Ransomware: the Somali pirate crisis of 2021
This form of cyberattack threatens people’s privacy, finances – and even their lives. To learn how to combat it, we must return to a series of offline crimes and the West’s response to them
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Wrong turn
Plenty of people take wrong turns in their lives. But so too can justice systems. John Crilly and hundreds more have been the victims of the legal doctrine of Joint Enterprise and how it has been applied for the past 30 years.
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Ransomware: 2021’s Somali pirate crisis
The secret to fighting back against cyberattacks could lie in the Somalian pirate attacks of the early 2010s.
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All part of the mix
People of mixed heritage have become an important part of Britain’s demographic makeup. It’s time we recognised that – and them.
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Can we stay ahead of cybercrime?
In a digital world, we are more at risk than ever. Join us on Thursday 30 September for the Tortoise Cyber Summit.
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Submarine warfare
20 september 2021
- UK energy companies asked for state-backed loans to avoid going out of business because of soaring wholesale gas prices (more below).
- Olivia Colman won an Emmy for her portrayal of the Queen in The Crown.
- Iran’s top nuclear scientist was killed by Israeli agents with an AI machine gun, a New York Times investigation into the 2020 assassination concluded.
Sometime in the next few days Joe Biden will pick up the phone to Emmanuel Macron. It will be awkward. France and the US have been allies since 1789. Benjamin Franklin was a founding father and the first American ambassador to Paris. Now Macron has withdrawn his ambassador from DC over a cancelled submarine contract – and much more than that.
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All part of the mix
People of mixed heritage have become an important part of Britain’s demographic makeup. It’s time we recognised that – and them
New Zealand wasn’t prepared for the pandemic. It just got lucky
Despite the praise the country received for its response to Covid, it was an outcome dependent on luck. Such an approach should not be emulated by other countries
Scotland’s second blueprint
In 2013, the SNP published a white paper detailing its plan for an independent future. The world has changed so dramatically since then that key issues in its proposal need to be updated ahead of a potential second vote.
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The Battle for Truth
Does truth even exist anymore and, if so, who owns it? Welcome to Season One of ThinkIn with James Harding.
Rhodes Must Fall and the battle for truth
Cancel culture and the battle for truth
Grenfell Tower and the battle for truth
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We’re not cutting emissions fast enough
In the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow, Tortoise – in collaboration with members and a network of coalition organisations – is running a programme of ThinkIns and journalism devoted to accelerating net zero.
By the time we get to the conference, we want to have an agenda with a difference.
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Lonely Piqué
How is Gerard Piqué dealing with the crisis at Barcelona without his famous former team-mates?
Shamima Begum’s new look
The story of Shamima Begum is one of the most notorious examples of radicalisation in Britain. Now she’s back in the news, why is her appearance getting so much attention?
Wrong turn
Plenty of people take wrong turns in their lives. But so too can justice systems. John Crilly and hundreds more have been the victims of the legal doctrine of Joint Enterprise and how it has been applied for the past 30 years
Scoring net zero
This weekend, Tottenham Hotspur play Chelsea in a match that will be a first of its kind. But is a ‘net zero’ football match purely a stunt or signs that things are changing for the better?
covid Inquiry
Why wait until spring 2022?
That’s when the prime minister has said an independent inquiry into the government’s response to Covid will begin. Here at Tortoise, we felt the need was far more urgent – and so, last Autumn, we held our own.
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Why do so many people with autism die young?
Public awareness of issues relating to neurodiversity in general has improved in recent years, but has all that awareness translated into meaningful change, especially in terms of medical treatment, for autistic people and their families?
Victoria, Succession and Stephen: is drama better at news than journalism?
How do the shifting boundaries between fact and fiction, news and drama reshape our relationship with journalism, and with history? If journalism is the first draft of history, is TV drama now the finished article?
The fight for feminism
At a time when women’s rights across the world are increasingly under threat, why is feminism eating itself alive? What can be done to bring everyone together?
Afghanistan: what now?
Although it happened faster than even the Taliban expected, the fall of Kabul was not a surprise. The key question is, what happens now?
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In conversation with Katherine Ainley, CEO, Ericsson UK & Ireland
Join Alexi Mostrous in conversation with Katherine Ainley, CEO, Ericsson UK & Ireland.
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Will technology widen the power gap? In conversation with Azeem Azhar
Join Alexi Mostrous in conversation with Azeem Azhar to discuss his new book, Exponential.
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