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Folksam leak shares data of 1 million Swedes with tech giants

Sweden's largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the...
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Tougher new rules for tech giants, more power to enforcers: EU's Vestager

Tech giants will have to do more to weed out illegal and harmful content while online gatekeepers will be bound...
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This Week in CyberNews: Trump's double hack, Zoom's censorship, and Dubai's FR

Let's take a look back at the latest breaking news in cybersecurity and tech. This week, we’'re discussing Trump getting...
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Iran-linked actor targeted international security conference, Microsoft says

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it detected and worked to stop a series of cyberattacks from the threat actor Phosphorous...
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'Who the hell elected you?' U.S. Senate tech hearing becomes political showdown

A U.S. Senate hearing to reform an internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly...
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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs defended law protecting tech platforms before U.S. Senate panel

The chief executives of Twitter and Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday,...
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Trump says nobody gets hacked, gets hacked twice in one week

President Trump’s campaign website was briefly hacked on Tuesday morning, just a week after he claimed that “nobody gets hacked.”...
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Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election

New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp. He...
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U.S. appeals court rejects immediate WeChat ban

A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a Justice Department request that it allow the government to immediately ban Apple...
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China launches crackdown on mobile web browser 'chaos'

China's top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a "rectification" of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address...
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Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden

Microsoft Corp, which has largely evaded Washington's scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative $10 billion government contract...
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Facebook launches dating service in Europe

Facebook is launching its dating service in 32 European countries after the rollout was delayed earlier this year due to...
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Global democracy at risk from cyberattack 'onslaught': Microsoft president

Democracies around the world are under a constant barrage of cyberattacks that must be identified, called out and stopped, Microsoft...
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PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network

PayPal joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using...
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Microsoft disables most of cybercriminals' control over massive computer network

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had disabled more than 90% of the machines used by a gang of Russian-speaking...
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U.S. Justice Department hits Google with biggest antitrust lawsuit in two decades

The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking...
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Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks

Swedish regulators on Tuesday banned the use of telecom equipment from China's Huawei and ZTE in its 5G network ahead...
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15 million Florida voters’ data leaked on Russian hacking forum

A popular Russian hacking forum has leaked the data of roughly 15 million Florida voters. This leak comes two weeks...
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Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on moon

Finland's Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the company said on...
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Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech firms

Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big...
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