-was-aware-of-Horizon-concerns-from-day-one">Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587837/Mystery-Post-Office-software-developer-revealed-in-1995-Horizon-project-document">Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587935/Fujitsu-had-Post-Office-over-a-barrel-inquiry-told">Fujitsu had Post Office ‘over a barrel’, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588592/Post-Office-Capture-software-training-deficit-echoes-systemic-Horizon-problems">Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588662/IT-witness-hidden-away-from-Post-Office-court-battle-supported-it-from-shadows">IT witness was hidden away from Post Office court battle, but supported it from shadows</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588932/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-have-convictions-quashed">Post Office scandal victims in Scotland have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588822/Once-ridiculed-Post-Office-scandal-campaigner-Alan-Bates-receives-knighthood">Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589578/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-had-tense-relationship-but-were-joined-at-hip-when-protecting-their-brands">Post Office and Fujitsu had tense relationship, but were joined at hip when protecting their brands</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589422/Sir-Alan-Bates-hits-out-at-Post-Office-incompetence-after-data-breach">Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589716/Metropolitan-Police-set-to-investigate-one-of-its-own-staff-in-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589563/Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-Gareth-Jenkins-resigns-BCS-membership">Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589775/Numbers-prove-former-subpostmaster-federation-bosss-ignorance-over-Post-Office-scandal">Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366591596/Ignorance-of-legal-niceties-from-Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-saw-innocent-people-jailed">Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366590300/Experts-shocked-by-extraordinary-claim-made-by-Post-Office-IT-expert-witness">Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness</a>.</li> <li>June 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592093/Former-Fujitsu-engineer-says-Post-Office-trapped-him-into-giving-incomplete-evidence">Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592443/Former-Post-Office-chair-regrets-keeping-critical-Horizon-report-secret">Former Post Office chair 'regrets' keeping critical Horizon report secret</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592775/Sir-Alan-Bates-welcomes-MPs-elevation-to-House-of-Lords">Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592917/Government-left-monitoring-of-Post-Office-to-luck">Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593212/Civil-servant-was-lone-voice-on-Post-Office-board-to-query-legal-plan-that-blew-taxpayers-cash">Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers’ cash</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593732/Civil-servant-said-subpostmasters-threat-of-legal-action-was-sabre-rattling">Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593992/Fujitsu-analyst-gave-witness-statements-when-more-qualified-colleagues-refused">Fujitsu analyst gave witness statements when more qualified colleagues refused</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596078/Government-trusted-abuser-over-the-abused-on-Post-Office-scandal">Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596372/Ed-Davey-and-Jo-Swinson-handled-by-civil-servants-in-Post-Office-cover-up-says-Sir-Alan-Bates">Ed Davey and Jo Swinson ‘handled’ by civil servants in Post Office cover-up, says Sir Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596397/Former-minster-felt-she-was-fighting-department-over-Post-Office-controversy">Former minister felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596559/Post-Office-acted-the-victim-and-civil-servants-abandoned-their-principles-says-former-minister">Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366598430/Vince-Cable-says-the-Post-Office-lied-to-the-government-over-Horizon-issues">Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599254/Government-commits-at-least-540m-to-financial-redress-for-wrongfully-convicted-Post-Office-staff">Government commits at least £540m to financial redress for wrongfully convicted Post Office staff</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599673/Post-Office-scandal-Phases-5-and-6-had-islands-of-conscientiousness-in-great-depths-of-neglect">Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366603062/Post-Office-brings-in-new-IT-chief-as-it-awaits-funding-for-Horizon-replacement">Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366605718/Post-Office-systems-crash-hits-collapsing-Horizon-system">Post Office systems crash hits 'collapsing' Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366608479/Post-Office-apologises-for-IT-problem-text-alert-that-was-never-sent">Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609561/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-malevolence-and-incompetence-means-huge-final-taxpayers-bill">Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence means huge taxpayers’ bill</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609960/Post-Office-scandal-victims-given-route-to-appeal-unfair-financial-settlements">Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610126/Fujitsu-cuts-annual-staff-pay-rise-as-Post-Office-scandal-bites">Fujitsu UK staff won’t receive annual pay rise as Post Office scandal bites</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609946/Under-pressure-Post-Office-botches-hardware-procurement-in-project-to-replace-error-prone-system">Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610515/Government-receives-report-on-second-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system">Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610815/Fujitsu-loses-50m-in-sales-after-Post-Office-scandal-furore">Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611132/Post-Office-chief-executive-Nick-Read-quits">Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611257/Post-Office-scandal-victim-becomes-first-to-receive-600000-under-new-redress-scheme">Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611555/Post-Office-system-still-causing-unexplained-Horizon-shortfalls-for-half-of-subpostmasters">Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611383/Fujitsu-addresses-financial-challenge-doubts-over-commitment-to-righting-Post-Office-wrongs">Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611619/Post-Office-IT-departments-focus-on-chasing-a-discount-meant-botched-procurement">Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611835/Post-Office-IT-procurement-mess-saw-35m-spent-on-air-conditioner-says-board-member">Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612032/Fujitsu-accused-of-paying-lip-service-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612054/Subpostmasters-living-years-with-disputed-but-unresolved-debts-to-the-Post-Office-inquiry-told">Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611858/More-parallels-between-Post-Office-Capture-and-Horizon-scandal-revealed">More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed</a>.</li> <li>September 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612292/Investigation-finds-reasonable-likelihood-Post-Office-Capture-software-caused-accounting-losses">Investigation finds ‘reasonable likelihood’ Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612692/Post-Office-spending-80000-a-week-on-engineers-who-cant-work-as-IT-project-burns-cash">Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612637/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-from-blood-brothers-to-bad-blood">Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612718/Late-evidence-in-Post-Office-Capture-investigation-could-not-be-reviewed">Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612738/Post-Office-recruiting-tech-savvy-board-member-amid-unravelling-IT-disaster">Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612666/Post-Office-senior-executive-suspended-over-allegations-of-destroying-evidence">Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612955/Whistleblowers-call-out-ongoing-cover-up-by-Post-Office-CEO-in-explosive-letter">Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612789/Post-Office-boss-Nick-Read-Inadequate-greedy-and-self-interested-whistleblowers-tell-inquiry">Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612938/Can-the-Post-Office-project-to-replace-Horizon-be-rescued">Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?</a></li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612944/Post-Office-IT-transformation-project-was-set-up-to-fail-chairman-tells-inquiry">Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613118/Under-fire-Nick-Read-was-unprepared-for-Post-Office-challenge">Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613372/Post-Office-dragging-its-feet-getting-rid-of-tainted-staff-despite-government-green-light">Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613500/Post-Office-believes-it-took-36m-from-subpostmasters-with-unexplained-losses">Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613496/Post-Office-set-to-axe-in-house-development-for-NBIT-software">Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613852/Former-police-officer-heading-Post-Office-operations-dd-nothing-to-help-innocent-subpostmasters">Former police officer heading Post Office operations did nothing to help innocent subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2014:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613894/Sir-Alan-Bates-tells-prime-minister-to-guarantee-Post-Office-scandal-victim-redress-by-March-2025">Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614033/Met-Police-investigating-senior-Post-Office-worker-over-evidence-destruction-allegation">Met Police investigating senior Post Office worker over evidence destruction allegation</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614193/Late-evidence-review-doesnt-change-Post-office-Capture-system-report">Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613941/Post-Office-worker-who-allegedly-told-staff-to-destroy-evidence-could-return-as-police-investigate">Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return to work</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613750/Former-Post-Office-IT-boss-alleged-to-have-misrepresented-alternative-to-in-house-build">Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614104/Change-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-will-be-an-outcome-of-Post-Office-scandal">Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614435/Federation-requests-government-investigation-into-third-Post-Office-branch-system">Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614572/Warning-shots-fired-as-former-subpostmasters-have-useful-meeting-with-Post-Office-CEO">Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614227/Government-urged-to-overturn-all-convictions-based-on-Post-Office-Capture">Government ‘urged’ to overturn all convictions based on Post Office Capture</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614717/Who-is-the-subject-of-the-Post-Offices-Project-Tiger-investigation">Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?</a></li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614808/No-simple-replacement-to-digital-evidence-rules-says-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judge">No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614811/Fujitsu-boss-to-face-tough-reappearance-at-Post-Office-inquiry-following-inaction-and-sidestepping">Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614725/Post-Office-scandal-affected-relationships-of-two-thirds-of-victims">Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614908/Governments-600000-offer-to-Horizon-scandal-victims-was-political">Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was ‘political’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615136/Botched-Post-Office-website-upgrade-caused-serious-data-breach">Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615163/Post-Office-was-reluctant-to-cut-costs-despite-143-central-staff-earning-more-than-100k">Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615244/Post-Office-appointing-third-party-reviewer-of-current-Horizon-system">Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615285/Post-Office-wrongly-used-public-funds-to-pay-for-legal-battle">Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615381/Government-announces-Green-Paper-on-future-of-scandal-ridden-Post-Office">Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615494/Post-Office-scandal-not-caused-by-software-errors-says-combative-Fujitsu-boss">Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615655/Post-Office-requested-four-year-Horizon-extension-as-Fujitsu-boss-arrived-at-public-inquiry">Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615973/Post-Office-to-decide-on-Horizon-before-April-Fujitsu-board-considers-final-contract-extension">Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615957/Post-Office-IT-boss-calls-for-subpostmasters-to-judge-him-on-his-actions">Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615956/Post-Office-scandal-Inquirys-final-phase-exposes-dysfunction-past-and-present">Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615867/Post-Office-is-paying-lawyers-too-much-admits-minister">Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616054/Subpostmasters-hit-by-Post-Office-scandal-plan-to-meet-over-nuclear-option">Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over ‘nuclear option’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616132/Post-Office-project-taking-control-of-Horizon-data-from-Fujitsu-as-part-of-messy-split">Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616292/Fujitsu-snubbed-on-private-sector-deal-with-Centrica-due-to-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616319/Government-looking-into-third-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616259/Convictions-of-Post-Office-Capture-system-users-to-be-reviewed-by-statutory-body">Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616303/Post-Office-scandal-How-much-deeper-and-wider-can-it-get">Post Office scandal: How much deeper and wider can it get?</a></li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616357/Post-Office-scandal-redress-echoes-Windrush-compensation-problems">Post Office scandal redress echoes Windrush compensation problems</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616230/Post-Office-Capture-users-invited-to-pivotal-meeting-with-government">Post Office Capture users invited to pivotal meeting with government</a>.