Computer Weekly

Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system

The Post Office’s most senior IT executive was given the task of researching whether Computer Weekly could carry out a review of an investigation into the controversial Horizon system. At the time in ...
Computer Weekly

Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal

Thousands more subpostmasters could be found to have been victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal after a criminal conviction based on a third faulty Post Office system is sent to the Court of ...
9NEWS

Public defender's office: Attack was ransomware; no timeline for restoration of computer network

DENVER — The cyberattack on the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office’s computer network was ransomware – a ploy by hackers who block access to files and demand payment to unlock them. The office ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Hacker breaks into Treasurer's Office computer system

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A hacker broke into the child-support computer system run by the state Treasurer's office and may have obtained names, Social Security numbers and other information of 300,000 ...
9NEWS

Cyberattack disables Colorado public defender office computer systems

DENVER — A hacker disabled the computer system used by Colorado’s public defenders – crippling their ability to represent their clients and leading to the postponement of an unknown number of criminal ...
AOL

Cybercriminals hit some New Orleans area sheriff's office computer systems

An international cybercrime group is claiming responsibility for hacking the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office and holding its tech system for ransom. Hackers breached the office's system about three ...