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The United States and the European Union announced on a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine.
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Russia's government has put forward a law to force ride-hailing apps to give the FSB intelligence agency real-time access to their data.
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Cyber experts are urging Africa to up its game in the face of criminals targeting the continent's fast-growing internet economy with scams and theft.
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Western powers accused Russian authorities of carrying out a cyberattack against a satellite network an hour before the invasion of Ukraine to pave the way for its assault.
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Spain's government sacked the country's spy chief (Paz Esteban) as part of a widening scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of the prime minister and Catalan separatist leaders.
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Startup Clearview AI has agreed to limit access to its controversial facial recognition database in the United States, settling a lawsuit filed by privacy advocates, a court filing showed.
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The European Parliament voted to hand the EU's police agency new powers to gather and use data, provoking an angry response from privacy activists.
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Germany's financial regulator BaFin warned of the "very big" risk of cyberattacks targeting the financial sector, a threat it said had become "more likely" since Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Three young Israelis formerly serving in military cyber units have figured out how to locate your digital footprint -- and give you the tools to delete it.
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Microsoft said that in "hybrid" warfare tactics, Russia often matches cyberattacks with military assaults on the battlefield.
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Internet and phone services were down or running slowly in several French cities on Wednesday after fibre optic cables were cut overnight in suspected attacks on the crucial data infrastructure, telecom operators said.
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Members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence sharing network warned that "evolving intelligence" indicated Russia was poised to launch powerful cyberattacks against rivals supporting Ukraine.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook attacked moves to regulate his company's App Store in a rare speech in Washington, arguing that new rules could threaten iPhone users' privacy.
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Facebook said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns.
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India says it foiled an cyberattack by Chinese hackers targeting its power distribution system near a disputed frontier where the two countries are engaged in a military stand-off.
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Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri filed a complaint in France against surveillance firm NSO Group for having "illegally infiltrated" his mobile phone with the Pegasus spyware.
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Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
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Finland must brace for Russian interference and hybrid attacks as it weighs whether to join the NATO military alliance, the security services warned on Tuesday.
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Hackers stole cryptocurrency worth over $600 million from a digital ledger used by players of the popular online game Axie Infinity, in a major digital cash heist revealed.
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US regulators have deemed antivirus software maker Kaspersky a "threat to national security," a designation that will restrict its dealings in the United States.
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Lax laws and sweetheart deals are becoming a thing of the past for big tech firms, particularly in Europe where a series of rulings is posing a major threat to one of Google's flagship products.
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Italy's data privacy watchdog said Friday it was investigating the "potential risks" that Russian antivirus software Kaspersky could be used to launch cyberattacks.
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US cyber security giant NortonLifeLock's planned purchase of Czech rival Avast for more than $8 billion risks harming competition and could face an in-depth probe, Britain's regulator warned on Wednesday.
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German cybersecurity agency BSI warned against the use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky, warning the firm could be implicated in hacking assaults amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Julian Assange was on Monday denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the United States, where he could face a lifetime in prison.
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