Ahead of next week's CYBERUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK's hacking laws urges the government to ...

The UK government has formally pledged to rewrite the 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) to shield cybersecurity professionals from potential prosecution for legitimate threat research. "We've ...

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Cyber Crime Investigation Team arrested the boy on Wednesday in ...

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating a cyber attack which targeted an IT system used by schools in ...

The White House has unveiled a national cyber strategy that openly encourages American companies to go on the offensive against foreign hackers, a dramatic policy shift that lands as Iran-linked ...

Sir Keir Starmer was advised that a political appointee such as Peter Mandelson should undergo national security vetting ...

A landmark ruling has nullified Uganda's controversial Computer Misuse amendments and criminal defamation provisions, halting their enforcement over procedural violations and rights concerns. This ...

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has told Parliament that government won't appeal the ruling quashing parts of the Computer Misuse Act. "There are sufficient provisions in existing law to deal with ...

Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 18 March 2026. Uganda's Constitutional Court has delivered a ...

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's Court has withdrawn four charges under the Computer Misuse Act that had been brought against city lawyer Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka, following a decision by the ...

The Computer Misuse Act is broken. Now is the time for the UK to license private firms to conduct limited offensive cyber operations. In June 2024, the Russian ransomware group Qilin struck Synnovis, ...