– German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz.
Top Story: Could the oft-beset talks at the OECD on an international regime for digital taxation actually bear fruit? This week the signs have been positive for a potential agreement.
Podcast: The EU is deploying military drone technology to survey migrants and refugees at Europe’s external borders. How ethical are such practices? This week I speak to an MEP who has taken the lead in making this a frontline issue. Listen here.
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The year s biggest cyber security stories
Bears, scares and ransomware
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Well, what a year it s been. 2020 kicked off as it meant to go on, with news emerging from China of a new virus which lead to a swiftly imposed lockdown in the city of Wuhan. Looks grim, we thought, but it will probably peter out like previous viruses before it. How wrong we were.
Here s a look back at the last 12 months as covered under
Computing s Security tag.
January
Travelex s 2020 got off to a bad start, with a ransomware attack on New Years eve. Not that they admitted that, instead choosing the well-trodden deny, distract and cover up route, and failing to notify the ICO in the process.