</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616467/Fujitsus-charity-boss-made-redundant-while-Post-Office-scandal-victims-await-support">Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616872/Post-Office-Fujitsu-contract-extended-by-a-year-as-decision-time-looms">Post Office Fujitsu contract extended by a year as decision time looms</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616977/Post-Office-senior-leadership-warned-of-IT-project-data-safeguarding-risk">Post Office senior leadership warned of IT project data safeguarding risk</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616881/Controversial-Horizon-system-to-remain-in-Post-Office-branches-as-part-of-tech-fusion-says-source">Controversial Horizon system to remain in Post Office branches as part of tech ‘fusion’, says source</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617072/Police-not-ruling-any-person-or-crime-out-of-Post-Office-scandal-investigation">Police not ruling any person or crime out of Post Office scandal investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617123/Post-Office-weaponised-IT-system-in-most-extensive-and-prolonged-miscarriage">Post Office ‘weaponised’ IT system in most ‘extensive and prolonged’ miscarriage</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617280/Government-promises-redress-and-justice-to-Post-Office-Capture-system-users">Government promises redress and justice to Post Office Capture system users</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617366/Post-Office-creates-CTO-role-to-support-extensive-and-complex-plans">Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617210/Post-Office-IT-department-fired-and-rehired-friends-at-exorbitant-rates-says-former-HR-chief">Post Office IT department fired and rehired ‘friends’ at ‘exorbitant’ rates, says former HR chief</a>.</li> <li>December 2024:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617418/Post-Office-scandal-campaigners-awarded-OBEs-in-New-Year-Honours-List">Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617566/Sir-Alan-Bates-has-serious-concerns-over-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-budget">Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617586/Post-Office-staff-list-14-scandal-stained-individuals-who-should-have-honours-stripped">Post Office staff list 14 scandal-stained individuals who should have honours stripped</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617800/Former-subpostmasters-invited-to-take-part-in-Post-Office-Capture-compensation-scheme-development">Former subpostmasters invited to take part in Post Office Capture compensation scheme development</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617852/Post-Office-scandal-stained-Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-cut-costs-amid-widening-UK-losses">Post Office scandal-stained Fujitsu orders staff to cut costs amid widening UK losses</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618072/Subpostmasters-wont-get-financial-redress-until-mid-2027-at-current-rate-of-progress">Subpostmasters won’t get financial redress until mid-2027 at current rate of progress</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618206/Government-calls-for-expert-views-on-computer-evidence-to-learn-lesson-from-Post-Office-scandal">Government calls for expert views on computer evidence to learn lesson from Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618322/Review-of-legal-rule-on-computer-evidence-long-overdue-say-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618678/Government-failed-to-provide-accurate-cost-of-Post-Office-scandal-compensation">Government failed to provide accurate cost of Post Office scandal compensation</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619235/CCRC-reviewing-17-Post-Office-convictions-with-potential-Capture-software-involvement">CCRC reviewing 17 Post Office convictions with potential Capture software involvement</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619651/Positive-steps-in-redress-for-Post-Office-Capture-victims">’Positive steps’ in redress for Post Office Capture victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619440/Fujitsus-600m-plus-prize-with-His-Majestys-cash-cow-in-2025">Fujitsu’s £600m-plus prize with His Majesty’s ‘cash cow’ in 2025</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619680/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-cough-up-300m-interim-payment-towards-Post-Office-scandal-bill">Peer demands Fujitsu cough up £300m interim payment towards Post Office scandal bill</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619806/Post-Office-makes-first-official-apology-to-Capture-users">Post Office makes first official apology to Capture users</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619960/Metropolitan-Police-concern-puts-brakes-on-Post-Office-Horizon-data-migration">Metropolitan Police concern puts brakes on Post Office Horizon data migration</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620536/Government-announcement-on-Fujitsu-talks-add-vague-words-and-no-interim-payment">Government announcement on Fujitsu talks add ‘vague words’ and no interim payment</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620384/Post-Office-scandal-data-leak-interim-compensation-offers-made">Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620854/Minister-asks-for-evidence-of-Post-Office-ECCO-system-problems">Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620988/Former-subpostmaster-to-sue-Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-for-judgment-obtained-by-fraud">Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620910/Government-considering-redress-scheme-for-families-of-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621213/MPs-demand-government-reconsider-response-to-Post-Office-compensation-report">MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621280/Kroll-reviewing-Post-Office-Horizons-current-integrity-and-discrepancy-identification?_gl=1*2lgjm8*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0MzAwMjQ2Ny4xMy4xLjE3NDMwMDYxMzMuMC4wLjA.">Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification</a>.</li> <li>March 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621762/Experts%20question%20court%E2%80%99s%20rejection%20of%20former%20Post%20Office%20manager%E2%80%99s%20Horizon%20appeal">Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621786/Scottish-support-group-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-launched">Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621800/Post-Office-Capture-and-ECCO-users-asked-to-make-contact-with-Scottish-statutory-body">Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622017/Post-Office-cant-find-evidence-for-over-1000-Horizon-scandal-redress-claimants">Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622179/Post-Office-gets-extra-136m-towards-tech-transformation-as-clock-ticks-on-Horizon?_gl=1*pgbh5m*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0NDM2MTEwNy43MS4xLjE3NDQzNjU0NzkuMC4wLjA.">Post Office gets extra £136m towards tech transformation as clock ticks on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622421/More-than-100-Horizon-victims-are-challenging-Post-Office-offers-on-complex-claims">More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623124/Fujitsu-UK-staff-will-get-bonus-despite-Post-Office-scandal-fallout">Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623342/Progress-made-on-governments-Post-Office-Capture-redress-but-concerns-remain">Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623751/Evidence-reveals-Post-Office-scandal-victims-short-changed-in-compensation-payouts">Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://preview.pg.techtarget.com:8080/techtarget-ecm/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=41368aed229c6910VgnVCM1000003f80a50aRCRD&amp;vgnextchannel=006c165cad300310VgnVCM1000000d01c80aRCRD&amp;vgnextfmt=default&amp;appInstanceName=default&amp;_dc=1747403318234&amp;vgnextrefresh=1">Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623902/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-to-publish-first-findings-this-summer">Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624021/Post-Office-performs-costly-30-year-U-turn-on-Horizon">Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624005/Botched-Post-Office-IT-projects-continue-to-drain-public-purse">Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624141/Fujitsu-raked-in-80m-from-HMRC-in-March-alone-despite-Post-Office-scandal">Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624967/Post-Office-slammed-after-deleting-social-media-comments-on-IT-scandal">Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625541/Compensation-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims-reaches-1bn-milestone">Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625793/HMRC-paid-Fujitsu-315m-last-year-but-Post-Office-scandal-suppliers-UK-business-faces-gradual-de">HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626068/Government-announces-details-of-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme">Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626318/Report-on-integrity-of-the-current-Post-Office-Horizon-system-due-in-Autumn">Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626532/Wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters-may-have-to-wait-another-year-for-redress">MPs say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://informaplc-my.sharepoint.com/personal/karl_flinders_informa_com/Documents/Desktop/Desktop/All%20stuff%20from%20desktops/Working%20on/The%20national%20police%20investigation%20into%20crimes%20related%20to%20the%20Post%20Office%20scandal%20expects%20the%20number%20of%20suspects%20to%20continue%20to%20rise">Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626737/Fujitsus-grip-on-HMRC-loosening-but-bags-of-taxpayer-cash-still-to-be-made">Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627174/Post-Office-inquiry-chair-cannot-rule-out-scandal-caused-13-suicides">Post Office inquiry chair ‘cannot rule out’ scandal caused 13 suicides</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627634/Former-Post-Office-staff-in-Horizon-replacement-bid-team">Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627641/Home-Office-dumps-Fujitsu-from-IT-services-contract">Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627820/Fujitsu-outage-crashes-Post-Office-Horizon-system">Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627933/Peer-warns-IT-suppliers-against-partnering-Fujitsu-in-government-contracts">Peer warns suppliers against partnering Fujitsu in contracts</a>.</li> <li>July 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628045/Post-Office-will-not-compensate-subpostmasters-for-IT-outage">Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629119/Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-retain-Post-Office-related-documentation-as-it-braces-for-legal-action">Fujitsu tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629672/Metropolitan-Police-contract-with-Fujitsu-is-potential-conflict-of-interest-amid-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629917/Subpostmaster-federation-accepted-money-from-Fujitsu-in-run-up-to-High-Court-Post-Office-trial">Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629933/Police-investigation-into-Post-Office-scandal-to-cost-more-than-50m">Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m</a>.</li> <li>August 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630000/Home-Office-Fujitsu-contract-is-de-facto-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-police-probe">Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630253/Fujitsus-roots-in-government-go-too-deep">Post Office scandal supplier’s roots in government go too deep</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630262/Depression-anxiety-PTSD-and-suicidal-thoughts-Post-Office-victims-speak-out">Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630443/Fujitsu-braced-for-double-digit-decline-triggered-by-foolish-display-of-legal-machismo">Internally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630772/Post-Office-Horizon-accounts-are-still-a-mess-and-replacement-system-is-years-away">Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away</a>.</li> <li>September 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631595/Post-Office-Capture-appeals-slowed-by-poor-records">Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632434/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-pay-700m-in-interim-as-it-prepares-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Peer demands Fujitsu pay £700m in interim as it prepares response to Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632424/Fujitsu-boss-said-Post-Office-inquiry-report-wasnt-that-bad-despite-link-to-suicides">Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632706/Shameless-Fujitsu-boss-confident-firm-will-be-back-in-good-books-in-18-months">Shameless Fujitsu boss confident firm will be back in ‘good books’ in 18 months</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632837/CCRC-formally-sends-Post-Office-Capture-referral-to-Court-of-Appeal">CCRC formally sends Post Office Capture referral to Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633555/Government-awards-Post-Office-2m-contract-to-search-for-its-own-Capture-records">Government awards Post Office £2m contract to search for its own Capture records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633678/Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme-went-down-like-lead-balloon-and-is-discriminatory">Post Office Capture redress scheme ‘went down like lead balloon’ and is ‘discriminatory’</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633625/Peer-angry-as-sales-figures-suggest-Fujitsu-has-weathered-Post-Office-scandal-storm">Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm</a>.</li> <li>October 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633589/Investigator-warns-Post-Office-inquiry-about-Horizon-defect-at-large-for-years">Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634214/Unearthed-report-reveals-source-of-Post-Offices-tenuous-Capture-sales-pitch">Unearthed report reveals source of Post Office’s tenuous Capture sales pitch</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634300/Post-Office-extends-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-in-41m-deal">Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634434/Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-has-option-to-extend-into-2028">Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634551/Fujitsu-milks-110m-from-HMRC-in-six-months-with-hardly-a-public-stir">Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634756/Subpostmaster-was-told-no-jury-would-believe-Post-Office-had-dodgy-computer">Research says wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice</a>.