The European Commission's proposed EU KIDS Act aims to protect young gamers, but privacy experts warn that age-verification methods could create dangerous repositories of identity documents and biometric information.
The IT management software vendor shut down multiple services following a supply chain attack that gave threat actors broad access to customer Microsoft 365 environments through compromised backup service credentials.
Ahold Delhaize confirmed that malicious actors were behind a cyberattack that forced the company to take systems offline across its major retail brands in the US and Europe, disrupting online services while physical stores remained operational.
The Computers, Privacy and Data Protection platform, established in 2007 across three European universities, is launching a youth-led initiative to shape its twentieth-anniversary conference around the question of what present generations owe to the future.
As Brussels negotiates its next seven-year budget, proposed cuts to civil society funding could undermine the independent oversight Europe needs to implement its digital rulebook, even as policymakers demand more from these groups.
Dozens of European officials have fallen victim to commercial spyware, yet the Commission refuses to propose dedicated legislation, leaving victims to pursue justice through courts.
Eight state attorneys general and multiple private litigants filed suits against OpenAI in mid-October 2026, alleging the company made false safety claims while collecting children's data without proper consent.
Microsoft has taken legal action to shut down YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, three phishing-as-a-service operations run by Chinese cybercriminals that sent over 750 million malicious messages to Microsoft customers alone since January.