UK to ban social media access for children under 16

Collection of tech and security news: UK plans a ban on social media access for under-16s covering user-to-user platforms and recommendation algorithms; Maine temporarily closed its public data-breach portal after a wave of fake reports while auditing procedures; a cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupted business and government services for about a week, impacting cash registers, customer portals, corporate email, HR document systems and certificate-based authentication; Finland charged cargo-ship officers with damaging two subsea telecommunications cables and attempting to damage up