Petya : Another mass ransomware attack on business

ByJames Smythe

Many organisations in Europe and the US have been crippled by a ransomware attack known as “Petya”  or more accurately an altered version that has been labelled NonPetya or not-Petya. The malicious software has spread through large firms including the advertiser WPP, food company Mondelez, legal firm DLA Piper and Danish shipping and transport firm…

Google fined record £2.14bn by EU over search engine results

ByJames Smythe

The European Union has handed Google a record-breaking €2.42bn (£2.14bn) fine for abusing its dominance of the search engine market in building its online shopping service By artificially and illegally promoting its own price comparison service in searches, Google denied both its consumers real choice and rival firms the ability to compete on a level…