Ellen Jennings-Trace

Ellen Jennings-Trace

Staff Writer

Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying at the University of Cardiff. During her time at university, Ellen studied BA Politics and International Relations, for which she achieved second-class honours (upper division). Ellen then went on to study an MA in Political Communication, receiving a Merit. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing’s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content. When she’s not working, Ellen is a keen badminton player, Formula 1 fan, and gym enthusiast.

Articles by: Ellen Jennings-Trace

Qt World Summit Speakers

“Qt is everywhere” - we hear about the development framework secretly featuring on billions of devices across the world

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Qt World Summit 2025 Qt is the software development framework that promises to do all the heavy lifting.

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IRS could use AI to replace workers after mass layoffs

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Considerable IRS workforce cuts could be replaced with bots.

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PowerSchool hackers return, and may not have deleted stolen data as promised

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Individual school districts are now being extorted.

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Microsoft employees join the list of those banned from using DeepSeek

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Data security and propaganda concerns mean Microsoft employees are not permitted to use DeepSeek.

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US government warns of "unsophisticated" hackers targeting oil and gas systems

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

CISA warns cybercriminals are attacking critical infrastructure, with oil and gas under particular focus.

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“Nobody else is doing it this way” - How Qt is on its way to a fully technology-agnostic platform

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

An exciting expansion is coming for Qt services, company claims.

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US DOD wants right-to-repair provisions in Army contracts to access tools, software, and technical data without IP constraints

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

It’s one of the very few things both sides of the aisle can agree on.

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Hacker pleads guilty to illegally accessing Disney Slack channels and stealing huge tranche of data

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

“Nullbulge” spread info-stealing malware, with 1.1TB data stolen.

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World Password Day 2025: All the news, updates and advice from our experts as it happened

By Benedict Collins last updated

We rounded up all the best news, advice and more for World Password Day 2025.

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Three massive UK retailers have been hit by cyber attacks this week – so what's going on?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Harrods becomes latest victim after Co-Op and M&S - but are the three incidents linked?

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Google Password manager is a favourite amongst TechRadar Pro readers - what’s yours?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Which password manager do you use?

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Microsoft RDP apparently lets you log in with expired passwords - and it apparently doesn't have plans to fix the issue

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Changing passwords could be basically pointless for Microsoft RDP.

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Millions of users possibly at risk after Ascension healthcare reveals new data breach, potentially linked to Cl0p ransomware

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Another data breach has been announced by healthcare giant Ascension

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How often do you change your password? If you’re a TechRadar Pro reader, probably not often enough

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Almost 85% of TechRadar Pro readers only change their passwords when prompted.

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Top tech conferences: The ultimate tech events guide for May 2025

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated

We've compiled the ultimate list of technology events so you don't have to.

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Co-op fending off hackers by shutting down IT systems

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Supermarket giant Co-op is defending against an ongoing cyberattack.

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France accuses Russian GRU hackers of targeting French organizations

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

The APT28 hacking group has been linked to the attacks.

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Widespread cyberattack against national infrastructure thwarted, Iranian government claims

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

A “widespread and complex” attack has been stopped by Iranian cybersecurity.

URL phishing

Almost a quarter of HTML attachments are malicious, research finds

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Attackers are increasingly embedding malicious scripts into HTML files.

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Medical software company database may have exposed tens of thousands of health records and PII

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

20 thousands patient records were potentially exposed.

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Criminals are pretending to be Microsoft, Google, and Apple in phishing attacks

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Phishing is more popular than ever, so be on the lookout.

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“Things are getting a little bit scary” - Workday’s take on responsible AI

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Workday outlines the barriers to ethical AI building.

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The Branch Ergonomic Chair Pro took far too long to assemble - but here's why I think it's still worth it

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Our review for the Branch Future Ergonomic Chair Pro - a solid choice.

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North Korean hackers are using advanced AI tools to help them get hired at Western firms

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Research revealed the DPRK is using AI in its malicious campaign.

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M&S checkout chaos persists as cyberattack fallout continues

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated

Disruption from recent M&S cyber incident continues.

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