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The US Treasury has extended by seven days the November 27 deadline given to the Chinese owner of TikTok to sell the popular social media platform's American business.
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Apple Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer promised to give the Santa Clara County sheriff's office 200 iPads, worth about $70,000, in exchange for concealed weapons permits (CCW), the county's district attorney alleged in a statement Monday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau -- under pressure from the opposition to ban Huawei from the country's 5G networks -- refused to say Tuesday when he might make his decision, or if it would come before year's end.
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Cybercriminals targeted Manchester United's IT systems in a "sophisticated" hacking operation, the club said.
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Apple confirmed Thursday it would press ahead with mobile software changes that limit tracking for targeted advertising -- a move that has prompted complaints from Facebook and others.
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Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for Android users, making it harder for anyone -- including law enforcement -- to read the content of messages.
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State-sponsored programs from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea pose the greatest high-tech threats to Canada, a report from the nation's authority on cyber security warned Wednesday.
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As the number of online devices surges and superfast 5G connections roll out, record numbers of companies are offering handsome rewards to ethical hackers who successfully attack their cybersecurity systems.
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The Canadian government presented a draft law that would impose major fines on companies that violate privacy law by misusing the personal data of their customers.
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Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyber attacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat.
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An Austrian online privacy NGO said on Monday it was lodging complaints against Apple in two countries over the use of a code on its phones that allows tracking of user behavior.
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Switzerland benefitted from a spectacular espionage scheme orchestrated by the CIA and its German counterpart who used a Swiss encryption company to spy on governments worldwide.
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President Donald Trump's administration said Wednesday it was still working to resolve its security concerns over Chinese-owned app TikTok after the firm sought to delay a deadline to sell its US operations.
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A Swedish court has suspended a decision banning Huawei equipment from the country's 5G network while it considers the merits of the case against the Chinese telecoms giant.
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TikTok asked a Washington court Tuesday to stop an order from US President Donald Trump's administration from taking effect this week as the White House seeks to ban the Chinese-owned app in the United States.
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The Czech Republic's intelligence agency said Tuesday Russian and Chinese spies posed an imminent threat to the EU member's security and other key interests last year.
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Silicon Valley is welcoming the election of Joe Biden as US president even as it girds for a series of battles over tech policy in Washington.
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Chinese telecoms group Huawei has appealed Sweden's decision to ban it from the country's 5G network for security reasons, a legal filing obtained by AFP on Friday showed.
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California voters have backed an initiative expanding a data privacy law criticized by rights watchdogs as having worrying "loopholes" for firms such as Google and Facebook.
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Social media firms remained on high alert against Election Day misinformation and manipulation efforts as polling places began closing in the US and focus turned to tallying ballots.
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A US federal judge on Friday issued an injunction temporarily blocking an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at banning TikTok, throwing up a legal roadblock ahead of a November 12 deadline.
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Alerts from US authorities and security researchers highlight a wave of cyberattacks on hospitals coping with rising virus infections.
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Britain's data privacy watchdog on Friday said it has fined US hotels group Marriott over a data breach affecting millions of customers worldwide.
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Hackers briefly broke into Donald Trump's campaign website on Tuesday, just a week before Election Day, officials and reports said. "
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Hackers seeking to sow chaos in the November 3 election are hard at work -- but some experts say they don't need to be successful to have an impact.
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