It comes as Marks & Spencer and the Co-op recover from disruption caused by cyber-attacks.

Officers who access records without a legitimate reason could be breaking the law, the Met says.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust says investigations are ongoing.

The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.

James Lyne – How do you pick up a malicious online virus, the kind of malware that snoops on your data and taps your bank account? Often, it's through simple things you do each day without thinking twice. James Lyne reminds us that it's not only the NSA that's watching us, but ever-more-sophisticated cybercriminals, who exploit both weak code and trusting human nature.

The government said medical data of 500,000 people was affected but no personally identifiable information had been made available.

Hackers were reported to have infiltrated IT systems - but the gallery says its works are safe.

Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.

Chester Zoo is leading a call for a change in the way "rain icons" are used in weather forecasts.

A Few Final Thoughts

One perhaps self-serving observation. I’m happy to say I feel better about the second half of my life than the first. My advice: Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes – learn at least a little from them and move on. It is never too late to improve. Get the right heroes and copy them. You can start with Tom Murphy; he was the best.

Remember Alfred Nobel, later of Nobel Prize fame, who – reportedly – read his own obituary that was mistakenly printed when his brother died and a newspaper got mixed up. He was horrified at what he read and realized he should change his behavior.

Don’t count on a newsroom mix-up: Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.

Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government. When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless but also priceless. Whether you are religious or not, it’s hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior.

I write this as one who has been thoughtless countless times and made many mistakes but also became very lucky in learning from some wonderful friends how to behave better (still a long way from perfect, however). Keep in mind that the cleaning lady is as much a human being as the Chairman.

I wish all who read this a very happy Thanksgiving. Yes, even the jerks; it’s never too late to change. Remember to thank America for maximizing your opportunities. But it is – inevitably – capricious and sometimes venal in distributing its rewards.

Choose your heroes very carefully and then emulate them. You will never be perfect, but you can always be better.

In this age of rage, books restore to us what algorithms have removed – the ability to think as others think