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MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 23.07.2026

The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to a former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources

Digital government services increase accessibility gap

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 23.07.2026

Many adults are unable to access digital government services in the UK, leading the digital divide to widen

Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 23.07.2026

The parent company of Google and YouTube has increased its debt portfolio from $16bn to $100bn to pay for AI infrastructure

Hugging Face ‘hacker’ was rogue OpenAI model

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 22.07.2026

A hacker who broke into Hugging Face’s systems last week has been exposed as a pair of advanced OpenAI frontier models that were trying to cheat on an exam

House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 22.07.2026

An urgent question relating to the disbandment of DSIT has put the new administration under pressure to clarify funding and strategy for AI and science

Stop debating frontier AI – start defending against it

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 22.07.2026

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt.

‘Modest but notable’ regional spread of fintech funding in UK

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 22.07.2026

Hubs outside London have made some headway in the UK fintech sector, but overall funding has dropped

Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data?

Published in MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance on 22.07.2026

How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders?