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December 21
- Hackers bypass patched Microsoft Office flaw to inject Formbook malware
- T-Mobile: Scam calls hit an all-time high in 2021
- Meta files lawsuit to uncover hackers targeting Facebook, WhatsApp
- Oracle buys healthcare company Cerner for $28.3 billion
- China Mobile aims to raise up to £6.6 billion in Shanghai listing
- Three and EE to bring 4G connectivity to the London Underground
- NCA donates 225 million passwords to Have I Been Pwned
- Sage snaps up remaining Brightpearl shares for £225 million
December 20
- 7-Eleven improves its omnichannel customer experience with Freshworks
- Google Cloud extends partnership with Minsait
- Australia doubles down on digital economy with $252.5 million investment
- UK sets unicorn record, creating more than France and Germany combined in 2021
- PC monitor demand shrinks for first time since pandemic began
- US pushes for Google and Meta to operate US-APAC undersea cable
December 17
- IT Pro News In Review: Log4Shell vulnerability, Google vaccine policy, most common passwords 2021
- Kyndryl launches its Cloud Innovation Center in Quebec
- Oracle to acquire health records business Cerner in $30 billion deal
- Alphabet to fold smart city firm Sidewalk Labs into Google
- Most UK businesses say data regulations are stifling AI innovation
- Egyptian exiles targeted with Predator spyware resembling NSO Group's Pegasus
- Lenovo ThinkPads vulnerable to privilege escalation exploit, researchers warn
- UK gov to open nine new Institutes of Technology to tackle skills shortage
December 16
- Sennheiser exposed personal data of 28,000 customers with leaky S3 bucket
- Apple's plans to return to the office delayed indefinitely
- Google to rollout AI-based security across three UK airports
- Meta expands bug bounty programme to cover data scraping
- Australia and US sign CLOUD Act data-sharing deal to support criminal investigations
- Home Office spent over £37 million on devices for remote work
- Gumtree site code made personal data of users and sellers publicly accessible
December 15
- Ransomware groups will target smaller businesses in 2022 - report
- UK unveils £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy
- Industry working group aims to standardize blockchain 'Identity of Things'
- Grindr given €6.5 million GDPR fine for selling special category user data without consent
- Log4Shell: New numbers reveal the scale of the critical software exploit
- Google will fire unvaccinated employees in 2022
- Lenovo unveils new 'Lenovo 360' channel framework
- Apple delays Universal Control for Mac and iPads until spring 2022
December 14
- UK joint committee calls for tougher rules for tech giants
- AWS launches new region in Jakarta
- UK antitrust regulator to probe Microsoft's Nuance takeover
- Tech Data expands EMEA distribution agreement with Nvidia
- Kronos services knocked offline by ransomware attack
December 13
- Wipro taps Oracle to digitize air cargo services
- HMRC suffered 17 data breaches over 15 months
- Six nations partner to build undersea cable in Pacific
- HCL Technologies accused of underpaying H-1B workers by $95 million per year
December 10
- DC AG launches algorithmic bias bill
- Biden nominates Meg Whitman for ambassador role in Kenya
- Top 200 most common passwords of 2021 revealed
- IT Pro News in Review: Google sues Russian hackers, Microsoft hikes 365 prices, Spar hit by cyber attack
- LastPass announces integration with Google Workspace
- DarkMatter and former NSA officers sued over alleged phone hack of Saudi human rights activist
- South Australia government data breached in ransomware attack
- Atos strikes agreement to acquire Cloudreach
December 9
- Microsoft Outlook displays full contact details for spoofed senders
- Rightmove migrates systems to Google Cloud
- Over half of UK workers would consider quitting if hybrid working was removed
- Avast to acquire self-sovereign identity firm Evernym
- Android bug prevents users from calling emergency services
- Hackers publish Vestas data following cyber attack
- NSW to pilot digital tech institute with Microsoft
- UK and US agree deeper data-sharing partnership
- Permira to acquire Mimecast for $5.8 billion
- Russia blocks access to Tor in censorship push
December 8
- AWS launches its second Top Secret region
- UK workers are least afraid of being replaced by AI
- UK set to follow Scotland with work from home order
- Australia plans reforms to tackle digital wallets and cryptocurrency regulations
- Microsoft launches Secured-core servers to combat ransomware
- Microsoft to overhaul hiring practises following DoJ settlement
- Google files lawsuit against Russian botnet operators
- Apple CEO reportedly signed $275 billion deal with China
- MPS Monitor extends presence to UK
- UK to phase out 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033
December 7
- Major AWS outage knocks a host of services offline
- One in eight Americans would fall victim to a phishing attack
- Firefox 95 boosts protection against zero-day attacks
- Wipro and Celonis launch Supply Chain Command Center
- Virgin Media O2 completes gigabit upgrade
- Australia to invest $10 million in data tool to tackle skills shortage
- Microsoft 365 prices to soar by 20% for pay monthly subscribers
- Facebook hit with $150 billion lawsuit over Myanmar hate speech
- Microsoft seizes domains used by Chinese hacking group
- Samsung to merge mobile and electronics businesses in major reshuffle
- Samsung to merge mobile and electronics businesses in major refshuffle
- Spar stores forced to close following supply chain attack
- Deloitte launches dedicated Google practice in the UK
December 6
- AutoML market revenue set to surpass $14 billion by 2030
- Microsoft will make it easier to change default browser in Windows 11
- NSO Group reportedly hacked multiple US officials
- Australia film archive gets $41.9 million to digitise audiovisual heritage
- BitMart suspends withdrawals following hack
- RNLI takes website offline after suspected cyber attack
December 3
- FTC sues to block Nvidia's Arm acquisition
- Planned Parenthood cyber attack exposes data of 400,000 patients
- Exclusive Networks snaps up Networks Unlimited
- UK gov criticised after £5bn in Bounce Back Loans paid to fraudsters
- Researchers warn of increase in attacks against Zoho software
- New South Wales plans to create a digital twin of the entire state
- IT Pro News In Review: Cyber attack at Ikea, Meta ordered to sell Giphy, new Twitter CEO
- Cabinet Office fined £500,000 for New Year Honours data leak
- Meta makes 2FA mandatory for high-risk users
December 2
- Bank of Ireland hit with €24.5 million fine over IT failures
- Re:Invent 2021: AWS offers three new capabilities for enterprise databases
- Meta picks AWS to help expand its AI services
- Qualcomm's latest chip promises 85% faster Windows-on-ARM machines
- Amazon faces allegations it "brazenly" underreported COVID-19 cases in its warehouses
- Microsoft Teams introduces 'Essentials' tier for small businesses
- Ubiquiti data breach orchestrated by “trusted insider”, says DoJ
- HPE wins contract for Kestrel supercomputer with US renewable energy lab
- AWS reveals Partner Paths initiative, scraps consultancy models
December 1
- Re:Invent 2021: Zerto unveils its disaster recovery solution for AWS
- Salesforce makes Bret Taylor co-CEO alongside Benioff
- HPE to build new supercomputer for Thailand science agency
- EU agrees on data sharing legislation to accelerate industry-wide innovation
- Re:Invent 2021: New AWS CEO unloads compute, data and 5G services during first keynote
- CMA orders Facebook to sell Giphy
- Access brokers are making it easier for ransomware operators to attack businesses
- UK and Singapore align closer on digital trade