</li> <li>November 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635237/CCRC-refers-case-based-on-third-faulty-Post-Office-system">CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635600/Former-Post-Office-legal-boss-wont-escape-police-reach">Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635602/Post-Office-scandal-could-widen-to-thousands-more-branches-after-third-system-appeal">Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635620/Post-Office-finally-investigates-Horizon-defect-but-investigator-slams-comms-strategy">Subpostmaster and investigator met the Post Office over Horizon defect raised six years earlier</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635582/Post-Office-avoids-1m-fine-over-botched-website-upgrade-data-breach">Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635668/Fujitsu-police-contract-complicates-Post-Office-investigation">Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636272/Fujitsu-underestimated-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Following pressure from Computer Weekly and forensic investigator, the Post Office has warned subpostmasters about Horizon defect potentially at large for over 20 years https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/HERO-Gefahr-Miftakhul-red-error-message-Adobe-02.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636563/Post-Office-six-years-late-to-warn-subpostmasters-about-Horizon-defect Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:15:00 GMT <p>Two recently disclosed vulnerabilities discovered in Fortinet’s product portfolio have prompted a pre-holiday warning for defenders after being added to the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Known Exploited Vulnerabilities</a> (KEV) catalogue run by the US’ national cyber agency this week.</p> <p>The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, enable a threat actor to bypass FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication via a maliciously crafted security assertion markup language (SAML) message. <a href="https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-647" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Fortinet</a>, they are present in multiple versions of FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager.</p> <p>It should be noted that while the vulnerable feature is not enabled by default in factory settings, it does activate automatically if and when a device is registered to the FortiCare tech service via the GUI unless the customer admin has explicitly opted out of this.</p> <p>In a statement, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said: “This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses significant risks to the federal enterprise.”</p> <p>Initially reported by Fortinet on 9 December, multiple third parties are now reporting exploitation activity in progress against CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/etr-critical-vulnerabilities-in-fortinet-cve-2025-59718-cve-2025-59719-exploited-in-the-wild/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Rapid7 analysts</a> – who have been trapping multiple exploit attempts against its honeypots after a proof-of-concept exploit was posted to GitHub, many of the observed attacks have seen attackers authenticate as the admin user and immediately download the target’s system configuration file – these can often hold hashed credentials.</p> <p>“As a result, any organisation with indicators of compromise [IOCs] must assume credential exposure and respond accordingly. A vendor patch is available, and organisations can also take immediate defensive action by disabling FortiCloud SSO administrative login while remediation efforts are underway,” said the Rapid7 team.</p> <p><a href="https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-malicious-sso-logins-following-disclosure-cve-2025-59718-cve-2025-59719/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arctic Wolf researchers said</a> that besides applying the available updates from Fortinet, organisations finding that they are affected should reset their firewall credentials as a precaution, on the basis that they may have been compromised and exfiltrated, and limit access to firewall and virtual private network (VPN) appliances to trusted internal users.</p> <p>As its products are deeply embedded in many networks Fortinet is frequently targeted by threat actors as an initial access point to their victims’ wider IT environments, so further attempts against the latest pair of flaws are considered highly likely.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Christmas presents"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Christmas presents</h2> <p>Besides the Fortinet authentication bypass issues, CISA has added a few more high-profile flaws to the KEV catalogue in the run-up to the festive break.</p> <p>These include CVE-2025-69374, an embedded malicious code vulnerability that has arisen in ASUS Live Update after unauthorised modifications were made in a supply chain cyber attack.</p> <p>Multiple Cisco products, including AsyncOS software, Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email, and Web Manager appliances are at risk from an input validation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20393, via which a threat actor may be able to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.</p> <p>Finally, SonicWall users should address CVE-2025-40602, a missing authorisation flaw enabling privilege escalation on the appliance management console of SMA1000 series secure access gateways.</p> <p>At the time of writing, none of the above-listed vulnerabilities have been observed being used in ransomware attacks.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about patch management</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Timely patch management should be crucial in any organisation, but too often it goes by the wayside. Automating the process may offer a path forward <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Automated-patch-management-A-proactive-way-to-stay-ahead-of-threats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for hard-pressed cyber defenders</a>.</li> <li>The final Patch Tuesday update of 2025 brings 56 new CVEs, bringing the year-end total <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636275/Microsoft-patched-over-1100-CVEs-in-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to more than 1,100</a>.</li> <li>Microsoft this year added WSUS to its deprecation list. Now that the battle-tested patch management tool's days are numbered, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/tip/The-Microsoft-patch-management-guide-for-admins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what are the alternatives from the company? </a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/update-keyboard-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636678/Fortinet-vulns-prompt-pre-holiday-warnings Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:42:00 GMT <p>Saudi Arabia’s largest telecoms operator, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617629/Nokia-stc-conclude-1Tbps-data-centre-connectivity-test" target="_blank" rel="noopener">STC Group</a>, has reinforced its long-term network strategy with a five-year framework agreement with Ericsson, signalling a renewed push to scale advanced 5G capabilities while laying the groundwork for future 6G services.</p> <p>The Master Frame Agreement (MFA) extends a partnership that dates back more than a decade and underpinned some of the kingdom’s earliest 5G deployments. This latest phase reflects a shift in focus from rapid coverage expansion towards network intelligence, automation and service differentiation, which are key pillars of Saudi Arabia’s wider digital transformation agenda under <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366541853/Saudi-Arabias-Vision-2030-Progress-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vision 2030</a>.</p> <p>Rather than a single technology upgrade, the agreement spans multiple layers of the network stack. It covers radio hardware and software, cloud-native platforms, advanced network management and AI-driven managed services, as well as infrastructure support that includes third-party components. The breadth of scope highlights how operators are increasingly treating network modernisation as a continuous capability-building exercise rather than a series of discrete rollouts.</p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">“This long-term agreement with Ericsson reinforces STC’s commitment to driving digital transformation and innovation in Saudi Arabia,” said Abdullah M. Alowini, supply chain vice-president at STC Group. “By leveraging advanced technologies, we aim to deliver cutting-edge connectivity that empowers our customers, accelerates enterprise innovation, and supports the kingdom’s ambition to build a globally competitive digital economy.”&nbsp;</span></p> <p>At the radio access level, STC plans to accelerate deployment of technologies such as 5G Standalone (SA), 5G Advanced and Massive MIMO. These capabilities are seen as essential for unlocking features beyond basic mobile broadband, including lower latency, higher uplink performance and more deterministic quality of service. Ericsson’s Radio System portfolio will form a core part of this expansion, building on existing sites and spectrum assets.</p> <p>Cloud-native architecture is another central theme of the agreement. As networks become more software-driven, operators are increasingly adopting containerised, cloud-based platforms to improve scalability and resilience. For STC, this approach supports faster introduction of new services and more flexible capacity management, while also aligning with national ambitions to build a digitally native economy.</p> <p>Operational efficiency is also a key driver. Through expanded use of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633684/Ericsson-and-SAR-unite-to-drive-5G-powered-rail-transformation-in-Saudi-Arabia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ericsson’s</a> managed services and AI-assisted network management tools, STC aims to move towards more autonomous operations. Self-optimising network functions can dynamically adjust parameters such as capacity, energy consumption and fault resolution, reducing manual intervention and improving overall service quality.</p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Håkan Cervell, vice-president and head of Ericsson Saudi Arabia, added: “We know how committed STC Group is to ensure that Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 becomes a reality. We share that commitment and will continue to work closely and productively with STC to deliver digital infrastructure to drive innovation and economic competitiveness goals – both for STC as a valued customer and for the vital role they have to make Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 a reality.”</span></p> <p>From a strategic perspective, the agreement positions STC to address rapidly growing traffic demand across both consumer and enterprise segments. Data usage in Saudi Arabia continues to rise sharply, driven by video, cloud services and emerging applications such as immersive media and IoT. At the same time, enterprises are demanding connectivity with clearer performance guarantees rather than best-effort delivery.</p> <p>Looking further ahead, both parties emphasised that today’s investments are also about readiness for what comes next. While 6G standards remain several years away, concepts such as cognitive networks, AI-native design and extreme performance requirements are already influencing how operators architect their networks. By adopting cloud-native platforms and automation at scale now, STC is seeking to avoid costly redesigns later.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Saudi Vision 2030</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Progress report. Halfway into its plan to give the country a makeover by 2030, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366541853/Saudi-Arabias-Vision-2030-Progress-report">Saudi Arabia’s emphasis on technology is starting to pay off</a>.</li> <li>Black Hat MEA: Saudi Vision 2030 fuels surge in cyber security innovation. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635520/Black-Hat-MEA-Saudi-Vision-2030-fuels-surge-in-cyber-security-innovation">Global cyber firms are racing to support the kingdom’s mega-projects</a>, but building trusted partnerships remains key, says Exabeam CEO Pete Harteveld.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Five-year framework agreement focuses on cloud-native networks, AI-driven operations and advanced 5G capabilities as the operator aligns infrastructure investment with Vision 2030 goals https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/Riyadh-City-Saudi-Arabia-Wasim-Alnahlawi-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636560/Saudia-Arabias-stc-commits-to-five-year-network-upgrade-programme-with-Ericsson Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:25:00 GMT <p>Zain Omantel International (ZOI), working alongside Zain Kuwait and a consortium of healthcare and technology partners, has enabled a Guinness World Record-breaking remote <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-journey-to-human-machine-symbiosis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robotic surgery</a> spanning more than 12,000km between Kuwait and Brazil. The landmark procedure demonstrates how purpose-built, ultra-low latency networks are moving digital healthcare from pilot projects to real-world, mission-critical use.</p> <p>The operation involved a surgical team based at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital in Kuwait performing a live robotic procedure on a patient located at Hospital Cruz Vermelha in Brazil. The achievement set a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance ever travelled by a surgeon to a patient during a remote surgery.</p> <p>At the heart of the operation was a carefully engineered international and local network designed to deliver the resilience, stability and predictable performance required for live telesurgery. ZOI provided the international transport services across a route linking Kuwait, Marseille and São Paulo (Equinix SP4), while <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525446/Zain-Kuwait-taps-Accedian-Cisco-for-unparalleled-network-performance-monitoring-and-analytics">Zain Kuwait</a> delivered the local access networks connecting the hospital and surgical systems.</p> <p>The joint networking strategy achieved an end-to-end latency of just 199 milliseconds, an average bandwidth of 80Mbps, and a packet loss of only 0.19%. These metrics are critical in robotic surgery, where even small delays or inconsistencies can affect precision and safety. The near-real-time performance allowed surgeons to control the robotic system as if they were physically present with the patient, despite the vast geographical separation.</p> <p>The project was delivered in collaboration with Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MOH), the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, and international clinical and technology partners. A Guinness World Records representative attended the press conference at Zain Kuwait’s headquarters to formally present certificates to the Minister of Health, the surgical team, Zain and KFAS, confirming the record-setting achievement by teams in Kuwait and Brazil.