By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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Ashley Madison, Carphone Warehouse and TalkTalk: These are the 10 worst cyber attacks in 2015

December 10, 2015

From TalkTalk to Ashley Madison, major data breaches have scarcely been out of the headlines for a moment this year. 2015 has been the year when hacks really went through the roof, with millions of people having had their private data stolen in the UK alone and national governments scrambling to combat the growing threat [...]
Vodafone sues KPN for £83m for “anti-competitive” behaviour

December 10, 2015

Vodafone has filed a lawsuit against KPN for alleged anti-competitive behaviour, seeking €115m (£83m) in damages from the leading Dutch telco firm. Vodafone claims that its launch of combined TV, broadband and telephone services was delayed for three years, due to the former state monopoly not supplying the necessary technology. Rob Shuter, chief executive of [...]
How normal are your spending habits? UK household expenditure reveals what Britons spend most money on

December 10, 2015

Do you spend more or less money on wine than the average Briton? How about takeaway coffees? You probably already know that that daily vanilla latte you buy to get you through the morning commute tallies up to astronomical sums over the course of the year. But if you’re worried, or perhaps just curious, about [...]
Forget “unicorns” and “disruption”? New tool PitchGlitch hopes to banish tech buzzwords and jargon from startup pitches

December 9, 2015

If you’re sick of hearing about “disruption”, “game-changing” or “unicorns”, there’s a new tech jargon-busting tool for you. Just type the offending sentences into PitchGlitch’s online tool and press the big pink “disrupt” button, and the banned jargon will be struck through with a red pen, tallying up the total number of “glitches” or buzzwords [...]
Big Tobacco firms Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco take up arms against UK government’s plain packaging legislation

December 9, 2015

Major tobacco firms are taking up arms against the UK government’s bid to remove all branding from cigarette packages in a landmark hearing opening in London tomorrow that’s set to have a domino effect across the world. Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International are suing the British government for infringing their [...]
Three ways Tech City can help close the gender gap in 2016

December 9, 2015

The UK tech industry is a shining example of all that is good about British business in the 21st century: lean and hungry companies full of smart, hard-working people geared up for success. But when it comes to gender equality, tech is failing to move with the times. While the number of women founding businesses [...]
Bitcoin price surges after Craig Wright supposedly identified as anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto

December 9, 2015

Bitcoin’s on the move again, with the cryptocurrency spiking $16.50 over a 15-minute period following reports that the true identity of its mysterious creator had been uncovered. The digital currency is currently trading at $415 and is moving up. But experts are split on whether the potential unmasking of anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto is the [...]
More than half of the 130,000 phones and laptops forgotten in UK bars every year have no security settings

December 9, 2015

Forgetful revellers leave behind over 130,000 phones and laptops in UK bars every year, new research has found – and with the Christmas party season upon us, these figures are set to soar. Even more worryingly, more than half of these devices have no security settings installed, meaning that their contents are open to anyone [...]
Australian police raid Sydney home of reported bitcoin creator Craig Wright following reports he might be the true identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto

December 9, 2015

Australian police have raided the home of the man suspected to be the creator of bitcoin, hours after articles revealing his identity were published. Police entered 44-year old tech entrepreneur Craig Wright’s Sydney home at 1.30pm local time on Wednesday afternoon, with 10 police officers searching the house. Australian police said the raid had nothing [...]
95 per cent of German financial experts think bitcoin will struggle to survive the next decade

December 8, 2015

Blockchain may be riding a wave of success, but the digital currency it powers certainly isn’t, as a new survey reveals financial experts have little faith in bitcoin’s future. A full 95 per cent of finance execs in Germany believe digital currencies will only see niche applications before 2025, according to a survey from German [...]

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