Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
- Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but attacks surged to record highs
by Carly Page on February 27, 2026 at 4:15 pmSmaller crews piled in as old names splintered and rebranded Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but it seems like the cybercrooks launching the attacks didn't get the memo.…
- French DIY etailer ManoMano admits customer data stolenby Carly Page on February 27, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Crooks claim they helped themselves to over 37M accounts during January hit on subcontractor French online marketplace ManoMano is warning customers their personal data was siphoned off after a cyberattack hit one of its customer support subcontractors – and criminals are already claiming the haul is far larger than the company's carefully worded notice suggests.…
- Japan's Rapidus lands $1.7B to chase 2nm chip production by 2027by Dan Robinson on February 27, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Government and 32 private-sector backers fund push to take on TSMC and Samsung at leading-edge nodes Japan's fledgling foundry biz Rapidus has secured funding of $1.7 billion to help it progress to mass production of 2nm semiconductors by 2027, making it a potential rival for Taiwan's TSMC.…
- Cops back Dutch telco Odido after second wave of ShinyHunters leaksby Connor Jones on February 27, 2026 at 1:54 pm
Company refuses to pay ransom as attackers threaten larger daily dumps The Netherlands' national police is backing Odido's refusal to pay a ransom after ShinyHunters leaked a second round of records belonging to the telco.…
- 50 GW of datacenter demand queues up for UK grid accessby Dan Robinson on February 27, 2026 at 1:13 pm
To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year About 140 datacenters are in the queue to be connected to Britain's power grid, and their combined energy requirements are estimated to be more than the current peak electricity use for the entire country.…
- Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadlineby Lindsay Clark on February 27, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030 About half of German-speaking SAP users on its legacy ECC ERP system are set to ignore the 2027 support deadline, according to a survey of users in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.…
- Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing awardby Lindsay Clark on February 27, 2026 at 11:45 am
French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules Sopra Steria is suing the UK government, alleging it accepted a bid from rival Capita for an outsourcing contract worth up to £958.7 million that it failed to recognize as too low to comply with procurement rules.…
- Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaulby Lindsay Clark on February 27, 2026 at 10:15 am
Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA In the middle of a mammoth migration off SAP's legacy ERP systems, global snack giant Mondelēz has found an alternative to the German vendor's tech as the main platform for understanding its complex, fragmented business processes.…
- UK copper fired after faking keyboard taps using photo frameby Connor Jones on February 27, 2026 at 9:30 am
Typing 8x more than your peers? You better have the work to show for it Avon and Somerset Police this week confirmed a former officer was dismissed after she was found weighing her laptop keyboard down with photo frames to simulate activity.…
- Engineer held hostage by client who asked for the wrong fixby Simon Sharwood on February 27, 2026 at 7:30 am
'I was no longer field support. I was collateral' On Call Friday has arrived, bringing a promise of fleeting freedom – and a new instalment of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column that retells your tales of tech support incidents that became memorable for all the wrong reasons.…
- NUC, NUC! Who’s there? ASUS with a client device for Microsoft’s cloudy PCsby Simon Sharwood on February 27, 2026 at 5:53 am
Dell also joins the alternative to Windows 365 Link fun Microsoft has found some friends to make desktop devices that boot into its Windows 365 cloud PCs.…
- China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracyby Simon Sharwood on February 27, 2026 at 4:10 am
Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination The Chinese agency that has accused the USA of cyberattacks on its own infrastructure to make Beijing look bad is back with another theory: Washington’s actions against cryptocurrency crooks are just attempts to dominate the global financial system.…
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