utilities
UK water companies go to market for open data platform
Utilities want a platform “capable of enabling the easy publication of data in both a centralised and decentralised manner"
Cybersecurity
$13 billion MGM Resorts in severe cybersecurity incident
"We also notified law enforcement and took prompt action to protect our systems and data, including shutting down certain systems."
Microsoft
A powerful key was stolen from one of the world’s largest companies. It still has questions to answer.
An attacker could have been forging access tokens to Microsoft services for up to two years, unnoticed
NVIDIA
New open source NVIDIA toolkit aims to boost inference speed
The chipmaker says it can double the speed of inference on its H100 GPUs
CIO
Bank of England anoints its fourth CIO in just two years as IT leadership churn continues
Monk (previously at construction firm Travis Perkins) does offer important continuity and understanding on one of the most significant digital transformation programmes at the BoE
Cybersecurity
Aerospace firm hacked by “multiple” adversaries
"The goddam plane has crashed into the mountain!"
storage
Server storage snafu stuffs up supernational supply chain
"An error occurred due to insufficient disk space" -- and 14 factories ground to a halt.
CISO
Back to HQ? Thanks, I’d rather walk, says Lyft’s CISO
For those who don't mind three days per week in San Francisco, the salary range is $292,500 - $325,000...
Local government
Europe’s largest council is bankrupt: An Oracle saw it coming (but that £100m ERP black hole is not to blame)
"Without a fundamental change either in our statutory obligations, all of upper tier local government will soon go over the cliff edge"
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence opens purse strings for tech-centric programmes as Ukraine sharpens minds
The UK intends to “adopt a collaborative approach with the Netherlands” on some of the acquisitions with an eye to NATO interoperability.
Blockchain
LSEG teases “blockchain” exchange: So many questions...
"Putting trading on the chain makes little sense since you fragment liquidity and get worse spreads..."
Cybersecurity
Security contractor hit through "rogue" Windows 7 PC amid fears for sensitive NatSec sites
Details of security perimeters for highly sensitive national security sites published for anyone to read