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Europe’s technology backbone is becoming a cyber target

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Europe’s technology backbone is becoming a cyber target 2026-09-24 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Disruptive attacks on public-facing services, financially motivated cybercrime and compromises of shared technology providers are increasing cybersecurity risks across Europe. ENISA’s Threat Landscape 2026 identifies cybercrime, state-linked activity, foreign information manipulation and interference, hacktivism and vulnerability exploitation as key threats. Geopolitical […]

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European AI spending is on track to reach nearly $470 billion by 2030

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European AI spending is on track to reach nearly $470 billion by 2030 2026-09-22 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz European organizations will spend nearly $470 billion on AI in 2030, IDC forecasts, with spending growing at a compound annual rate of 35% from 2025. At that rate, the market more than quadruples in five years. […]

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Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking

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Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking 2026-09-21 at 15:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million (about $463 million) over its processing of users’ location data and ordered the company to bring that processing into compliance within six months. The inquiry examined Google’s practices from […]

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Spain reports first data breach involving autonomous AI agent

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Spain reports first data breach involving autonomous AI agent 2026-09-17 at 11:39 By Sinisa Markovic Spain’s data protection authority (AEPD) has reported its first data breach blamed on an AI agent acting on its own, after the system reportedly logged into a company’s network, found a way to alter personal records, and pulled invoice data. […]

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EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein In Social Media

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EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein In Social Media 2026-09-16 at 17:15 By Kevin Townsend Ursula von der Leyen warns that advanced AI could unleash hacking on an unprecedented scale as Europe prepares new protections against social media’s “capture” of children. The post EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein […]

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Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers

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Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers 2026-09-16 at 14:28 By Mirko Zorz European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to discuss how the EU can support their own efforts to do that. In […]

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ENISA launched the CRA Single Reporting Platform for actively exploited vulnerabilities

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ENISA launched the CRA Single Reporting Platform for actively exploited vulnerabilities 2026-09-14 at 15:23 By Sinisa Markovic The EU Agency for Cybersecurity switched on the Cyber Resilience Act‘s Single Reporting Platform on 11 September 2026, the same day the law’s reporting obligations started binding manufacturers. ENISA built the tool and runs its day-to-day operations, a […]

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What we know about the Revolut data breach so far

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What we know about the Revolut data breach so far 2026-09-14 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz Someone impersonating a government agency, using an email address on that agency’s domain, obtained sensitive customer records from Revolut. The bank confirmed the incident on Saturday, September 12. The London-based fintech told TechCrunch that a limited number of customers […]

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Berlin refuses to be blackmailed after network breach

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Berlin refuses to be blackmailed after network breach 2026-09-01 at 12:07 By Sinisa Markovic Berlin’s state government has confirmed an extortion attempt following a data theft from its administrative network in August. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Interior Senator Iris Spranger addressed the extortion attempt on Friday, following an emergency Senate session at the Rotes […]

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France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals

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France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals 2026-08-17 at 17:20 By Sinisa Markovic France’s tax authority has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems, saying the intrusion exposed data on 678,000 individuals and professionals. The incident came to light after an […]

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Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree

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Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree 2026-08-17 at 11:08 By Sinisa Markovic German and Brazilian police dismantled an international bank fraud ring blamed for a €30 million cyberattack on a German financial institution, arresting four people in Brazil and pursuing three more suspects in Spain and Bulgaria. Brazilian police […]

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Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million

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Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million 2026-08-14 at 10:56 By Sinisa Markovic Ukrainian police have disrupted 94 fraudulent call centers during a nationwide operation that involved more than 400 searches and the seizure of thousands of computers, phones, and SIM cards. Ukrainian police raid at a fraudulent call center (Source: Cyberpolice […]

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17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment

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17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment 2026-08-14 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec A company selling a connected toy in Europe must show by the end of 2027 that the product meets the Cyber Resilience Act. The law states what manufacturers have to achieve and stops there, which leaves the toymaker to […]

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Split-second deepfake glitch blows digital certificate fraudster’s cover

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Split-second deepfake glitch blows digital certificate fraudster’s cover 2026-08-12 at 10:50 By Sinisa Markovic Spanish police have arrested a man in Murcia accused of using deepfake software to trick a certificate provider’s video identity checks in an attempt to obtain digital signatures he could use for financial fraud. According to the police, the man made […]

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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant

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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant 2026-08-11 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network through a private APN, according to CERT Polska. The private APN is a […]

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200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach

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200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach 2026-08-07 at 15:29 By Sinisa Markovic Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT), compromising the login credentials of around 200 accounts. On July 28, BIT’s security specialists noticed unusual activity on the SharePoint servers. […]

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What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like

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What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like 2026-08-07 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO at Veeam, answers questions on Article 50 of the EU AI Act and what the first year of enforcement might bring. He explains why corrective orders […]

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EU begins enforcing AI Act, putting AI models under the microscope

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EU begins enforcing AI Act, putting AI models under the microscope 2026-08-04 at 09:49 By Sinisa Markovic Europe’s fight to regulate AI models moved from paper to practice on 2 August 2026, when the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities began enforcing the AI Act. On the same date, new transparency rules took effect, […]

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EU to Crack Down on AI Deepfakes, Illicit Imagery and Hacking With New Team in Brussels

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EU to Crack Down on AI Deepfakes, Illicit Imagery and Hacking With New Team in Brussels 2026-07-31 at 13:00 By Associated Press When the AI Act comes into force, AI companies will be required to make clear to consumers with labels or digital watermarks that chatbots or imagery are generated with AI. The post EU […]

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Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler refuses to pay $12.3 million ransom after cyberattack

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Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler refuses to pay $12.3 million ransom after cyberattack 2026-07-23 at 11:54 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminal group Everest is demanding 10 million Swiss francs ($12.3 million) from Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers through compromised credentials. Stadler operates 16 production and […]

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