Supercomputer collapses

A supercomputer that was supposed to help Britain’s security service track terror suspects will not be ready in time for the Olympics.

MI5 has sacked a firm of IT consultants after the company failed to meet deadlines to implement the new intelligence-checking system.

The computer system is designed to help MI5 officers carry out secret searches on suspects, including those who may pose a threat at the Olympics.

Posing a threat: The computer [...]

Olympic security farce: Now MI5 sacks systems experts after anti-terror supercomputer collapse

£1m device for tracking suspects will not be ready in time for the Games

A supercomputer that was supposed to help Britain’s security service track terror suspects will not be ready in time for the Olympics.

MI5 has sacked a firm of IT consultants after the company failed to meet deadlines to implement the new intelligence-checking system.

The computer system is designed to help MI5 officers carry out secret searches on suspects, including [...]