Republican contractor exposes personal data of nearly 200 million US voters

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ISSUE DATE: 20 June 2017 TOP STORIES Republican contractor exposes personal data of nearly 200 million US voters A misconfigured database containing the sensitive personal details of more than 198 million US voters was left exposed to the internet by a firm working on behalf of the Republican National Committee. READ MORE → Salford City Council adopts Microsoft Azure to deliver hybrid cloud vision Greater Manchester-based local authority, Salford City Council, is following up its foray into private cloud by adopting Microsoft Azure. READ MORE → South African game reserve goes digital to save the rhino Dimension Data and Cisco have teamed up to protect rhinos living on a private game reserve in South Africa with the latest networking and IoT sensor technology. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Computing GCSE entries rise by 9% year on year The increase in students who have entered themselves for the 2017 GCSE computing exam seems small compared with previous years. READ MORE → McKinsey AI research finds slender user adoption outside tech McKinsey Global Institute research finds artificial intelligence adoption to be exiguous and experimental outside the technology sector, but registers rapidly growing investment. READ MORE → The Macedonian surveillance scandal that brought down a government Macedonia has been accused of using surveillance technology for covert spying - the subsequent political protests were instrumental in the ruling party losing power after 10 years. READ MORE → Managed crowdsourcing model: Another ‘made in China’ idea Chinese suppliers are using managed crowdsourcing to help them provide high-volume services to their customers. READ MORE →

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