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Switzerland's foreign minister will meet his Russian counterpart next week after details emerged of alleged attempts by two Russian spies to hack sensitive Swiss targets
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Amazon is investigating allegations that some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third party companies particularly in China.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin was boosting military cyber capabilities to respond to Russian hybrid warfare that is targeting its troops deployed on NATO's eastern flank.
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Dutch intelligence services arrested two alleged Russian spies on suspicion of planning to hack the Spiez laboratory in Switzerland which is investigating the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal.
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Greece's Supreme Court on Friday said a Russian held in Greece for allegedly laundering $4 billion using the bitcoin digital currency should be extradited to Russia
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German reinsurance giant Munich Re estimated that companies could more than double their spending on cyber insurance from $3.4-$4 billion (3-3.4 billion euros) in 2017 to $8-$9 billion by 2020.
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Russian Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the United States from Georgia to answer criminal charges over the massive theft of customer data from JPMorgan Chase and Dow Jones.
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British Airways will financially compensate customers whose data were stolen in a "sophisticated" and "malicious" hack, chief executive Alex Cruz said Friday as he apologised for the fiasco.
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British Airways said that the personal and financial details of customers making bookings between August 21 and September 5 were stolen in a data breach involving 380,000 payment cards.
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Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said the smartphone-summoned ride service is reinforcing safeguards for passengers and their personal information.
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said that the leading social network and other internet firms are in an arms race to defend democracy.
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Privacy concerns have been raised after a coalition of intelligence agencies renewed a call for technology companies to allow backdoor access to encrypted content and devices.
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Twitter started requiring those behind hot-button issue ads in the US to be vetted as part of the effort by the social network to thwart stealth campaigns aimed at influencing politics.
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Shanghai police said they were investigating a suspected data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group, the local partner of France-based AccorHotels.
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Lithuania's major online media outlets signed an agreement to work with the defence ministry as they try to fend off a growing barrage of cyber attacks, largely blamed on Russia.
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The Telegram encrypted messenger app said said it would cooperate with investigators in terror probes when ordered by courts, except in Russia where it is locked in an ongoing battle with authorities.
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Facial recognition technology was credited with the arrest of a man attempting to use a fake passport to enter the United States at Washington's Dulles airport, officials said.
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Google said Thursday it blocked YouTube channels and other accounts over a misinformation campaign linked to Iran, on the heels of similar moves by Facebook and Twitter.
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Facebook suspends more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people's personal information was being improperly shared
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Facebook said it stopped stealth misinformation campaigns from Iran and Russia, shutting down accounts as part of its battle against fake news ahead of elections in the United States and elsewhere.
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The Russian hacking unit that tried to interfere in the US presidential election has been targeting conservative US think tanks, Microsoft said.
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Hackers from the Anonymous collective claimed responsibility for bringing down government websites in Spain in a protest against Madrid's efforts to block Catalonia's separatist drive.
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A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said Friday no customer data was compromised
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Tech companies could face fines of up to AUD$10 million (US $7.3 million) if they fail to hand over customer information or data to Australian police under tough cyber laws unveiled Tuesday.
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Researchers at CheckPoint found a flaw in WhatsApp that could allow hackers to modify and send fake messages in the popular social messaging app.
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