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President Donald Trump found himself isolated and under pressure to reverse course after publicly challenging the US intelligence conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election during his face-to-face with Vladimir Putin.
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A 30-year-old Irish man accused of working for now defunct "dark web" marketplace Silk Road has been extradited to the United States to face charges in New York, four years after his arrest, prosecutors announced Friday
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Trump's apparent concessions to Putin over the election controversy drew stinging condemnation from across the political divide.
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Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks
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US formally lifts a crippling ban on exports to China's ZTE, rescuing the smartphone maker from the brink of collapse after it was denied key components
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Donald Trump said he may ask Vladimir Putin to extradite to the US 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of attempting to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
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Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been indicted by a grand jury for hacking Democratic Party emails ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Friday.
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Semi-conductor giant Broadcom, which recently failed in a bid to buy US rival Qualcomm, announced a cash deal to buy software and services firm CA Technologies for $18.9 billion.
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Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) plans to issue Facebook with the maximum available fine for breaches of the Data Protection Act -- an equivalent of $660,000 or 566,000 euros.
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Facebook could face a hefty compensation bill in Australia after a leading litigation funder lodged a complaint with the country's privacy regulator over users' personal data shared with a British political consultancy
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An ex-Apple engineer was charged with stealing secrets from a hush-hush self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese startup.
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Mobile fitness app Polar suspended its location tracking feature after security researchers found it had revealed sensitive data on military and intelligence personnel from 69 countries.
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The unique features of your face can allow you to unlock your new iPhone, access your bank account or even "smile to pay" for some goods and services
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Tens of thousands of Vietnamese social media users are flocking to a self-professed free speech platform to avoid tough internet controls in a new cybersecurity law
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Facebook confirms facing multiple inquiries from US and British regulators about the major Cambridge Analytica user data scandal
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Israeli military intelligence accused Hamas hackers of creating a World Cup app and two online dating sites to tempt soldiers into downloading spyware onto their phones.
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US securities regulators announce insider trading charges against a former Equifax manager who sold shares in the company before it disclosed a giant data breach
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California on Thursday passed a strict new law aimed at protecting people's privacy online, a move that promised to shift the terrain on which internet firms operate in the wake of recent scandals
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Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and choice
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Russia expert Shelly Bruce was appointed to lead Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency, amid ongoing concerns of Russian hacking and meddling in Western elections.
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France has joined the US and Russia in seeking the extradition of a Russian held in Greece for allegedly laundering $4 billion using the bitcoin digital currency
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Hundreds of hotels had customer data stolen as a result of a breach suffered by Fastbooking, a France-based company that provides e-commerce solutions for the hotel industry
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Nine European Union states are to create rapid response teams to counter cyber attacks within the framework of a new EU defence pact.
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Hackers stole more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrencies from South Korea's Bithumb bitcoin exchange, sending the unit's price falling around the world on Wednesday.
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The US Senate defied President Donald Trump by voting Monday to overrule his administration's deal with Chinese telecom firm ZTE and reimpose a ban on high-tech chip sales to the company.
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