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The European Union's new data protection laws came into effect on Friday, with Brussels saying the changes will protect consumers from being like "people naked in an aquarium"
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The Justice Department said the "VPNFilter" botnet was set up by a hacking group variously called APT28, Pawn Storm, Sandworm, Fancy Bear and the Sofacy Group.
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologized to the European Parliament on Tuesday for the "harm" caused by a huge breach of users' data and by a failure to crack down on fake news.
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Critics say the GDPR could take away an important tool used by law enforcement, security researchers, journalists and others.
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The United States and China may have a tentative deal to save embattled Chinese telecom company ZTE, days after the two nations announced a truce in their trade standoff.
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Activist groups urged Amazon to stop providing facial recognition technology to law enforcement, warning that it could give authorities "dangerous surveillance powers."
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Hackers who targeted Mexico's interbank payment system made off with more than $15 million in the past several weeks, the Bank of Mexico said Wednesday.
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The US Senate voted Wednesday to restore so-called "net neutrality" rules aimed at requiring all online data to be treated equally, the latest step in a years-long battle on internet regulation.
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Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, Whistleblower Christopher Wylie told a congressional hearing.
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Serbian police said Wednesday they had arrested a man sought by the FBI under suspicion of being part of a group of cybercriminals who called themselves "The Dark Overlord".
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Ecuador spied on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy where he has been living since 2012, according to a media report.
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The EU's new data protection rules that enter into force later this month are having an impact around the world as firms, including in the United States and China, move to comply.
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The Dutch government is phasing out the use of anti-virus software made by Russian firm Kaspersky Lab amid fears of possible spying, despite vehement denials by the Moscow-based cyber security company.
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Hackers have stolen an unknown amount of money from banks in Mexico in a series of cyber attacks on the country's interbank payments system, an official said.
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Facebook said Monday it has suspended "around 200" apps on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of private user data.
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Chinese telecom giant ZTE said its major operations had "ceased" following last month's US ban on American sales of critical technology to the company, raising the possibility of its collapse.
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A Romanian man who launched a cyber attack on the servers of World of Warcraft over a squabble with other players was sentenced to one year in prison.
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Blockchain has the potential to play a disruptive role in the global finance sector, experts say, as banking behemoths seek to connect with its opportunities.
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Personnel on US military bases can no longer buy phones and other gear manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, after the Pentagon said the devices pose an "unacceptable" security risk.
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Australia's troubled Commonwealth Bank admits losing financial records for almost 20 million customers in a major security blunder -- but insists there is no need to worry
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North Korea denied hacking the database of a UN committee tasked with monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang.
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European and US police forces have struck at the heart of Islamic State's propaganda machine, seizing servers and "punching a hole" in its ability to spread its radical jihadist message online
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Dutch police said Thursday they have arrested three men for stealing explicit pictures of girls and young women from their cloud data, and shut down a globally notorious "revenge porn" site.
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Google on Wednesday ramped up privacy controls in a Gmail overhaul, aiming first at businesses that use its suite of workplace tools hosted in the internet cloud.
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Portugal on Tuesday became the 21st country to join NATO's cyber defence centre, the Tallinn-based body said at a flag-raising ceremony.
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- EU's New Data Protection Rules Come Into Effect
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