SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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'Rev #Vennells wept but couldn’t remember much about sending innocent subpostmasters to jail. All so long ago

As the former #PostOffice CEO faced the inquiry and her victims, she said ‘sorry’ a lot. About what? It was never really clear'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/rev-paula-vennells-innocent-subpostmasters-jail-post-office-ceo-victims
#PostOfficeScandal #Horizon #Fujitsu

SubtleBlade, to random
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: how did , an ordained priest, fall so far and so fast from grace?

The former Chief Executive and archbishop’s confidant appears at the this week to explain her role in the affair that wrecked the lives of so many of her staff'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/19/paula-vennells-post-office-scandal-ordained-priest-horizon-it-inquiry

thejapantimes, to Japan
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A team of Japanese researchers using the supercomputer Fugaku have announced the development of a large language model for generative artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/11/japan/ai-fugaku-language-model-japanese/

SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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deceived barrister reviewing conviction, inquiry hears

, who advised postal firm to stop prosecutions decade ago, says key document was ‘deliberately withheld’ from him
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/09/post-office-deceived-barrister-reviewing-horizon-conviction-inquiry-hears

SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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@The was urged by its external law firm to “try and suppress” disclosure of a key document for “as long as possible” as branch owner-operators tried to mount legal action against the state-owned postal company, a public inquiry has heard.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/18/post-office-external-lawyers-inquiry-investigation-guidelines

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The internal affairs ministry on Tuesday issued administrative guidance to Fujitsu over a new problem with a subsidiary's My Number-linked certificate issuance system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/japan/fujitsu-my-number-system-failure/

ChrisMayLA6, to Horizon
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So, it now transpires that in the middle of the Horizon IT debacle Paula Vennells claimed that sub-post masters were likely to be tempted to steal by having large amounts of money in their tills...

when as we now know actually it was here & her associates who were tempted to steal by fraud by covering up IT problems they were aware of.

And just in case you had forgotten Vennells has served as an Anglican priest...

She really is a 'piece of work'...

h/t FT

leadedsolder, to retrocomputing
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New blog post! What's brown, enormous, contains an ashtray and seats two (CPUs?) It's the Fujitsu FM-8, of course. What's wrong with this one? It's been parted out in the pursuit of profit.

Come see if it can be revived: https://www.leadedsolder.com/2024/04/09/fujitsu-fm8-pickup-cpu-repair.html

thejapantimes, to business
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Private equity-related dealmaking in Japan jumped last year, as low interest rates and an ample supply of targets helped make the country the only market in the Asia-Pacific region to see growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/25/markets/japan-private-equity/

kyonshi, to ireland
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TechDesk, to Cybersecurity
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Personal data and customer information may have been stolen from Japanese tech giant Fujitsu after it reported a cyberattack. The company is currently investigating how its network was compromised by malware.

https://flip.it/0yWCd9

gcluley, to Cybersecurity
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GossiTheDog, to random
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On Friday night, Fujitsu quietly added a notice buried on their website in Japanese saying they’d been breached and that customer information may have been accessed. #threatintel https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2024/03/15-1.html

GossiTheDog,
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Much mystery surrounding this one, apparently told governments almost nothing.

The notice is hard to find, it’s under their company notices on their main website here: https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/resources/news/notices/

GossiTheDog,
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social avatar

Fujitsu have gone into full lockdown over their cyber incident - nobody will say anything and they are declining press calls.

GossiTheDog,
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If anybody wants an update on the breach - they have declined to comment to press and customers.

ChrisMayLA6, to Horizon
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More ....

giving advice to (you may recall something about their behaviour in the IT situation) on how to get (more) government contracts.

Yup, no consequences for Fujitsu even as lives have been ruined.

[you can finish off this post with your own choice of expletives]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/26/chancellor-gave-fujitsu-executive-advice-on-gaining-contracts

remixtures, to uk Portuguese
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: "David Cameron's government knew the Post Office had ditched a secret investigation that might have helped wrongly accused postmasters prove their innocence, the BBC can reveal.

The 2016 investigation trawled 17 years of records to find out how often, and why, cash accounts on the Horizon IT system had been tampered with remotely.

Ministers were told an investigation was happening.

But after postmasters began legal action, it was suddenly stopped.

The secret investigation adds to evidence that the Post Office knew Horizon's creator, Fujitsu, could remotely fiddle with sub-postmaster's cash accounts - even as it argued in court, two years later, that it was impossible.

The revelations have prompted an accusation that the Post Office may have broken the law - and the government did nothing to prevent it. Paul Marshall, a barrister who represented some sub-postmasters, said: "On the face of it, it discloses a conspiracy by the Post Office to pervert the course of justice.""

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68146054

HelenG, to random
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  • adrianfry,
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    @HelenG Why are still being awarded government contracts? I suspect because Fujitsu have direct links with government ministers. Whether Starmer's bunch of disciples step straight up onto the gravy train of capitalist bribery and corruption remains to be seen.

    sticklandtim, to random
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    Just when you think it can't get any worse...
    The individuals who plotted and lied against the Post Office staff should be in court - soon.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054

    RTP, to news
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    Fujitsu's Faulty Accounting Software Sent Innocent Postal Workers To Prison

    According To The Report, This Life Changing Bug Issue Was Known From The Start

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/fujitsu-bugs-that-sent-innocent-people-to-prison-were-known-from-the-start/

    Wen, to random
    @Wen@mastodon.scot avatar

    More evidence of Post Office corruption and destruction of evidence

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/13/ex-post-office-boss-gave-fujitsu-bonus-contract-despite-warnings-whistleblowers-says

    Ignore the headline - it does not reflect the real revelation of a deliberate attempt to migrate data in such a way that tampering with PO records was impossible to demonstrate in court.

    Vennels was either incompotent, or covering her own arsenal or both.

    SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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    failed to raise scandal when she met at

    Exclusive: request shows minister was warned by of ‘risk’ but focused instead on tech firm’s investment in
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/11/kemi-badenoch-failed-to-raise-horizon-scandal-when-she-met-fujitsu-at-davos

    thejapantimes, to business
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    Despite its role in the U.K.’s Post Office scandal, Fujitsu has held more than £3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) of active contracts with various parts of the British state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/11/fujitsu-uk-contracts/

    Miro_Collas, to uk
    @Miro_Collas@masto.ai avatar

    Fujitsu won £1.4bn in new government contracts after court ruling on Post Office software bugs | Fujitsu | The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/10/fujitsu-won-14bn-government-contracts-court-ruling-post-office-horizon-software-bugs

    thejapantimes, to business
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    Fujitsu apologized for its role in the wrongful conviction of more than 900 subpostmasters who used its accounting software, and said it will do its utmost to boost the quality of its products and regain public trust. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/01/companies/fujitsu-quality-control-after-uk-scandal/?utm_content=buffer02c58&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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