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BRASÍLIA - Brazil on Monday stood firm on its demand that tech giants such as Google and Facebook store local customer data in this...

KOBLENZ - A German court Tuesday sentenced a former NATO employee to seven years in jail for spying after the IT expert copied secret...

WASHINGTON - Bitcoin supporters told a US Senate hearing Monday the virtual currency unit should not be viewed negatively by authorities despite its links...

WASHINGTON - The European Commission welcomed a "positive and constructive" meeting Monday with the US attorney general, urging action to curb distrust after revelations...

As NATO's Afghanistan Mission Comes to an End, The Focus is Switching to a Future of Cyber- and Information-warfare.BRUSSELS - Looking to a new...

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Monday said the Internet firm will begin encrypting data to protect users from online snooping.

NEW YORK CITY - Five people were arrested Monday following a global "cyber heist" in which hackers stole $45 million by overriding the cash...

NEW YORK CITY - Google has agreed to pay $17 million to settle an investigation by US states into its use of unauthorized tracking...

LONDON - The activities of GCHQ, Britain's secret eavesdropping agency, have come under intense scrutiny since former US analyst Edward Snowden said it was...

Hacker Linked to Anonymous gets 10-year SentenceNEW YORK CITY - A computer programmer linked to the online hacktivist group Anonymous who pleaded guilty to...

WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions...

WASHINGTON - A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for disclosing confidential national security information about a...

WASHINGTON - The United States is at greater risk than ever from cyber threats, and must work closely with private industry to safeguard the...

WASHINGTON - Google said Thursday the number of requests for user data from governments and law enforcement has doubled since 2010, as it renewed...

SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called Thursday for stronger Southeast Asian cooperation against cyber threats after his own website was hacked...

WASHINGTON - Google's Android platform was used on four out of five smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter, while Microsoft's Windows Phone showed...

LONDON - Dozens of London-based banks joined other financial institutions in the capital on Tuesday for a giant exercise to test their defenses against...

SINGAPORE - Five local men are being questioned for allegedly hacking the websites of Singapore's president and prime minister, police said Tuesday, amid a...

SINGAPORE - A rash of website hackings in the Asia-Pacific has exposed weak cyber defenses which must be improved to help the region deal...

LONDON - Britain's top spy chiefs warned in an unprecedented television appearance on Thursday that Al-Qaeda and other enemies were "lapping up" intelligence leaks...