Associated Press

Two years ago, California became the first state to pass a sweeping digital privacy law seen as the strongest of its kind in the...

Russian interference has been minimal so far in the most tempestuous U.S. presidential election in decades. But that doesn’t mean the Kremlin can’t inflict...

Two years after the EU launched its landmark GDPR data rights charter, there are signs Ireland is faltering in its outsized role as regulator...

Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key...

A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students.

A hacker attack against an upstate New York county’s computer system raised concern that some emailed absentee ballot applications may not be processed, but...

A ransomware attack that hobbled a Georgia county government in early October reportedly disabled a database used to verify voter signatures in the authentication...

The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Russian officials and part of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency over a cyberattack against the...

Iran is responsible for emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple states aimed at intimidating the recipients into voting for President Donald Trump, U.S....

Sweden is banning Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building new high-speed wireless networks after a top security official called China one of...

Irish privacy regulators have opened two investigations into Instagram over the social media site’s handling of young people’s personal data.

The email from a political action committee seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to make sure you’re registered to...

Britain’s information commissioner has fined British Airways 20 million pounds ($25 million) for failing to protect personal data for some 400,000 customers, the largest...

European and American officials said Thursday that they have arrested 20 people in several countries for allegedly belonging to an international ring that laundered...

The former roommate of a woman accused of hacking Capital One banking company and at least 30 other organizations has been sentenced to four...

Puerto Rico’s firefighting department said Wednesday that its database was hacked by unknown people demanding $600,000 in an act of alleged extortion.The department’s director,...

Iran’s cybersecurity authority acknowledged cyberattacks on two governmental departments this week, state media reported Thursday.The cyberattacks occurred Tuesday and Wednesday and were under investigation,...

German prosecutors said Wednesday that authorities have searched 15 premises linked to spyware maker FinFisher as part of a probe into allegations the Munich-based...

Computer hackers who obtained information about a Virginia public school district’s students and employees have posted stolen data online, school officials said Friday in...

Federal regulators have not taken adequate steps to protect computer systems on airliners from hackers, a government watchdog agency reported on Friday.The agency said...