National/Public Security

SYDNEY—Fox Corp. Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Lachlan Murdochended a defamation lawsuit against an Australian media firm, just days after his company settled a separate high-profile dispute with Dominion Voting Systems in the…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago prompted a volley of tough sanctions from the U.S. and its allies, a historic use of economic measures that will likely have lasting implications for businesses.Financial crime experts widely agree…

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Risk experts predict businesses could face another year of tumult as the U.S. and international powers jockey for position in a new era of geopolitical shifts.The previous year brought Europe’s largest armed conflict since World War II and…

The European Parliament’s website was briefly disabled by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Wednesday, hours after lawmakers passed a resolution labeling Russia a state that sponsors terrorism. European…

A newly operative U.S. law is imposing major hurdles on the importation of goods from China’s Xinjiang region, the home of China’s Uyghur people and other minority groups. The new law, though criticized by China as being based on “vicious…

As cybercrime increases and more hackers move through the justice system, those released from prison say they find it hard to land a job.Hackers who go to prison in the U.S. and many European countries can face restrictions on their use of…

A Russian national who was extradited from the Netherlands to Portland, Ore., this week pleaded not guilty to charges of allegedly laundering cryptocurrency proceeds from ransomware attacks in the U.S. and abroad, the…

Multiple European Union regulators are looking into whether it is legal for Europeans’ personal data to travel to Russia, and some are carrying out formal investigations, according to the European Data Protection Board, the umbrella group…

Cybercriminals’ push to launder $100 million from a June 23 crypto heist bears hallmarks of North Korean hacking operations, blockchain experts say, potentially marking the latest in a string of digital-currency thefts that U.S. officials…