</p> <p>Beyond the record itself, the surgery serves as a practical demonstration of how telecommunications infrastructure is becoming a foundational enabler of advanced digital healthcare. Remote robotic surgery has long been discussed as a way to address shortages of specialist skills, improve access to care in remote regions and support faster emergency interventions. However, its widespread adoption depends on networks capable of delivering consistent, low-latency performance at a global scale.</p> <p>“ZOI’s strategic investment in digital infrastructure that directly enables local innovations at a global scale provides a foundation for connecting low-latency applications and services across the globe,” said Sohail Qadir, CEO of Zain Omantel International. “This is what coordinated delivery with local access and international backbone can achieve.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about technology in Kuwait:</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525446/Zain-Kuwait-taps-Accedian-Cisco-for-unparalleled-network-performance-monitoring-and-analytics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zain Kuwait taps Accedian, Cisco for ‘unparalleled’ network performance monitoring and analytics</a>: Middle East mobile voice and data services operator deploys automated assurance network technology to boost customer experience of performance and availability.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-CIO-challenges-brought-by-e-commerce-in-Kuwait" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The CIO challenges brought by e-commerce in Kuwait</a>: E-commerce is growing fast in Kuwait, resulting in new challenges for CIOs in the retail sector.</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>The surgery was performed on a live production network using a route purpose-built for predictable latency, with multiple diverse paths on standby to ensure continuity in case of disruption. According to ZOI, this approach reflects how networks supporting critical applications must be engineered and operated differently from traditional best-effort connectivity.</p> <p>“This level of precision over 12,000km is only possible when every part of the network is engineered and operated for consistent low-latency performance,” said Qadir. “Our role was to ensure a stable, predictable international route so the surgical team could focus on the patient while we took accountability for the network.”</p> <p>For ZOI and Zain Kuwait, the project also underlines how telecommunications providers are positioning themselves beyond connectivity, as partners in national digital transformation agendas. While healthcare is an obvious use case, the same network principles apply to other latency-sensitive applications, including industrial automation, immersive collaboration and real-time AI-driven services.</p> <p>As governments and healthcare systems continue to explore digital-first models of care, the success of this record-breaking surgery suggests that the technical barriers to global telesurgery are rapidly diminishing. The focus is now shifting to how such capabilities can be scaled safely, securely and sustainably, turning a world record into a new normal for connected healthcare.</p> Zain Omantel International and Zain Kuwait deliver ultra-low latency network enabling live telesurgery between Kuwait and Brazil, highlighting the role of advanced connectivity in digital healthcare transformation https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/artificial-intelligence-robot-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636558/From-Kuwait-to-Brazil-Inside-the-network-behind-real-time-robotic-surgery Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:15:00 GMT <p>I will remember 2025 as the year when <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628359/Agentic-AI-a-target-rich-zone-for-cyber-attackers-in-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI agents became the key vulnerability</a>, identity threats pivoted from stolen passwords to convincing synthetic impersonation, and nation-states began targeting the models and data used to train AI. On top of all that, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Quantum-risk-to-quantum-readiness-A-PQC-roadmap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post-quantum cryptography</a> (PQC) moved from academic theory to a potential Millennium Bug-like risk all over again.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="AI agents became the largest unmonitored attack surface"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>AI agents became the largest unmonitored attack surface</h2> <p>The biggest and most subtle shift in 2025 wasn’t AI-driven attacks from outside; it was what happened inside enterprises. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Getting-started-with-agentic-AI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Autonomous AI agents quietly proliferated</a> across ticketing systems, CRMs, developer tools, and even cloud consoles. They operated with unclear boundaries, inconsistent logging, privileged access, and no unified governance. In effect, organisations created new 'employees' without background checks or monitoring. The novel risk wasn’t from malicious AI; it was the deployment of novel agentic technology into traditional domains to rapidly achieve ROI without establishing robust long-term security.</p> <p>For the first time, enterprises lost visibility of their attack surface not because attackers broke in, but because internal systems began making decisions faster than humans could explain them. This looks set to make 2026 an interesting year as we start to see attacks materialise on this new, unmonitored surface. The response should include treating AI agents as identity principals on par with human users, not as invisible back-end processes, and apply the concepts of least privilege, continuous authorisation, and auditable guardrails. They should also log agent actions immutably and correlate with SIEM and IAM to investigate decisions. Then there needs to be a focus on defending data and models, training, aligning models with documented policies, and red-team evaluations to test for bias, manipulation, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636155/NCSC-warns-of-confusion-over-true-nature-of-AI-prompt-injection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and prompt injection</a>.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Identity broke, and it wasn’t about passwords"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Identity broke, and it wasn’t about passwords</h2> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632056/Okta-CEO-AI-security-and-identity-security-are-one-and-the-same" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Identity compromises in 2025</a> saw a new twist with believable highly customised impersonation, where voices could be cloned from seconds of audio, emails written to match a person’s style, and deepfake content was created that survives standard security checks. The <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impersonation of a chief financial officer</a> which enabled the theft of $25m was just one example of this growing threat.</p> <p>In response, organisations should enhance staff training, provide more simulated phishing exercises, invest in solutions such as signed content provenance (cryptographic signatures, watermarks), and implement 'reject unsigned critical instructions' policies for finance, HR, and IT. Critical workflows need multi-factor verification of key instructions, especially where financial loss or regulatory scrutiny could occur. Supplier risk models should also be updated to include controls against synthetic identity compromise. Smaller companies should be extra cautious, as financial loss caused by these scams could drive a company into insolvency.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="National cyber strategy shifted from 'defend networks' to 'shape influence terrain'"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>National cyber strategy shifted from 'defend networks' to 'shape influence terrain'</h2> <p>Geopolitical risk assessments in 2025 started to recognise that state actors are poisoning AI training data, manipulating model alignment (the rules that keep models’ behaviour acceptable), and running covert influence operations to embed bias and steer outputs at scale. This means models can produce biased or unsafe decisions across borders and industries.</p> <p>One clear example is China’s DeepSeek open-source reasoning model, launched early in 2025, which disrupted global AI markets and <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/delving-dangers-deepseek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked concern over alignment</a>. Analysts noted that models trained on DeepSeek’s data began reflecting 'Chinese characteristics', silence on topics like Tiananmen Square or Taiwan, illustrating how open-source dominance can be used to export national values and priorities at scale.</p> <p>In 2026&nbsp; the sovereign AI debate will intensify as nations seek to protect their values and reduce dependence on foreign-control with the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-power-national-renewal-as-government-announces-billions-of-additional-investment-and-new-plans-to-boost-uk-businesses-jobs-and-innovation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK government recently committing billions</a> in funding towards this and US <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4192332/nsas-aisc-releases-joint-guidance-on-the-risks-and-best-practices-in-ai-data-se/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Security Agency (NSA) guidance</a> advising organisations to treat training pipelines and alignment evaluations as critical infrastructure.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The quantum shadow arrived earlier than expected"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The quantum shadow arrived earlier than expected</h2> <p>Quantum decryption is not here yet, but the operational risk already is. Attackers are stealing encrypted data today to decrypt later (harvest-now, decrypt-later), targeting backups, health records, and IP archives for decryption around 2030, when traditional cryptography is likely to become obsolete.</p> <p>Migrating to PQC should be seen as a system-wide rebuild, not a routine patch. Identity, key management, signing, authentication, firmware trust anchors, VPNs, certificates, and code signing all need replacement.</p> <p>Organisations need to take proactive steps, in line with <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/next-steps-preparing-for-post-quantum-cryptography" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCSC guidance on PQC</a>, to implement a cryptographic inventory, prioritise crown jewels with long data lifespans, plan and test hybrid periods, and involve vendors. Over the latter half of the decade, they should create a robust multi-year PQC strategy to spread the cost and prevent a rerun of the rush in 1999 to deal with the Millennium Bug.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank looks ahead</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>Anthony Young, Bridewell:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-the-security-world-in-2026">What lies in store for the security world in 2026?</a></li> <li>Dave Gerry, Bugcrowd:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Cybers-defining-lessons-of-2025-and-what-comes-next" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyber's defining lessons of 2025, and what comes next.</a></li> <li>Rik Ferguson, Forescout:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-2026-collaboration-honesty-and-humility-in-cyber-are-key">In 2026, collaboration, honesty and humility in cyber are key</a>.</li> <li>Aditya K Sood, Aryaka:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/From-trust-to-turbulence-Cybers-road-ahead-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From trust to turbulence: Cyber's road ahead in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Ellie Hurst, Advent IM:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-pros-should-prepare-for-tough-questions-on-AI-in-2026">Security pros should prepare for tough questions on AI in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Haris Pylarinos, Hack the Box:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-cyber-security-skills-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What lies in store for cyber security skills in 2026?</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-cyber-security-basics-matter-even-in-2025">In cyber security, basis matter, even in 2025.</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-three-cyber-trends-that-will-define-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The three cyber trends that will define 2026.</a></li> <li>John Bruce, Quorum Cyber:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-platform-consolidation-in-2026-The-AI-imperative">Security platform consolidation in 2026: The AI imperative.</a></li> <li>Nick New, Optalysys: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Cyber-resilience-will-define-winners-and-losers-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyber resilience will define winners and losers in 2026.</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Meeting the challenge ahead"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Meeting the challenge ahead</h2> <p>Adversaries now target the logic and data that shape decisions, not just devices or networks. That requires defences that are as automated, observable, and accountable as the AI we deploy.</p> <p>CISOs will have to balance the evolving threat landscape and increasing demand for secure digital systems with the transition to PQC-safe systems and standards. The key will be ensuring PQC is added to the five-year roadmap, allowing cost to be spread over multiple years rather than delaying until it is too late.</p> <p>2025 revealed the risks, and 2026 must deliver the controls to manage those risks.</p> <p><em>Daniel Gordon is a cyber security expert at <a href="https://www.paconsulting.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PA Consulting</a>.</em></p> </section> As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Security-Think-Tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Passwords-to-prompts-Identity-and-AI-redefined-cyber-in-2025 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:13:00 GMT <p>For business leaders, if your security strategy for 2026 still revolves around keeping attackers out, you might already be behind.