Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Chinese cyber menace exceeds threat from Russia, Dutch spy chief warns
Top intel director tells POLITICO that Moscow’s new military buildup is concerning — and Donald Trump’s election has been a wake-up call for European spies.
Beijing wooed Belgian socialist to spy on China-hawkish MP: reports
Privacy officials’ travel to home countries sets off EU alarm bells
Russian hackers find ways to snoop on Ukrainian Signal accounts
Trump’s return freezes Western cyber plans to counter Russia, China
DeepSeek Chinese AI app probed by UK security officials
China’s cyber spies are targeting Russia’s aerospace and defense firms
Elon Musk: Europe’s Bloviator-in-Chief
The world’s richest man has a lot to say, a vast platform, and the ear of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Now he has turned his focus to …
Taiwan wants to build the West’s army of drones
World’s leading microchips hub is ramping up drone-making to help allied countries and counter Beijing.
Romania’s presidential front-runner Georgescu benefited from Russia-style booster campaign, declassified docs say
The files, released by the outgoing liberal president, don’t specify the Kremlin tried to swing the election in Călin Georgescu’s favor but strongly suggest it.
Vatican, Israel implicated in Italy hacking scandal, leaked files reveal
Police wiretaps show the sprawling global nature of an investigation into Milan-based private detectives and their clients.
‘Bitter and hurt’: Massive hack-for-hire scandal rocks Italian political elites
The president and former prime minister were among targets of hackers selling highly sensitive data.
Hacked info from Italy security databases sold to rich clients, prosecutors say
Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.
Pro-Russia hackers target Flemish parliament, Belgian media ahead of local elections
It’s the fifth straight day of hacking against Belgium and it comes ahead of municipal elections on Sunday.
Europe’s privacy patrol is spoiling Big Tech’s AI party
New leadership in Dublin has put the EU’s privacy regulators on a collision course with Big Tech.
FBI says Iran sent hacked Trump info to Biden campaign staffers
The emails were sent in June and July to individuals “associated with the Biden campaign.”
Russian election interference efforts targeting Harris campaign, Microsoft finds
The new effort, which involves spreading fake videos discrediting Harris and her campaign, is the latest foreign interference linked to Russia in recent weeks.
Poland says it smashed gang of Russian and Belarusian cyber saboteurs
Hackers wanted to gain access to information for blackmail, according to Warsaw.
Privacy group fights European Parliament over ‘massive’ HR data breach
Employees’ ID cards, birth certificates and medical records were compromised in the breach.
Delivering digital sovereignty to EU governments
EU Parliament staff in uproar over breach of ID cards, personal records
Thousands of sensitive records leaked in hack of HR system.
China an ‘epoch-defining challenge,’ new UK spy boss warns
In her first major speech Anne Keast-Butler said responding to China was her spy agency’s “top priority.”
Cybercriminals claim hack of EU police agency, posting data online
Sensitive data from the EU’s police agency appeared for sale on a cybercrime forum.
Ex-Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt was a victim of Chinese hacking
Belgium’s foreign minister recently summoned Beijing’s envoy over espionage campaign.
Expect Russia to do ‘whatever possible’ to reassert influence in Bulgaria, outgoing PM warns
Nikolai Denkov said his government pushed Russia out, but failed to secure stability.
Serious security breach hits EU police agency
Disappearance of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials has sparked a crisis at Europol.
European election at risk from AI, says EU’s cyber agency
The surge of artificial intelligence has already disrupted elections in Europe.
Chinese hackers nab 60,000 emails in US State Department breach
Among the most sensitive information stolen, a staffer said, were victims’ travel itineraries and diplomatic deliberations.
UK election watchdog targeted in ‘hostile’ cyberattack
The Electoral Commission has not said who was behind the attack, which accessed voters’ names and addresses.
Italy puts brakes on Pirelli’s Chinese shareholder
Rome deemed the sensors installed in Pirelli tires a ‘critical technology of national strategic importance.’
EU research commissioner Mariya Gabriel resigns
Mariya Gabriel is tasked with forming Bulgaria’s next coalition government.