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Latest news, analysis and comment on cybersecurity and data protection policy in Europe and beyond.
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Chinese hackers siphoned off Belgian state security emails, report says

Internal audit suggests “biggest breach” of Belgian spy service ever between 2021-2023.

February 26, 2025 11:02 am CET

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.

February 21, 2025 12:40 pm CET

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.

February 20, 2025 1:55 pm CET

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.

February 19, 2025 1:28 pm CET

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.

February 19, 2025 12:41 pm CET
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Labour rushed through vetting for top investment minister

Watchdog got just 48 hours to scrutinize tech executive Poppy Gustafsson, who made her name at Mike Lynch’s Autonomy and Darktrace firms.

February 19, 2025 4:00 am CET

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.

February 15, 2025 6:34 pm CET

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.

February 14, 2025 1:24 pm CET

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.

February 14, 2025 6:26 am CET

Trump sets out process for imposing global reciprocal tariffs

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

February 13, 2025 9:18 pm CET

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.

February 13, 2025 3:28 pm CET

Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd, injuring 28

Police immediately detained the driver, according to law enforcement.

February 13, 2025 11:52 am CET
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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.

February 13, 2025 1:51 am CET

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.

February 12, 2025 2:15 pm CET

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.

February 12, 2025 11:43 am CET

‘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.

February 11, 2025 6:15 am CET

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.

February 8, 2025 4:40 am CET

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.

February 7, 2025 3:49 pm CET

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.

February 6, 2025 9:23 pm CET

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.

February 6, 2025 6:00 am CET

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.

February 6, 2025 4:34 am CET

We asked DeepSeek about geopolitics. It gave us Beijing talking points.

China’s AI revelation matches its censorship and propaganda playbook.

February 4, 2025 4:46 pm CET

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.

February 3, 2025 3:40 pm CET

Suspected Russian hack forced Keir Starmer to ditch email account

British intelligence services reportedly told the Labour leader his account could have been compromised.

February 3, 2025 1:07 pm CET
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