</p> <p>Businesses must be prepared for every eventuality in the new year. Cyber attacks are becoming faster, more automated and far more disruptive. AI has given attackers <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628359/Agentic-AI-a-target-rich-zone-for-cyber-attackers-in-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ability to move at incredible speeds</a>, exploit vulnerabilities in seconds, and launch attacks at scale with minimal human involvement. The days of incident response teams having time to think, triage and test are long gone. But the big issue as we go into next year is what happens after the breach.</p> <p>Time and time again, we’ve seen organisations rush to restore operations at all costs, overlooking data handling. When organisations are under pressure to restore services, data protection often slips down the priority list. We’ve seen it repeatedly. Breaches at <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634121/MS-profits-tumble-after-cyber-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marks and Spencer</a> and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634441/Jaguar-Land-Rover-cyber-attack-costs-firm-485m-in-its-quarter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaguar Land Rover</a> disrupted operations for weeks and wiped billions off valuations. And the now infamous deepfake incident at Arup showed how convincingly AI can manipulate employees in real time, with the attackers reportedly walking away with $25m.</p> <p>By 2026, these situations will be normalised. Crisis rooms could be receiving conflicting information at speed while systems are partially offline. In some cases, the instructions will be from executives who aren’t real. And security leaders will be expected to make high-stakes decisions with incomplete and potentially manipulated data. 2026 will bring an even more chaotic crisis environment.</p> <p>To combat this, businesses must prioritise rapid investment and deployment of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Privacy-enhancing-technologies-myths-and-misconceptions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">privacy-enhancing technologies</a>. Secure computation is likely to become a frontline requirement, as companies look to maintain operations during crises by safely processing their most sensitive data at speed, without ever needing to decrypt it, enabling them to respond quickly without risking further exposure.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank looks ahead</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>Anthony Young, Bridewell:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-the-security-world-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What lies in store for the security world in 2026?</a></li> <li>Dave Gerry, Bugcrowd:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Cybers-defining-lessons-of-2025-and-what-comes-next">Cyber's defining lessons of 2025, and what comes next.</a></li> <li>Rik Ferguson, Forescout:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-2026-collaboration-honesty-and-humility-in-cyber-are-key" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In 2026, collaboration, honesty and humility in cyber are key</a>.</li> <li>Aditya K Sood, Aryaka:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/From-trust-to-turbulence-Cybers-road-ahead-in-2026">From trust to turbulence: Cyber's road ahead in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Ellie Hurst, Advent IM:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-pros-should-prepare-for-tough-questions-on-AI-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Security pros should prepare for tough questions on AI in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Haris Pylarinos, Hack the Box:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-cyber-security-skills-in-2026">What lies in store for cyber security skills in 2026?</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-cyber-security-basics-matter-even-in-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In cyber security, basis matter, even in 2025.</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-three-cyber-trends-that-will-define-2026">The three cyber trends that will define 2026.</a></li> <li>John Bruce, Quorum Cyber: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-platform-consolidation-in-2026-The-AI-imperative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Security platform consolidation in 2026: The AI imperative.</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>Privacy-enhancing technologies will move from a nice-to-have to operationally critical. Instead of choosing between operational continuity and data protection, organisations can now have both. Critical workloads can continue to function during an incident without exposing underlying data to additional risk. Regulators and customers alike will start to expect this level of protection as standard.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-guide-to-DORA-compliance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regulations such as DORA</a> make it explicitly clear that organisations will be measured on operational resilience, not just preventive controls. The uncomfortable truth is that breaches will still happen but downtime, data exposure and disorder will no longer be explainable or acceptable. The companies that come through best will be those that have engineered security into how their systems operate, not simply wrapped it around the edges.</p> <p><em>Dr Nick New is CEO at <a href="https://optalysys.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Optalysys</a>, a data encryption specialist.</em></p> As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Security-Think-Tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Cyber-resilience-will-define-winners-and-losers-in-2026 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:41:00 GMT <p>The safeguards in place to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) models behave appropriately and as intended appear to be improving, or so claims the UK government’s <a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/">AI Security Institute</a> (AISI), which is today launching an in-depth report drawing on <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366557161/Sunak-sets-scene-for-upcoming-AI-Safety-Summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two years of AI research and experimentation</a> in the field of cyber security and other scientific disciplines.</p> <p>The <i>Frontier AI trends report</i> is a public assessment of how advanced AI systems are evolving and is designed to provide a “clear, evidence-based” view of advanced AI systems and reinforce discussions that are all too often driven by speculation and a lack of evidence.</p> <p>“This report shows how seriously the UK takes the responsible development of AI. That means making sure protections are robust, and working directly with developers to test leading systems, find vulnerabilities and fix them before they are widely used,” said AI minister Kanishka Narayan.</p> <p>“Through the world-leading AI Security Institute, we are building scientific capability inside government to understand these systems as they evolve, not after the fact, and to raise standards across the sector,” he said.</p> <p>“This report puts evidence, not speculation, at the heart of how we think about AI, so we can unlock its benefits for growth, better public services and national renewal, while keeping trust and safety front and centre.”</p> <p>The AISI said that while every system it tested was vulnerable to some sort of bypass, and protection measures vary wildly, huge strides are still being made. One such stride has been in the length of time it took the institute’s red-teamers to find a universal jailbreak for a model’s safety rules, which increased from minutes to several hours across multiple model generations, marking a significant improvement.</p> <p>In other matters pertaining to cyber security, the AISI found that AI models working on apprentice-level cyber tasks were successful around half the time, compared with under 10% of the time just 24 months ago.</p> <p>Moreover, the duration of cyber tasks that AI systems can complete without any human direction appears to be doubling every eight months, and this year, for the first time, said the AISI, an AI model completed an expert cyber task, defined as one that a human would need <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-cyber-security-skills-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">up to 10 years of work experience</a> to accomplish themselves.</p> <p>Other key findings – unrelated to cyber security – include insight into the pace of evolution of AI models for software engineering, many of which can now complete hour-long software engineering tasks more than 40% of the time, up from 5% in 2023. And in the fields of biology and chemistry, some systems are supposedly now outperforming PhD-level researchers in scientific knowledge tests and bringing higher-level lab expertise within reach of laypeople.</p> <p>The AISI’s analysis also identified some early signs of capabilities linked to autonomy, but these were only seen in tightly controlled experimental conditions and none of the AI models tested showed harmful or spontaneous behaviour, although the institute pointed out that such factors needed to be accounted for and tracked sooner rather than later.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Supporting AI decision-makers"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Supporting AI decision-makers</h2> <p>The AISI has been careful not to label its report – which it hopes will be the first of many – as a series of policy recommendations for Westminster, but rather frames it as a means to give technology decision-makers clear data on what AI systems can do, improve transparency and prompt clear-headed discussions about further developments.</p> <p>The government’s role in this will be to continue to invest in evaluation and AI science alongside industry, researchers and international partners, with the intention of helping ensure AI can deliver growth, jobs and improved public services.</p> <p>The UK will support that work by continuing to invest in evaluation and AI science, working with industry, researchers and international partners to ensure AI delivers growth, new jobs, improved public services and national renewal for hardworking communities.</p> <p>“This report offers the most robust public evidence from a government body so far of how quickly frontier AI is advancing,” said Jade Leung, AISI chief technology officer and AI adviser to the prime minister.</p> <p>“Our job is to cut through speculation with rigorous science. These findings highlight both the extraordinary potential of AI and the importance of independent evaluation to keep pace with these developments,” added Leung.&nbsp;</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about AI governance and safety</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>To overcome AI adoption challenges, every government department must now develop a formal strategy <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/How-Australian-governments-can-advance-AI-innovation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that puts governance, trust and measurable value at its core</a>.</li> <li>Westminster's DeepMind partnership promises to provide scientists with access to advanced AI models, as well as help the government <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636163/Google-DeepMind-partners-with-UK-government-to-deliver-AI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">become more streamlined</a>.</li> <li>Software security specialist JFrog is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630049/JFrog-extends-DevSecOps-playbook-to-AI-governance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and bias in AI models</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Inaugural AI Security Institute report claims that safeguards in place to ensure AI models behave as intended seem to be improving https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/investigation-compliance-competition-research-questions-peterschreiber-media-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636655/AI-safeguards-improving-says-UK-government-backed-body Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:00:00 GMT <p>Netcompany is replacing Fujitsu on HM Revenue &amp; Customs’ (HMRC’s) £245m post-Brexit Northern Ireland trading service, after the troubled supplier was dropped.</p> <p>The Danish IT firm landed the HMRC Trader Support Service (TSS) as HMRC dropped Fujitsu on another contract amid heavy criticism of its deals with the scandal-stained supplier.</p> <p>In May, Fujitsu was given the last rites on its massive datacentre contract with HMRC, when the government department announced a <a href="https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010581-2025">tender worth £500m</a> designed to exit the supplier’s services. The 10-year contract, which begins next year, was a clear sign that HMRC was ready to break away from Fujitsu amid public pressure in relation to the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Post Office scandal</a>.</p> <p>The revelation earlier this month of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636272/Fujitsu-underestimated-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">loss of the TSS contract</a>, which <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619192/Fujitsu-public-sector-boss-says-supplier-has-advantage-in-HMRC-bid-despite-Post-Office-scandal">Fujitsu had been confident</a> it could retain despite the fallout of the Post Office scandal, was another big blow.</p> <p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsus-role-in-the-Post-Office-scandal-Everything-you-need-to-know">Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office scandal: Everything you need to know</a>.</strong></p> <p>The TSS is a free support service for businesses moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is part of the Windsor Framework, agreed in 2023 between the UK and the European Union (EU), which reduced customs checks on goods staying in Northern Ireland while maintaining its access to the EU single market.</p> <p>The initial five years of the contract is anticipated to be worth £94m, with the potential to reach £245m.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Ermis"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Ermis</h2> <p>The service will be built on Netcompany’s customs service, known as Ermis, which currently supports transit activities in HMRC Borders and Trade, facilitating over two million trade declarations annually in the UK. Across the EU, Ermis processes over 20 million declarations and 150 million transactions annually.</p> <p>Netcompany as prime contractor will work with partners including HGS; McKinsey; the Chartered Institute of Export and International Trade; and Trade and Borders.