Articles by Ellen Jennings-Trace, Staff Writer

Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying at the University of Cardiff. During her time at university, Ellen studied BA Politics and International Relations, for which she achieved second-class honours (upper division). Ellen then went on to study an MA in Political Communication, receiving a Merit. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing’s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content. When she’s not working, Ellen is a keen badminton player, Formula 1 fan, and gym enthusiast.

Articles by: Ellen Jennings-Trace

China leads in up to 89% of tech research, study shows

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 30 August 24

The US and China dominate despite the US’s recent slump.

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Ransomware group Brain Cipher take responsibility for French National Museum cyberattack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 30 August 24

Brain Cipher have taken responsibility for the attack on the Olympic venue, and threaten to leak stolen data.

Russia could target critical infrastructure including internet and GPS, NATO warns

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 30 August 24

Backup plans are urgently needed to safeguard undersea cables, experts say.

Doomed to fail? Most AI projects flop within 12 months, with billions of dollars being wasted

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 30 August 24

Start-ups jumping to try and capitalize on the AI hype are being thoroughly disappointed.

Hackers linked to Russian government found using some very familiar malware tools

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 29 August 24

Exploits developed by spyware companies were found to be indistinguishable from those used by Russian hackers.

CrowdStrike just reported its best ever financial results — but unsurprisingly, it's not going to last

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 29 August 24

CrowdStrike reports encouraging results, but effects of global outage may harm future reports.

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It's official — nearly all of us are much more productive when we work from home

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 29 August 24

Zoom survey reveals that most employees get more done from home, but their tools need development

X pledges to fix AI chatbot after it spread misinformation about US election

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 28 August 24

X (formerly Twitter) users were fed misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Millions of data files exposed in massive security breach — see if your business is affected

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 28 August 24

Massive 32 million document data leak exposes businesses using Businesses using cloud-based field service management platform ServiceBridge.

AMD reportedly hacked again — criminals offer data for sale online

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 August 24

IntelBroker allegedly lists stolen data from AMD on the dark web.

Outdated processes mean nearly all IT teams are ill-equipped to combat outages

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 August 24

Outdated systems have a serious impact on the way IT teams deal with problems.

Hackers claim to have hit US Marshals Service with a major cyberattack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 August 24

Ransomware group Hunters International claim to have hacked the federal agency.

The worst security test ever? University slammed over fake Ebola scare as phishing test

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 23 August 24

A fake report of an Ebola case was by UCSC sent to trick students

The telecom company that allowed a Biden deepfake scam will have to pay the FCC $1m

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 22 August 24

Lingo Telecom fined after allowing Life Corporation to call voters using a deepfake of President Biden.

UN cybercrime convention inadequate, says Human Rights Watch

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 22 August 24

UN treaty falls short when protecting digital freedoms, tech firms and activists say.

New method for phishing discovered for Android and IPhone users

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 22 August 24

Researchers uncover novel way to trap unsuspecting customers with a new phishing attack.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, wearing a blue suit, speaks ahead of her address at the Democratic convention 2024

Democrats neglect cyber but promise data privacy at DNC

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 21 August 24

The Democratic party platform shifts towards cyber-regulation

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to step down after nearly a decade

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 20 August 24

Margrethe Vestager to leave office after spending 10 years in top EU post.

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Digital wallets allow for the use of stolen credit cards

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 20 August 24

Criminals can link stolen cards to digital wallets, and make purchases with them.

FBI says it's sure Iran was to blame for Trump campaign hack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 20 August 24

Iran behind attempts to influence a ‘particularly consequential’ US election, as intelligence community confirms ‘thefts and disclosures’.

Popular astrology app leak exposes data on millions of users — find out if you're affected

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 19 August 24

GPS data, emails, and employee credentials found publicly accessible following Moonly leak.

AI push from US tech giants leads to skyrocketing water consumption figures

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 19 August 24

‘Data Centre Alley’ water consumption has jumped two-thirds since 2019.

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ChatGPT accounts suspected of being Iranian influence operation shut down by OpenAI

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 19 August 24

Iranian cyber-campaign accounts looking to spread chaos via ChatGPT disabled by OpenAI.

The dreaded Blue Screen of Death is still plaguing many firms — but over half of these crashes are preventable

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 17 August 24

A high proportion of devices crash even under ‘good’ operating conditions, report warns.

The Paris Olympics saw a whole load of domain-related cybercrime

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 17 August 24

Cybercriminals targeted visitors the Paris Olympics with fake websites and social media site

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