{"id":2485,"date":"2021-08-13T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-security-chiefs-issue-guidance-after-hackers-target-ministers-on-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T10:39:20","slug":"uk-security-chiefs-issue-guidance-after-hackers-target-ministers-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-security-chiefs-issue-guidance-after-hackers-target-ministers-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"UK security chiefs issue guidance after hackers target ministers on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: civil service chief points to work to improve cybersecurity in response to Labour concerns <\/p>\n<p>Ministers and civil servants conducting \u201cgovernment by WhatsApp\u201d have been exposed to hackers, leading to new advice from security chiefs about how to improve their privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet secretary, Simon Case, revealed that the Government Security Group had issued new guidance after Labour raised questions about ministers using their personal phones to conduct official business.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/13\/uk-security-chiefs-issue-guidance-after-hackers-target-ministers-on-whatsapp\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fe1efca4dd2c0f167f5f8b7a3d7c2158df90ba57\/0_149_3014_1809\/master\/3014.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a34a87946520a5a99b0d9d72fff38cbf\" title=\"UK security chiefs issue guidance after hackers target ministers on WhatsApp\" \/>Exclusive: civil service chief points to work to improve cybersecurity in response to Labour concerns<br \/>\nMinisters and civil servants conducting \u201cgovernment by WhatsApp\u201d have been exposed to hackers, leading to new advice from security chiefs about how to improve their privacy.<br \/>\nThe cabinet secretary, Simon Case, revealed that the Government Security Group had issued new guidance after Labour raised questions about ministers using their personal phones to conduct official business. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: civil service chief points to work to improve cybersecurity in response to Labour concerns Ministers and civil servants conducting \u201cgovernment by WhatsApp\u201d have been exposed to hackers, leading to new advice from security chiefs about how to improve their privacy. The cabinet secretary, Simon Case, revealed that the Government Security Group had issued new &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-security-chiefs-issue-guidance-after-hackers-target-ministers-on-whatsapp\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK security chiefs issue guidance after hackers target ministers on WhatsApp<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}