</p> <p>Richard Davies, UK country managing partner at Netcompany, said: “Our joint focus will be to reduce the time, effort and burden on users conducting trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We value our deepening relationship with both HMRC and the trader community, and we are committed to making TSS more accessible for everyone using the service and ensuring this contract delivers genuine economic value for Northern Ireland and Great Britain.”</p> <p>According to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000#2024">government figures</a>, between the beginning of April and the end of September this year, Fujitsu received £110m from HMRC in return for IT services.</p> <p>The figure for six months is more than&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633549/Post-Office-paid-one-law-firm-more-for-inquiry-representation-than-cost-of-actual-inquiry">double the total £48m cost of the Post Office scandal public inquiry</a>&nbsp;between 2000 and 2024, and twice the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629933/Police-investigation-into-Post-Office-scandal-to-cost-more-than-50m">estimated £50m cost of Operation Olympos</a>, the national police investigation into the scandal. Invoices for desktop services, physical hosting and infrastructure, tablet computers and software licenses are included.</p> <p>The Post Office scandal was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">first exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009</a>, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered due to the accounting software<i>.</i></p> </section> Troubled Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany on trading service as HMRC begins to move its outsourcing away from scandal-hit firm https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/HMRC-4-Fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636654/Jilted-Fujitsu-replaced-by-Netcompany-in-HMRC-relationship Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:15:00 GMT <p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/21/think-before-you-clickfix-analyzing-the-clickfix-social-engineering-technique/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">So-called ClickFix</a> or ClearFake attacks that bypass security controls and use unwitting victims to execute a cyber attack of their own accord are surging at the end of 2025, even outpacing phishing or clickjacking attacks, according to <a href="https://www.nccgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCC Group’s</a> latest monthly threat report.</p> <p>First identified a couple of years ago, ClickFix attacks flooded the threat landscape during 2024, and their volume surged by over 500% in the first six months of 2025, said NCC.</p> <p>Rather than relying on automated exploits or malicious attachments, ClickFix attacks exploit human fallibility by convincing their targets to manually execute attacks using tools like PowerShell, Windows Run box, or other shell utilities after luring them to compromised websites promising fake prompts that instruct them to copy a command into their Run dialogue or PowerShell window.</p> <p>NCC said such attacks represent a marked shift in <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/social-engineering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social engineering</a> because the victims are acting entirely voluntarily – this is in contrast to phishing attacks in which the deception ends once credentials have been submitted, or clickjacking, where victims unknowingly engage.</p> <p>“This shift challenges traditional detection models as the command originates from a trusted user process, rather than an untrusted download or exploit chain,” wrote the NCC team.</p> <p>“Understanding and mitigating ClickFix attacks is crucial because it can bypass conventional defences,” they said. “Email filters, sandboxing and automated URL analysers cannot always flag a malicious action that is conducted manually by an end user. Once the payload is executed, attackers can deploy RATs, enabling persistence, credential harvesting and eventual ransomware deployment.”</p> <p>Financially motivated cyber criminals have been quick to climb on board the ClickFix wagon, many of them operating in larger access broker ecosystems to sell on compromised endpoints to ransomware gangs.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more on cyber criminality</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Three west London councils hit by a cyber attack continue to investigate as services remain disrupted <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635852/NCC-supporting-London-councils-gripped-by-cyber-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly two weeks on</a>.</li> <li>M&amp;S profits fall by over 90% in the wake of the spring 2025 cyber attack <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634121/MS-profits-tumble-after-cyber-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that crippled the retailer’s systems for weeks</a>.</li> <li>Europe faces rising cyber threats from criminals and nation-states, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634112/CrowdStrike-Europe-second-only-to-North-America-for-cyber-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CrowdStrike</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>The report details a number of such targeted ClickFix operations. One campaign, active from April 2025 until just a couple of months ago, targeted the hospitality sector and duped employees into spreading infostealer malware across multiple hotel chains. This campaign used the PureRAT remote access trojan (RAT) <a href="https://cofense.com/blog/clickfix-campaign-spoofs-booking-com-for-malware-delivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to steal the hotels’ Booking.com credentials</a> and conduct downstream email and WhatsApp phishing attacks against guests.</p> <p>Another campaign, run by Kimsuky, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570000/Microsoft-Nation-state-hackers-are-exploiting-ChatGPT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a North Korean state threat actor</a>, prompted its victims to copy and paste bogus authentication codes into PowerShell after posing as a US national security aide trying to set up meetings on South Korean issues.</p> <p>Defending against ClickFix attacks is largely a matter of attempting to cut down on an organisation’s exposure to malicious lures and deceptive landing sites by incorporating tools such as URL filtering, domain reputation controls, web-filtering and sandboxing. Tightening endpoint execution environments is also a must, as is strengthening user awareness and instructing all employees to treat any unsolicited copy-paste instruction as an attempted cyber attack.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Ransomware stats"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Ransomware stats</h2> <p>The growth in ClickFix attacks came amid a plateauing of general cyber attack volumes during the past few weeks, with tracked ransomware hits falling 2% in November, NCC found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632317/Qilin-gang-claims-cyber-attack-on-Japanese-brewing-giant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Qilin operation</a> held firm as the most active gang observed in NCC’s telemetry, accounting for 101 attacks, followed by Cl0p with 98, Akira with 81, and INC Ransom with 49.</p> <p>Additionally notable in November was <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366624867/Sophos-warns-MSPs-over-DragonForce-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the DragonForce gang</a> – NCC attributed 19 attacks to it during the period, although it has claimed many more itself – which became one of the more prominent active cyber gangs this year thanks to its reliance on collaboration with highly skilled affiliates, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623453/Scattered-Spider-on-the-hook-for-MS-cyber-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">among them Scattered Spider</a>, the hacking collective that hit Marks &amp; Spencer, among many others.</p> <p>Although collaboration between threat actors is nothing new, NCC said that DragonForce’s activity showed how gangs can maximise such strategies to strengthen their capabilities.</p> <p>This said, at the same time, DragonForce has also taken something of a sledgehammer to the concept of honour among thieves. In May, it was observed hacking and defacing the data leak sites of rival gangs, and at one point initiated a hostile takeover bid of the RansomHub crew.</p> <p>NCC said this competitiveness may reflect the lowering of technical barriers to participation in the cyber criminal ecosystem. Attacking competitors, it suggested, may form part of a deterrence strategy to keep newcomers from establishing themselves.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Don’t be complacent"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Don’t be complacent</h2> <p>“Business leaders cannot afford to become complacent,” said Matt Hull, NCC global head of threat intel. “Threat groups are rapidly evolving, sharing tools and techniques, and already exploiting the festive period, when vigilance often drops.</p> <p>“With the new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and high-profile breaches at M&amp;S, Co-op and JLR [Jaguar Land Rover] this year, organisations are under growing scrutiny to prove they have robust defences and incident response plans in place,” he added.</p> <p>“As the holidays approach, staying alert to suspicious activity and strengthening security posture is as important as ever.”</p> </section> NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/Phishing-desk-with-computer-cyber-attack-screen-Rawpixel.com-Adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636555/ClickFix-attacks-that-bypass-cyber-controls-on-the-rise Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:45:00 GMT <p>The UK’s technology sector has had, and continues to have, a significant demographic challenge. As the nation grapples with an ageing population, the UK government has responded with fiscal policies designed to extend the working lives of its citizens, predominantly through the incremental raising of the state pension age.</p> <p>Simultaneously, the IT sector, the vanguard of the modern British economy, continues to operate within a cultural and structural framework that systematically marginalises older professionals.</p> <p>The premise of the current UK economic strategy is built on the assumption of “fuller working lives”. With the state pension age having risen to 66 and legislated to reach 67 between 2026 and 2028, the expectation is that workers will remain economically productive well into their late 60s.</p> <p>For many sectors, this transition, while challenging, is operationally feasible. However, in the technology sector, a “grey door” appears to descend significantly earlier, often as early as age 50, creating a demographic anomaly where the industry most vital to the UK’s future is the least representative of its present population demographic.</p> <p>The most definitive metric of ageism is the representation gap – the difference between the proportion of older workers in the general economy versus their proportion in the IT sector. According to the <em><a href="https://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/bcs-diversity-report-2024-age/age-and-it-employment">BCS diversity report 2024</a></em>: “There were 446,000 IT specialists in the UK aged 50 and above during 2023, and at 22%, the level of representation for this group was much lower than that recorded amongst the wider workforce (i.e. 30%).”</p> <p>The report adds: “If the level of representation for older workers in IT specialist positions was equal to that amongst the working-age population as a whole, there would have been 594,000 older IT specialists in the UK during 2023, i.e. approximately 148,000 more than the number recorded.”</p> <figure class="main-article-image full-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Labour-Force-Survey-analysis-CREDIT-BCS-1200px-f.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Labour-Force-Survey-analysis-CREDIT-BCS-1200px-f_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Labour-Force-Survey-analysis-CREDIT-BCS-1200px-f_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Labour-Force-Survey-analysis-CREDIT-BCS-1200px-f.jpg 1280w" alt="Graph shows the percentage of IT specialists in the UK aged 50 and above in 2023 was much lower than that recorded amongst the wider workforce" data-credit="BCS" height="271" width="560"> <figcaption> <i class="icon pictures" data-icon="z"></i>BCS analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows the percentage of IT specialists in the UK aged 50 and above in 2023 was much lower than that recorded amongst the wider workforce </figcaption> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> <p>This shortfall represents a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/feature/Why-diversity-in-tech-teams-is-important">significant loss of experience, leadership and technical capability</a>, which is particularly ironic in a sector chronically complaining of skills shortages. Beyond the operational strain of the skills shortage, the structural exclusion of 148,000 experienced professionals represents a critical public policy failure, stripping the UK economy of an estimated £1.6bn in lost tax revenue and directly undermining the government’s fiscal agenda for “fuller working lives”.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to a <a href="https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/advice/ageism-in-tech.">survey conducted by CW Jobs</a>, “Over a third (41%) of IT and tech sector workers said they have encountered age discrimination in the workplace, whereas only 27% across other UK industries had experienced old ageism.”</p> <p>The <i><a href="https://tribepad.com/app/uploads/2024/04/Tribepad-2024-Stop-the-Bias-Report-3.pdf">Stop the bias report 2024</a></i> from Tribepad shows similar trends.</p> <figure class="main-article-image full-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Stop-the-Bias-chart-CREDIT-Tribepad-1200px-f.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Stop-the-Bias-chart-CREDIT-Tribepad-1200px-f_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Stop-the-Bias-chart-CREDIT-Tribepad-1200px-f_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/Stop-the-Bias-chart-CREDIT-Tribepad-1200px-f.jpg 1280w" alt="Graph shows that age is viewed as the greatest barrier to getting a new job or promotion" data-credit="Tribepad" height="304" width="560"> <figcaption> <i class="icon pictures" data-icon="z"></i>Tribepad analysis shows that age is viewed as the greatest barrier to getting a new job or promotion </figcaption> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> <i class="icon" data-icon="w"></i> </div> </figure> <p>The presented trend lines offer little comfort. Despite broader societal trends towards longer careers, the level of representation for older workers in IT roles has remained stagnant over the past five years. While the general employment rate for the “50 to 64” demographic has historically trended upward, the IT sector appears resistant to this shift, maintaining a younger demographic profile as the pool of available young talent shrinks relative to the ageing population.