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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…

BRUSSELS—The U.K. government is considering revisions to a data-protection bill it proposed in July that would relax rules businesses must follow on collecting and using customers’ personal data.…

A Europe-wide moratorium on surveillance software such as NSO Group’s Pegasus and similar products is needed to clamp down on abuses, according to a draft report from European Union lawmakers published Tuesday. The report was authored by…

U.S. banks flagged ransomware-related transactions adding up to more than $1 billion in 2021, the Treasury Department said, although risk experts said that barely scratches the surface of cybercrime’s true economic…

An economic downturn and the Covid-19 pandemic are adding new challenges to hiring for crucial cybersecurity roles, exacerbating an already difficult job market.The cybersecurity talent gap grew by 26.2% over the past year, with around 3.4…

The array of potential threats to the 2022 midterms is “more complex than it has ever been,” a top U.S. official said Thursday, but Washington has yet to see specific or credible attempts by foreign governments to…

One of the largest hospital operators in the U.S. is wrestling with downed systems and disruptions to patient care at hospitals in several states following a ransomware attack last week.CommonSpirit Health, which operates over 140 hospitals…

Russian-speaking hackers temporarily disrupted websites for several U.S. airports this week—and claimed they interfered with computing infrastructure at JPMorgan Chase & Co.—in low-level attacks that don’t…

Capital One said the hack compromised the personal data of more than 100 million customers and credit-card applicants.…

Corporations in energy, finance and telecommunications got together last week to square off on their cyber-defense skills, a match that participants claimed was the first tri-industry exercise organized entirely by the private sector.Power…