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European Central Bank Shuts Down 'BIRD Portal' After Getting Hacked
2019-08-16 12:18

The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed Thursday that it had been hit by a cyberattack that involved attackers injecting malware into one of its websites and potentially stealing contact...

Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data
2019-08-09 08:15

Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery Black Hat When Europe introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it was supposed to be a major step forward in data safety, but sloppy...

European Legislation and the American Tech Industry
2019-07-01 17:15

It may sound far-fetched, but American tech firms could be excused for wondering if the European Union is using consumer-oriented legislation as a form of protectionism for its smaller industry...

ENISA Transforms to European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
2019-06-27 14:46

A New ENISA to Develop New Harmonized European Security Certifications read more

One year of GDPR application: Europeans well aware of their digital rights
2019-06-18 05:15

Europeans are relatively well aware of the new data protection rules, their rights and the existence of national data protection authorities, to whom they can turn for help when their rights are...

China Telecom Routes European Traffic to Its Network for Two Hours
2019-06-10 13:30

For two hours last week, a BGP route leak resulted in large portions of European Internet traffic being routed through China Telecom’s network. read more

8 Takeaways: European Data Protection Summit
2019-06-06 13:18

As GDPR Celebrates Its First Birthday, Privacy Experts Meet in London to ReviewOne year after the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect, data protection experts gathered at...

Analysis Shows Poor GDPR Compliance in European Websites
2019-05-30 15:29

Marking the one-year anniversary of GDPR coming into force (May 25, 2018), a web-scanning service has analyzed the visible GDPR compliance of the 100 most popular websites in each of the 28...

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2019-05-16 14:20

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European, US Investigators Make Major Darknet Bust
2019-05-06 08:25

European and American investigators have broken up one of the world’s largest online criminal marketplaces for drugs, hacking tools and financial-theft wares in raids in the United States, Germany...