</p> <p>To resolve the conflict between an ageing demographic and a youth-centric technology sector, stakeholders must move beyond passive acknowledgement of the “grey door” to enact structural reform. When artificial intelligence (AI) tools inadvertently assert human bias, such as ageism, it threatens to turn the government’s “fuller working lives” policy into a driver of inequality.</p> <p>To prevent the IT sector from becoming a closed shop to the over-50s, the following three recommendations are essential.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>1. Mandate algorithmic auditing and glass box transparency</b></span></p> <p>Organisations must treat <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/feature/Challenges-of-AI-in-recruitment">AI recruitment</a> tools as high-risk systems requiring rigorous safety checks. Companies should implement regular algorithmic audits using counterfactual testing, running identical CVs with different age markers to detect bias.</p> <p>Furthermore, employers should demand transparency from software vendors regarding how their models handle proxy variables such as formatting and vocabulary, ensuring that years of experience are considered an asset rather than a liability.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>2. Institutionalise and scale returnerships</b></span></p> <p>While government initiatives like “returnerships” and “skills bootcamps” provide a framework, the industry must lead the execution. Tech companies should formalise corporate returner programmes as a standard recruitment channel, distinct from entry-level intakes.</p> <p>These programmes should be designed to bridge the confidence and technical gaps for experienced professionals returning from career breaks, validating their transferable skills rather than forcing them to compete directly with graduates for junior roles.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>3. Shift from culture fit to skills-based</b></span></p> <p>The nebulous concept of “culture fit” often serves as a smokescreen for affinity bias, allowing hiring managers to reject older workers who don’t match the prevailing demographic.</p> <p><a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/tip/10-steps-for-developing-a-recruiting-strategy">Recruitment strategies</a> must pivot to a skills-first taxonomy, where candidates are evaluated strictly on their competencies and potential contribution, rather than social similarity. This requires training human recruiters to recognise and override automation bias, ensuring they do not simply rubber-stamp the rejection of older candidates suggested by flawed AI models.</p> Age discrimination has led to a significant loss of experience, leadership and technical capability in a sector chronically complaining of skills shortages. What can be done to reverse the trend? https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/closed-grey-door-jUNU-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-grey-door-Solving-the-UKs-self-inflicted-skills-shortage Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:59:00 GMT <p>AI leaves us no other choice but to consolidate cyber security platforms; in 2026, organisations will face AI-driven attacks that adapt in real time. Fragmented security stacks simply can’t keep up, pushing security teams towards consolidated platforms – not for cost savings, but for survival.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/feature/Is-AI-dragging-security-back-to-the-1990s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-powered threats</a> will launch dynamic, multi-layered attacks that instantly adjust to defensive actions. Any organisation juggling dozens of disconnected tools, conflicting alerts, and patchy visibility will be outpaced from the start.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why consolidation has become critical"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why consolidation has become critical</h2> <p>Three-quarters of organisations have already started consolidating security vendors because complexity has become unmanageable. The real cost of tool sprawl isn’t licensing – it’s slow response times. When attackers can move across networks in minutes, teams switching between tools and manually stitching data together have no chance of stopping them.</p> <p>Consolidation allows security teams to centralise data, accelerate detection, and respond in minutes instead of hours.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The AI threat shift"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The AI threat shift</h2> <p>Next year, AI will redefine the threat landscape:</p> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li><b>Adaptive attacks:</b> AI systems learn about a target’s defences and change tactics mid-attack, making traditional detection methods far less effective.</li> <li><b>Autonomous breaches:</b> Research suggests that agentic AI will cause a public breach in 2026, with autonomous agents navigating networks and exfiltrating data with minimal human oversight.</li> <li><b>Speed advantage:</b> Defenders will require AI-enabled tools capable of analysing data across the entire attack surface instantly – something fragmented architectures cannot deliver.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Why unified platforms win"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Why unified platforms win</h2> <p>Consolidated platforms provide the visibility and automation AI-era threats demand:</p> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li><b>Holistic visibility</b> across identity, endpoints, cloud, network, and data.</li> <li><b>Centralised risk management</b>, allowing leaders to prioritise based on real business impact.</li> <li><b>AI-driven response</b> that uses context from the entire security stack to contain threats before they escalate.</li> </ul> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank looks ahead</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>Anthony Young, Bridewell:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-the-security-world-in-2026">What lies in store for the security world in 2026?</a></li> <li>Dave Gerry, Bugcrowd:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Cybers-defining-lessons-of-2025-and-what-comes-next" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyber's defining lessons of 2025, and what comes next.</a></li> <li>Rik Ferguson, Forescout:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-2026-collaboration-honesty-and-humility-in-cyber-are-key">In 2026, collaboration, honesty and humility in cyber are key</a>.</li> <li>Aditya K Sood, Aryaka:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/From-trust-to-turbulence-Cybers-road-ahead-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From trust to turbulence: Cyber's road ahead in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Ellie Hurst, Advent IM:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-pros-should-prepare-for-tough-questions-on-AI-in-2026">Security pros should prepare for tough questions on AI in 2026</a>.</li> <li>Haris Pylarinos, Hack the Box:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-lies-in-store-for-cyber-security-skills-in-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What lies in store for cyber security skills in 2026?</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/In-cyber-security-basics-matter-even-in-2025">In cyber security, basis matter, even in 2025.</a></li> <li>Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-three-cyber-trends-that-will-define-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The three cyber trends that will define 2026.</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Key predictions for 2026"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Key predictions for 2026</h2> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li><b>55% of enterprises will accelerate consolidation</b>, driven by missed SLAs, rising overheads, and security drift.</li> <li><b>Integrated GenAI will cut employee-driven incidents by 40%</b>, but only when supported by a platform approach.</li> <li><b>45% of Fortune 500 organisations will appoint a Chief AI Security Officer</b>, signalling a new era of executive oversight.</li> <li><b>Quantum security spending will exceed 5% of IT security budgets</b>, as organisations prepare for post-quantum risks.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="What security leaders should do now"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>What security leaders should do now</h2> <ul type="disc" class="default-list"> <li><b>Balance platforms with specialist tools</b> – consolidation doesn’t mean giving up innovation.</li> <li><b>Mitigate risks</b> such as vendor lock-in and reduced flexibility by prioritising open standards, integration capabilities, and clear exit strategies.</li> <li><b>Prioritise data centralisation</b> to give AI the visibility it needs to defend at machine speed.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The bottom line"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The bottom line</h2> <p>By 2026, cyber defence will be a battle of AI versus AI. Consolidation isn’t optional; it’s the foundation that enables fast, intelligent defence. Organisations that simplify their architectures today will build the resilience needed for tomorrow’s threats. Those that don’t will be left defending modern attacks with outdated, fragmented systems – a strategy guaranteed to fall behind.</p> <p><em>John Bruce is CISO at <a href="https://www.quorumcyber.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quorum Cyber</a>, an Edinburgh-headquartered managed security services provider.</em></p> </section> As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Security-Think-Tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-platform-consolidation-in-2026-The-AI-imperative Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:25:00 GMT <p>As 2025 draws to a close, sustainability has shifted from the periphery of corporate strategy to the centre of operational design.</p> <p>For technology leaders, this year has been defined less by what to promise and more by how to deliver. The conversation has matured, but unevenly.</p> <p>Some organisations are now treating sustainability as an organisational capability, whilst others are still trying to reconcile their ambitions with fragmented systems and incomplete data. The task for 2026 will be to embed sustainability into the digital and operational fabric of business – to move decisively from strategy to systems.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The year the conversation grew up"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The year the conversation grew up</h2> <p>If 2024 was the year when businesses spoke about sustainability with renewed urgency, 2025 has been the year that they started to speak about it differently. The language has become more grounded, less rhetorical.</p> <p>Senior IT and business leaders are talking in terms of data quality, interoperability, and assurance. They are less interested in sweeping pledges and more concerned with the actual mechanics of delivery.</p> <p>That change in tone reflects a broader reality. The easing of some regulatory pressures, such as the reduction in scope of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the US administration’s rollback of its own net zero legislation, did not dampen demand for credible sustainability action; it simply changed where the pressure came from.</p> <p>It’s now lenders, investors, and customers who are enforcing higher standards through contracts and capital access rather than regulators alone. Organisations are expected to produce ‘investor-grade’ sustainability data that can withstand the same scrutiny as financial reporting.</p> <p>This shift has made sustainability inseparable from competitiveness. CIOs and technology directors increasingly find themselves responsible for providing the infrastructure that allows their organisations to measure, manage, and verify their environmental impact. The conversation is no longer simply about corporate social responsibility. It is about systems resilience, supply-chain viability, and digital readiness for a low-carbon economy.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="From dashboards to decisions"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>From dashboards to decisions</h2> <p>Nowhere has the shift been more visible than in the way in which technology itself is being deployed. Over the past year, enterprises have begun to connect sustainability data with operational systems in a far more integrated way.</p> <p>What started out as a compliance function is evolving into a source of intelligence that can shape day-to-day decision-making – a trend TechMarketView has seen developing since it began tracking the market, with the <a href="https://www.techmarketview.com/research/archive/2023/09/06/techmarketview-sustainability-technology-activity-index-v2">Q4 2022 Sustainability Technology Activity Index</a>.</p> <p>Fast-forward to 2025, <a href="https://www.techmarketview.com/research/archive/2025/07/31/sustainability-technology-activity-index-2025-uk-market-shaping-trends">and the Index research</a> found that analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and geospatial technologies are increasingly being combined into single platforms capable of providing “climate intelligence” – unified views of how assets, operations, and supply chains interact with environmental factors.</p> <p>These developments reflect a new mindset: sustainability information is most valuable not when it’s simply reported, but when it’s acted upon.</p> <p>In practice, that has meant AI being used to optimise production schedules and energy use; data integration platforms connecting emissions data directly with procurement and logistics; and the rise of digital twins for infrastructure and manufacturing facilities that allow organisations to simulate and adjust environmental impacts before they occur.</p> <p>It’s not just heavy industry either - local authorities have also started to play a significant role in piloting these technologies – particularly in areas such as water management, transport, and waste.</p> <p>However, the demand for AI services (which rely on large-scale datacentre infrastructure for both model training and operations) in sustainability use cases highlights the “<a href="https://www.techmarketview.com/research/archive/2924/11/08/managing-the-sustainable-ai-paradox">sustainable AI paradox</a>” – the fact that the very systems being deployed to solve climate challenges are themselves energy and water-intensive – and so it’s imperative that any sustainability solution deploying the tech demonstrates clear net environmental benefits.</p> <p>And this can be challenging when supposedly green IT harbours dirty secrets, with emissions and resource data either provided at too higher level to be usefu. Or not provided at all.</p> <p>These examples show how sustainability has begun to infiltrate the everyday operations of organisations rather than remaining a discrete reporting exercise. The result is a more credible, data-driven approach to sustainability management (notwithstanding those concerns about the environmental impact of AI-powered data services themselves) and a growing recognition that IT strategy is becoming intertwined with climate strategy.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Signs of progress"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Signs of progress</h2> <p>For all the uncertainty of global politics, 2025 did deliver some tangible progress. The quality of sustainability data has improved markedly, with more organisations pursuing assurance-ready systems and recognising the need for traceability from source to statement.</p> <p>Many are now treating sustainability data with the same governance as financial data, building internal controls and seeking independent validation.</p> <p>Procurement also took a step forward, with a notable increase in ‘lifecycle thinking’ as organisations start to consider the embodied carbon of hardware, the emissions from cloud workloads, and the impacts of disposal or repurposing when making their buying decisions.</p> <p>Public Sector buyers, in particular, will soon find themselves needing to incorporate such metrics into tender requirements, as digital waste tracking regulation comes into effect in April 2026, with the government’s <a href="https://www.techmarketview.com/research/archive/2025/11/13/carbon-budget-and-growth-delivery-plan-setting-the-policy-context-for-sits">Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan</a> both building on existing waste sector transformation initiatives, and promising a Circular Economy Strategy for England “in the coming months”.</p> <p>Perhaps most encouragingly, the year saw smaller enterprises start to catch up, with simplified sustainability platforms giving SMEs a practical route into reporting and participation in data exchanges that were once the preserve of large corporates. This widening of the ecosystem is vital, because sustainability is not achieved in isolation - it’s a network effect (and everybody ends up as somebody else’s Scope 3).</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Persistent gaps and hard lessons"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Persistent gaps and hard lessons</h2> <p>Despite progress, there remains a gap between ambition and execution, with the challenge no longer being one of awareness; rather it’s a question of integration. Many organisations still treat sustainability as a project rather than a process, resulting in a patchwork of disconnected data sources and initiatives that struggle to scale.</p> <p>When systems do not talk to each other, sustainability performance cannot easily be measured - let alone improved.</p> <p>Skills shortages compound the problem. The intersection between technology, business, and sustainability expertise remains thinly populated, with organisations competing for a limited pool of talent able to translate environmental objectives into digital architectures (and vice versa).</p> <p>Data from the Index has shown that where in-house capability is lacking, reliance on external consultancy persists; useful in the short term, but insufficient for long-term maturity.</p> <p>Economic conditions have added another layer of difficulty too. For many CIOs, sustainability initiatives had to compete with immediate cost pressures, and those that succeeded were often framed as efficiency plays: projects that reduced waste or energy consumption whilst also saving money.</p> <p>The lesson here is that sustainability is most resilient when it aligns with business value (and benefits are articulated in CFO-friendly terms).</p> <p>Lastly, regulatory fragmentation remains and poses a particular problem to multinational organisations.</p> <p>Divergent reporting regimes – the EU’s CSRD, the UK’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)-aligned standards, and the evolving Sustainability Disclosure Requirements – mean that technology systems must accommodate multiple frameworks simultaneously. Enterprises that invested early in modular, configurable software architectures are now better equipped to handle this complexity; those that didn’t will find 2026 to be a challenging year.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Building the systems of sustainability"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Building the systems of sustainability</h2> <p>The direction of travel for sustainability as a discipline is that it’s becoming systemic, with sustainability management increasingly resembling Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in terms of integrated platforms tracking environmental performance across the business in real time to feed directly into operational decision-making.</p> <p>To reach that stage, however, organisations will need to strengthen three foundations:</p> <p>• <b>Interoperability</b>: Environmental data must be able to move freely between systems, suppliers, and regulators. Over the next year, expect to see increased focus on shared data standards and APIs that support automated reporting and assurance. Those who build interoperability now will save themselves costly retrofits later.</p> <p>•<b> Outcomes over compliance</b>: The most advanced organisations are already shifting away from treating sustainability as a disclosure requirement and towards continuous performance improvement. Real-time monitoring, automated verification, and the integration of sustainability metrics into business KPIs will become the markers of maturity. Assurance, once an end-of-year process, will move towards continuous validation as data systems mature.</p> <p>• <b>Skills:</b> Technology can provide the platforms, but people must interpret, prioritise, and act on the data they provide. Organisations that succeed will invest in cross-functional literacy, developing teams that understand both environmental data and digital infrastructure.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Looking ahead to the ‘operational decade’"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Looking ahead to the ‘operational decade’</h2> <p>What 2025 has revealed most clearly is that we are now entering the ‘operational decade’ of sustainability. The easy wins have been claimed; the next gains will come from integration, automation, and behavioural change (and technology is crucial to all three).</p> <p>The year’s most important realisation may be that sustainability and digital transformation are now inseparable, with the same systems that deliver efficiency, transparency, and resilience also being those that enable progress towards net zero.</p> <p>In this respect, the sustainability agenda should no longer be considered as a separate workstream; instead, it can be the test of whether holistic transformation strategies are truly fit for a wider perspective of purpose.</p> <p>As we move into 2026, enterprises will be judged less on the promises they make and more on the systems they build and (ultimately) on the difference they deliver.</p> <p>The organisations that thrive will be those that embed sustainability into their operations so thoroughly that it becomes invisible… not a statement of intent, but a normal condition of doing business.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more from the IT Sustainability Think Tank</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-Environmental-trends-to-redefine-IT-strategies-in-2025">Sustainability has shifted from a buzzword to a business imperative</a>. It is no longer just a tick-box exercise – it is now a central pillar shaping the future of enterprise strategy, according to Gartner.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-The-10-energy-risks-enterprises-must-prepare-for-now">As the global transition towards developing low-carbon economies continues apace</a>, Gartner shares its take on the actions enterprises must take now to navigate an increasingly volatile energy landscape.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-How-IT-directors-can-spot-false-green-claims-from-Big-Tech-suppliers">In an era where nearly every tech supplier touts green credentials</a>, IT directors face the challenging task of separating genuine sustainability commitments from marketing spin. But how?</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025 https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/IT-sustainability-think-tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/IT-Sustainability-Think-Tank-What-enterprises-must-do-to-make-sustainability-work-in-2026 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:13:00 GMT <p>There is a pernicious problem in the UK labour market. A horrific gap that blights lives, scars our economy and holds our nation back and yet, despite its scale, it seldom gets a mention in any media.</p> <p>It’s quite simply this - the employment gap for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Cliff-Sarans-Enterprise-blog/Accessibility-and-digital-exclusion">blind and sight-impaired people</a> compared to their non-disabled counterparts. If, like me, you are blind or sight-impaired and of working age in the UK you will only have a 27% chance of being in employment. That compares to 83% if you are non-disabled - more than just “mind the gap”.</p> <p>According to analysis from the latest Labour Force Survey, since 2018 the employment rate has been falling for people who describe themselves as “having difficulty seeing”, despite increasing for the broader population. What this means in reality is lost income, lost independence, and lost opportunity for thousands who are fully capable and up for contributing to our economy and society.</p> <p>It’s not only a huge gap, of more than 56%. It is also a situation that has dogged our economy and our society for decades, largely without improvement.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Systemic difficulties"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Systemic difficulties</h2> <p>And yet, we live in a time where we have some of the most powerful tools to address so many of the underlying causes and issues.</p> <p>Sure, there are systemic difficulties. Certainly, there are barriers and blockers that kick in well before any of us get close to the labour market. But, right now, technologies and technologists hold so much potential for being one of the most powerful forces in addressing and assisting in closing this gap.</p> <p>All that is required is for relevant technologies to be inclusive by design - developed, deployed, maintained and supported in an enabling environment. Screen readers and organisations’ intranets, for example, need to be usable as well as accessible; employers’ software and IT systems interoperable and inclusive - to name just a few from the myriad of empowering possibilities.</p> <p>Consider though, the flip side of that coin, if the technologies are not inclusive by design, or indeed become so. One jobseeker stressed to me the challenges they faced when technology becomes a block rather than the enabler it can and should be: “Online applications or automated [AI] systems are not screen-reader friendly and that’s a barrier before I can even reach an interview. It makes me feel so frustrated”.</p> <p>Another example - someone fully enabled and empowered, just getting on with their job on a Friday. They return on Monday, unbeknown to them a software upgrade over the weekend has rendered their assistive technology as good as useless. From fully empowered to completely excluded in one ill-considered upgrade. This is avoidable. And not just avoidable - here’s the great news - the cost of inclusion is often negligible, if anything at all, when considered from the outset. It’s about being inclusive by design.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Urgent action"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Urgent action</h2> <p>Considering this transformational technological potential, in Parliament I am calling on the UK government to take urgent action across the piece to get this gap sorted. I am urging them to establish a task force to, among other things, bring together employers, organisations of and for blind and sight-impaired people, specialists, civil servants, and individuals with lived experience, to identify the most significant systemic barriers; develop practical, scalable solutions; improve data collection and analysis; improve access to peer mentor support; consider the role, availability and effectiveness of current disability employment advisor provision; improve employer confidence and recruitment practices; and deliver measurable progress with a timeline set to close the employment gap.</p> <p>To conclude, if you can help - thank you. Please do. Hundreds of thousands of blind and sight-impaired people could be enabled, empowered to enter the workplace, develop and thrive - good for them, good for our economy, good for our country. Not a bad Christmas message and not a bad mission for 2026.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about accessible technologies</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366595444/Interview-Embedding-better-accessibility-in-software-and-websites">Embedding better accessibility in software and websites</a> - We speak to a CIO who relies on a screen reader to do his job and find out how accessibility technology has evolved.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631232/Smart-headset-gives-visually-impaired-a-new-way-to-see">Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’</a> - Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636141/How-digital-twins-are-helping-people-with-motor-neurone-disease-speak">How digital twins are helping people with motor neurone disease speak</a> - Tech companies, a charity and academics have collaborated to create AI-powered avatars that are helping people with motor neurone disease hold natural conversations.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Tech and digital leaders have a vital role to play in making technology more usable and inclusive for sight-impaired people - boosting their employment and supporting the economy https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Opticians-glasses-eye-health-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Tech-community-must-play-a-part-in-closing-the-employment-gap-for-blind-and-sight-impaired-people Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT 60 editor@computerweekly.com