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£7.7 million bounty offered in hunt for members of North Korea-backed hacking group | UK News

£7.7 million bounty offered in hunt for members of North Korea-backed hacking group | UK News

The UK, US and South Korea have accused a North Korea-backed cyber group of carrying out an online espionage campaign to steal military and nuclear secrets. The “Andariel” group has been compromising organisations around the globe as it attempts to get hold of sensitive and classified technical information and intellectual property data, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The centre, along with the FBI in the US and South Korea’s national intelligence service, have issued a joint warning and advisory note about Andariel’s actions. They have urged critical infrastructure organisations to “stay vigilant” against such cyber operations. It comes as the US government offers a reward of up to $10m (£7.7m) to anyone with information that helps it find members of malicious cyber groups targeting America on behalf of foreign governments. The US state department’s rewards for justice programme is looking for Rim Jong Hyok, a North Korean national associated with Andariel, which has been active since around 2009. The reward will be offered to any person who helps identify or locate …

UK graduates: tell us how your job hunt has been going | Graduate careers

UK graduates: tell us how your job hunt has been going | Graduate careers

We’re interested to hear from people who have recently graduated and have been trying to secure their first graduate job in the UK. Whether you have just left university or have graduated in the past few years, tell us how your graduate job hunt has been going, how many applications you have sent out, how many interviews and job offers you’ve had, what pay offers you have received, if applicable, and whether you’ve been successful in landing a role you are happy with. How have you been finding the process overall, and is there anything that you have learned that you did not know before you embarked on your career? Share your experience Tell us how it’s been to apply for your first graduate job since leaving university. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no …

‘I hope he loses’: Jeremy Hunt facing uphill battle in Godalming as voters long for change | General election 2024

‘I hope he loses’: Jeremy Hunt facing uphill battle in Godalming as voters long for change | General election 2024

The beautiful Surrey Hills are well known for two things: a high concentration of some of the UK’s richest residents, who commute from the “stockbroker belt” to well-paying jobs in London, and some of the country’s most popular cycling routes. The two combined on a recent chilly Saturday morning in a 100km bike ride that passed through the picturesque lanes of the newly created Godalming and Ash constituency. Most of the 10 riders from Velo Club Godalming Haslemere were happy to chat politics as they pedalled up (and down) 1,168 metres of the county’s steepest hills on customised carbon-fibre racing bikes, some of which cost more than a family car. Godalming town centre. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Guardian Steve Street, 55, a retired engineering consultant who has lived in Godalming for more than 30 years, was excited about the election, as the constituency could be one of the tightest races in the country. “I hope he loses,” Street said of Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, who has held the former seat of South West Surrey since 2005. …

Jay Slater: ‘Living nightmare’ hunt for missing British teenager on Tenerife continues | World News

Jay Slater: ‘Living nightmare’ hunt for missing British teenager on Tenerife continues | World News

Helicopters, rescue dogs and drones have continued to scour the holiday island of Tenerife for a missing British teenager as concerned family and friends endure a “living nightmare”. The hunt for 19-year-old Jay Slater from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, is now in its fifth day. Lancashire Constabulary said that while the case “falls outside the jurisdiction of UK policing”, it has offered to support Spanish police “if they need any additional resources”. The force added: “They have confirmed that at this time they are satisfied that they have the resources they need, but that offer remains open and they will contact us should that position change.” Image: Jay Slater. Pic: Lucy Law The apprentice bricklayer was holidaying with friends on Tenerife before he disappeared on Monday. He was last heard from when he called a friend to say he was setting off on an 11-hour walk to get home, after he missed his bus. Image: Pic: PA Ofelia Medina Hernandez, who was the last person to see Mr Slater, told Sky News: “I saw …

Billionaire non-dom quit UK on day Hunt scrapped tax breaks, says adviser | The super-rich

Billionaire non-dom quit UK on day Hunt scrapped tax breaks, says adviser | The super-rich

