IT Pro News in Review: Massive internet outage, Colonial Pipeline recovers ransom, UK can’t fill digital jobs
Catch up on the biggest stories of the week in just 2 minutes
Welcome to IT Pro's News in Review, a weekly bitesize bulletin of the top tech stories of the week, for the week ending 11 June.
This episode:
- A software bug at Fastly causes chaos on the internet
- Colonial Pipeline recovers $2.3 million of the ransom it paid to DarkSide
- UK government slammed for failing to invest in digital skills
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