Cybersecurity and Data Protection

France shares intelligence with Ukraine amid ‘morally detestable’ US aid cutoff, says French minister
“Our intelligence is sovereign,” says French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

Trump deepens NATO’s crisis of trust on sharing intel

France has ‘trouble understanding’ US halt on cyber operations against Russia

UK watchdog probes TikTok over children’s data

China could blackmail Germany via wind turbines, report warns

25 arrested in major crackdown of AI-generated child abuse images network

Brussels pitches €100B for grand plan to boost made-in-EU clean manufacturing
Chinese hackers siphoned off Belgian state security emails, report says
Internal audit suggests “biggest breach” of Belgian spy service ever between 2021-2023.
How US allies may try to safeguard their intel ops from Trump
Foreign intelligence officials are treading carefully as they navigate a president with a history of spilling secrets.
EU and India to inch closer on trade, EVs and chips at upcoming meet
Ursula von der Leyen is leading her new College of Commissioners on their first visit to India.
Russian hackers find ways to snoop on Ukrainian Signal accounts
Phones found on the battlefield are being linked to Moscow’s intelligence services systems for spying, Google finds.
Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘surrounded by disinformation’
U.S. leader’s claim that Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 4 percent is Russian disinfo, Ukrainian president says.
Vance’s week of waging war on EU tech law
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Britain dances to JD Vance’s tune as it renames AI institute
After the U.S. VP blasted “hand-wringing about safety,” Britain’s AI institute gets a new look. References to AI creating “unequal outcomes” are out.
Google and Apple restore TikTok to US app stores
Apple restored the app after Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to the company assuring it will not face fines for violating a law that banned the video-sharing platform last month, according to a person familiar with the correspondence.
Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs
The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.
European Parliament urges lawmakers to only use encrypted messages after China hacks
The advice comes after it was revealed that a China-linked hacking group conducted large-scale intrusions on U.S. and global telecommunication providers.
Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd, injuring 28
Police immediately detained the driver, according to law enforcement.
X verifies fake, crypto-hawking Maltese president impersonator
The bogus handle has since been deleted, but Myriam Spiteri Debono’s real account still doesn’t have a gray tick.
Russia taps cybercriminals to keep military pressure on Ukraine
Google researchers say Russian intelligence services are using cybercriminals’ tools to keep their cash-strapped operations running.
Trump’s return freezes Western cyber plans to counter Russia, China
Allies are left hanging on cyber initiatives and funding. It leaves a vacuum for adversaries, officials warn.
‘No thank you’: OpenAI founder rejects Elon Musk’s reported bid to buy nonprofit
The offer is the latest skirmish between the two tech titans.
Baltic countries sever final power ties with Russia
Disconnecting from the Soviet-era grid faced an intimidation campaign — but it’s Moscow that could be left in a precarious position.
France wants its own military AI algorithms
But Europeans are not sovereign on hardware because of Nvidia’s ‘international monopoly,’ France’s military AI chief Bertrand Rondepierre tells POLITICO.
Putin’s bot army tries to swing German election
A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.
The 15 days that upended Macron’s vision for European AI
The French tech world is reeling from Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement and DeepSeek’s recent breakthrough.
Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they leave Russian power grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
We asked DeepSeek about geopolitics. It gave us Beijing talking points.
China’s AI revelation matches its censorship and propaganda playbook.
Sweden says latest Baltic Sea cable cut was not sabotage
“Weather conditions and deficiencies in equipment and seamanship” were behind last month’s disruption, prosecutors say.
Suspected Russian hack forced Keir Starmer to ditch email account
British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.