So who’s responsible for the transition from golf to football?
A suggestion by a bus driver with a push from Johnson’s mom, Tammie Edwards, sealed it.
“This is probably a unique story, but the main person who pushed me into playing football was my mom,” Johnson told GMFB. “My mom always taught me you wanna try things in life so you don’t look back and have regrets and for football, that was the case.”
The Prime Minister has been accused of having his mobile phone number available online.
Downing Street has refused to deny that a “well-publicised security breach” in April 2021 that led to the Prime Minister not having access to his old phone was that it was revealed his telephone number was publicly available.
In April last year the cult newsletter Popbitch claimed Boris Johnson’s mobile number was still available on press releases online from when he was shadow higher education minister in 2006.
In his letter to Lord Geidt published on Thursday, the PM said “security issues faced at the time meant I did not have access to my old device” and he could not recall exchanging messages with Tory peer Lord Brownlow.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said: “It’s longstanding policy that we don’t get into matters relating to security.”
It comes as Downing Street was heavily criticised for messages sent over the revamp of a flat.
Boris Johnson has been accused of lacking care for the role of his ministerial standards adviser as he was told it was “plainly unsatisfactory” that messages between the Prime Minister and a Tory donor were not disclosed in an investigation into the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.
Lord Geidt told the Prime Minister of his “grave concern” that the missing messages were not provided to him when he was investigating how the flat redecoration was funded, or when Mr Johnson’s old phone – where the messages were stored – was accessed in June last year “for another purpose”.
And he said the incident had “shook his confidence”.
Mr Johnson said he offered a “humble and sincere apology” but that he did not recall the exchange with Tory donor and peer Lord Brownlow.
Downing Street has defended taking two weeks to publish letters between Boris Johnson and Lord Geidt.
The most recent letter between the pair was dated December 23, but was not released until January 6.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said: “We’ve taken steps to publish as quickly as possible, now that Parliament has returned.”
He said it was “important” the letters were published while Parliament was sitting and added:…
On November 18, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint final rule (the “Computer-Security Incident Rule” or the “Final Rule”) establishing computer-security notification requirements for banking organizations and their bank service providers. The Final Rule, which has an effective date of April 22, 2022, and mandatory compliance date of May 1, 2022, contains two major components.
First, a “banking organization” must notify its primary federal regulator of any “computer-security incident” that rises to the level of a “notification incident” no later than 36 hours after the banking organization determines the notification incident has occurred. Second, a “bank service provider” must notify each affected banking organization customer as soon as possible of a “computer-security incident” that has caused, or is reasonably likely to cause, a material service disruption or degradation for four or more hours. The purpose of the Computer-Security Incident Rule’s notification requirements is to provide earlier awareness of emerging threats to banking organizations and the broader financial system.
The Final Rule defines a “computer-security incident” as an occurrence that, “(i) results in actual or potential harm to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information that the system processes, stores, or transmits; or (ii) constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies.”
A “computer-security incident” that would rise to the level of a “notification incident” triggering the Final Rule’s notification requirements includes, but is not limited to:
“Cyber power is revolutionising the way we live our lives and fight our wars, just as air power did 100 years ago,” Johnson said in a statement released by his office on Saturday.
Johnson is due to present a long-term review of national security strategy to parliament on Tuesday which media reports suggest could lead to a reduction in armed forces personnel.
“The review will set out the importance of cyber technology to our way of life – whether it’s defeating our enemies on the battlefield, making the internet a safer place or developing cutting-edge tech to improve people’s lives,” Johnson’s office said.
In 2019, Britain spent $59 billion, or 2.1% of national income, on defence, more than any other large European country but far below the 3.5% of income spent by the United States.
Britain has invested heavily in costly aircraft carriers in recent years and maintains nuclear weapons, but its ground forces have shrunk since the Cold War ended.
Some British media have reported that the review will call for the number of army personnel to be reduced by a further 12,500 to around 70,000.
The defence ministry said on Saturday that talk of cuts “at this stage is speculation”.
Johnson said the National Cyber Force – including spies, defence officials and scientists – would have a permanent base in northern England as the government tries to boost regional development outside London.
The NCF targets threats including foreign air defence systems and the mobile phones of people the government views as serious criminals or terrorists.
It was created last year alongside a dedicated army regiment focused on cyber warfare. In 2016 a National Cyber Security Centre was set up to advise the government and public on how to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks.