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Sixty-One Groups Urge Governments to Defend Strong Encryption

Sixty-one organisations from across the technology and privacy sectors have signed a global statement calling on governments to protect strong encryption. They warn...

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Cloudflare’s Network Failure Slams ChatGPT, X, and More

On the morning of November 18, 2025, a major Cloudflare outage disrupted a huge part of the internet. Many users saw error pages,...

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Over 1,000 Servers Seized in Global Cybercrime Crackdown

Europol has announced a major crackdown on cybercrime as part of its ongoing Operation Endgame, targeting three powerful malware tools: the Rhadamanthys infostealer,...

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HiddenLayer Discovers Token Hack That Undermines AI Defenses

Security researchers at HiddenLayer have discovered a new vulnerability called EchoGram, which can completely bypass the safety systems (guardrails) used by major language...

Illustration of a Windows computer executing a malicious nslookup command in the Run dialog, delivering a PowerShell payload via DNS to install ModeloRAT malware.
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Global Internet Freedom Declines Again in 2025

In 2025, global internet freedoms declined yet again, according to the latest Freedom on the Net report. This marks the 15th straight year...

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MI5’s Surveillance of BBC Journalist Raises Legal and Ethical Questions

MI5 made several applications to access phone data in an effort to identify the sources used by BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. According to...

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2025 Marked a Sharp Decline in Online Anonymity

In 2025, online anonymity dropped significantly as governments around the world introduced new rules that limit privacy. A major report shows that identity...

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China Accuses U.S. of Taking $13 Billion in Bitcoin

China is accusing the United States of taking 127,000 Bitcoin, worth about $13 billion, that were originally stolen from the Chinese mining pool...

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Major Crackdown: Police Disrupt Global Malware Networks

Law enforcement agencies across Europe have carried out a major new phase of Operation Endgame, an ongoing effort to shut down cybercrime networks....

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Chinese Hackers Used Claude to Run a Massive AI-Powered Cyberattack

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI model, claims that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group hijacked Claude to automate a large-scale cyber-attack. According...