A London-based billionaire non-dom left the UK for good on the day that the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced the scrapping of the 225-year-old tax scheme in the spring budget, his tax adviser has revealed. “We did have one billionaire client who literally on the day of the budget, 6 March, got on his private jet with his wife, with his children, with the private tutor, and flew to one of his other 17 houses in the world – and said ‘I’m not coming back’,” said John Barnett, a partner at the law firm Burges Salmon, which specialises in advising the super-rich on how to legally reduce their tax bills. Barnett and other tax advisers to the very wealthy, say dozens of their non-domicile clients have already left the country to avoid being subjected to UK taxes on their overseas income, after Hunt announced the abolition of the regime from April 2025. They expect hundreds more to leave for other countries such as Italy, Spain, France and Malta that have special tax incentives designed to attract …

Jeremy Hunt says ‘don’t cut interest rates too soon’ despite cries for drop | Politics | News

Jeremy Hunt says ‘don’t cut interest rates too soon’ despite cries for drop | Politics | News

The Monetary Police Committee voted to hold rates at a 16-year high even though inflation fell to just 3.2% in March. Two members of the MPC voted for a cut and governor Andrew Bailey did say he was prepared to lower rates before the US Federal Reserve if conditions allowed. But the failure to cut was criticised by Julian Jessop of the Institute of Economic Affairs who said: “Even the Bank’s own forecasts now show there is no need to keep rates this high to get inflation back to 2%. “There are some clear signals that cuts are coming and not a moment too soon. “The longer the Bank waits, the greater the risks of a prolonged recession, or a lurch into harmful deflation.” The move means the mortgage payments of 868,000 homeowners will jump by around £240 a month between now and November ­when a general election is likely. ­Financial Conduct Authority analysis shows that an average of 4,200 households a day are coming off fixed-rate deals and being forced to remortgage with higher …

Hunt urges Bailey not to cut interest rates too quickly

Hunt urges Bailey not to cut interest rates too quickly

Good evening. Jeremy Hunt has urged the Bank of England not to cut interest rates too quickly after Governor Andrew Bailey opened the door to a steep fall in borrowing costs. Elsewhere, in the US, Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial resumed in New York today – follow live updates here. Plus: Hannah Furness reveals what she learnt from Britain’s hardest working Royal. Hunt urges Bailey not to cut interest rates too quickly Source link

New Lord Of The Rings film The Hunt For Gollum to be first of two new movies set in Middle Earth | Ents & Arts News

New Lord Of The Rings film The Hunt For Gollum to be first of two new movies set in Middle Earth | Ents & Arts News

The team behind the Lord Of The Rings trilogy will work on two new films, Warner Bros has announced. Peter Jackson, the mastermind behind the epic Oscar-winning films released in 2001, 2002 and 2006, will produce the films alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Andy Serkis, known for playing Gollum in the original trilogy based on JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels set in the world of Middle Earth, will again star as the character and direct the first of the new movies, Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum. In a statement sure to excite fans, Serkis used Gollum’s catchphrase, saying: “Yesssss, Precious.” He added: “The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle Earth – Peter, Fran and Philippa.” Image: Andy Serkis in 2004. Pic: Reuters The producing team “will be involved every step of the way” in the new venture, Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO, David Zaslav, said. Warner Bros. had first announced in 2023 that it was planning a number …

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film | Film

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film | Film

Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are working on a new Lord of the Rings film due to release in 2026, it has been announced. In a statement, Warner Bros said that the first of a new set of Lord of the Rings films, The Hunt for Gollum, will be directed by and star Serkis, and be produced by Jackson. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, had earlier told a conference call with investors that the film is “now in the early stages of script development” and that Jackson, along with writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, “will be involved every step of the way”. The film, he said, would “explore storylines yet to be told”. Zaslav added: “Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and revered franchises in history and presents a significant opportunity for theatrical business.” In the statement, Jackson, Walsh and Boyens said: “It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with …