Cybersecurity
EU spyware inquiry fails to put Spain on list of fact-finding trips
Madrid’s former interior minister said visiting Spain ‘should not be a priority,’ despite a raging political scandal over the use of Pegasus software.
Spot checks: Europe’s customs officers struggle to catch faulty goods
NATO aims to take on Russia with its own cyber military-industrial complex
Russian hackers attack Lithuania over Kaliningrad sanctions
The Czechs Europe needs to know
Pegasus used by at least 5 EU countries, NSO Group tells lawmakers
NSO Group ‘made mistakes,’ its chief lawyer says.
German Greens confirm top brass hit by cyberattack
The attacks were initially discovered by the party’s IT service provider.
Abortion rights advocates in US prepare for a new wave of digital security threats
Advocates and abortion providers are reassessing their digital security practices ahead of an expected rise in cyberattacks and surveillance.
German Greens party’s emails compromised by hackers
The party’s co-leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang were among the victims of the hacking.
Big Tech cries foul over EU cloud-security label
‘Immunity requirements’ could force giants to disavow US data laws and restructure European operations.
Chelsea Manning dances with the crypto devil
The US whistleblower is working on a privacy project with funding from a digital token.
EU lands new law to fight off hackers in critical sectors
Rules for industries and governments aim to prevent all-out cyber breakdown.
EU, UK blame Russia for Ukraine satellite hack
Attack happened an hour before Moscow launched its invasion in February.
Reports: Spain sacks intel chief over Pegasus scandal
PM Pedro Sánchez and his defense minister were hacked with spyware last year.
Brussels braces for tense tech fight over child sex abuse content
The Commission is set to release a rulebook that could force digital companies to detect, remove and report illegal images of child sexual abuse.
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Hack of Spanish PM’s phone deepens Europe’s spyware crisis
Pedro Sánchez is first EU head of state confirmed to have fallen victim to Pegasus.
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez had phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
Spain’s defense minister also hit in ‘illegal and external’ intrusion.
Catalonia calls for EU ‘protection’ from Pegasus cyber snooping
Madrid must provide answers or else Brussels must step in, Catalan president says.
Outrage after EU signs mega-deal with UK firm to handle confidential data
Critics say Commission can’t achieve strategic autonomy while awarding multibillion-euro contracts to non-EU companies.
Boris Johnson’s China problem
The British prime minister has described himself as ‘fervently Sinophile’ — but his government is caught between drumming up investment and talking tough on security.
Crypto CEO warns of mass surveillance risk under ‘track and trace’ proposals
Pascal Gauthier accuses some MEPs of waging a war against Bitcoin.
UK ministers quietly approve Chinese microchip factory takeover
Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of the Chinese technology company Wingtech, engineered a takeover of Newport Wafer Fab last spring.
Ukraine minister pleads to expand ‘digital blockade’ on Russia
Kyiv’s digital chief wants to label firms that have business in Russia.
NATO steps up intelligence-sharing ‘in preparation’ for Russian cyberattacks
Leaders say ‘we will continue efforts to support Ukraine in defending its networks against cyber incidents.’
NATO set to boost forces on its eastern flank, chief says
Stoltenberg says alliance plans to step up deployments on land, in the air and at sea.
The world holds its breath for Putin’s cyberwar
Moscow’s slowness to unleash its cyber might against Ukraine has scrambled long-held assumptions about the future of warfare — even as warnings grow that attacks are imminent.
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