The Australian government has announced it will double the maximum penalty for breaches of the nation's social media minimum age law to $99m (£51.7m). As part of the updated ...

PA MediaAn investigation is to be carried out into whether Angela Constance misled parliamentScotland's justice secretary Angela Constance is to be investigated over whether she breached the ministerial code ...

Stormont's devolved government has "made a very strong case" to the Treasury to help "meet the demand" of a major police data breach, the first minister has said. The ...

Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a Ministry of Defence (MoD) sub-contractor suffered a data breach. The names, passport ...

Former defence secretary Sir Grant Shapps has defended the decision to keep secret a data breach involving the details of thousands of Afghans and some British officials.In his first ...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterJack FenwickPolitical correspondentPM: Tory ministers have "serious questions to answer" on Afghan schemeFormer Conservative ministers have "serious questions to answer" over a data breach which revealed the ...

Joel Gunter & Sean SeddonBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe previous government set up a secret Afghan relocation scheme after the personal data of thousands of people was inadvertently leaked, it can ...

Tabby WilsonBBC News, SydneyReutersThe airline says there will be no impact to Qantas' operationsQantas is contacting customers after a cyber attack targeted their third-party customer service platform.On 30 June, ...

The Glasgow club say they are "surprised" by the charge over Brown's comments and will "continue to challenge any action we consider to be unfair or disproportionate".The SFA rule ...

An NHS software provider has been fined £3m by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over security failings that led to a ransomware attack on the NHS.The Advanced Computer Software ...

At the current rate of emissions, the Paris goal of limiting warming to 1.5C as a long-term average - rather than a single year - could be crossed within ...

"Our investigation revealed that the incident has affected some personal information of our customers, that we normally store and process in order to manage online purchases, such as email ...