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Keeping your eyes on the horizon and your ear to the ground can be tricky to do all at once, so we're doing it for you. Check out the latest tech news and our own blogs below to keep up to speed with everything you need to know regarding your business IT, communications, and cyber security.
BT recovers from “major business broadband problem”
Edinburgh IT Support company Consider IT reports a few of its clients were left without Internet this morning when BT suffered a major business bro...
McAfee promises to patch vulnerability
Edinburgh IT Support company, Consider IT, would like to make clients and visitors aware of a recent McAfee vulnerability that has been confirmed b...
Action taken after care provider lost unencrypted memory stick
A care provider with offices in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man has taken action to improve its data protection practices following a joint ru...
Virgin Media UK broadband failure resolved
Some Edinburgh customers told us they had been affected. Virgin Media has said that services around the UK are now fully restored following a natio...
Scottish Advocate’s legal files lost after unencrypted laptop theft
A Scottish advocate breached the Data Protection Act after failing to encrypt a laptop containing sensitive personal data which was later stolen, t...
Council lost memory stick containing 18,000 residents’ details
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act by losing an unencrypted memory stick containing the details of over 18,000 ...
Youth offenders’ details lost on unencrypted laptop
Newcastle Youth Offending Team breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt a laptop containing personal data which was later stolen, the...
Laptop thefts highlight the need for encryption
Two organisations have taken action after they breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt personal information on laptops that were lat...
Thousands of BT Broadband customers down and out
BT has confirmed that a power outage has led to thousands of its customers being offline nationwide. The broadband network went offline this mornin...
