Russian authorities used technology manufactured by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite to aid the prosecution of a prominent pro-democracy activist, according to a new report.
Russian authorities used technology manufactured by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite to aid the prosecution of a prominent pro-democracy activist, according to a new report.
Andrey Pivovarov Photographer: Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance/Getty Images
Russian authorities used technology manufactured by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite to aid the prosecution of a prominent pro-democracy activist, according to a new report.
Russian authorities used technology manufactured by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite to aid the prosecution of a prominent pro-democracy activist, according to a new report.
Andrey Pivovarov Photographer: Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance/Getty Images
A Bulgaria-based company sold controversial surveillance technology to governments in countries with records of repression, enabling authorities to track mobile phones and eavesdrop on private communications, according to documents obtained by Human Rights Watch.
A Bulgaria-based company sold controversial surveillance technology to governments in countries with records of repression, enabling authorities to track mobile phones and eavesdrop on private communications, according to documents obtained by Human Rights Watch.
The Dutch financial crimes agency raided two data centers in the country and seized 800 servers.
A national flag flies outside the Dutch finance ministry headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Second Sentence. The European Union has moved into a post “hawks and doves” era, in which traditional fiscal stereotypes have become less relevant, according to Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
European companies have sold controversial surveillance technologies to countries known for violating human rights, a new report has found.
A technician uses a laptop computer to control data storage servers while working in the server room of the Sberbank PJSC data processing center (DPC) at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. Sberbank PJSC, Russia’s most valuable company, will boost its dividend payout to 50 percent of profit or higher, just not as quickly as some investors had hoped. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
Health records from 500,000 people who are participating in British research into aging and diseases were made available for sale on an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. website.
Health records from 500,000 people who are participating in British research into aging and diseases were made available for sale on an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. website.
A large Chinese cybersecurity firm is using artificial intelligence to identify security vulnerabilities in widely used software applications, positioning itself as a competitor to Anthropic PBC, according to a new report.
A large Chinese cybersecurity firm is using artificial intelligence to identify security vulnerabilities in widely used software applications, positioning itself as a competitor to Anthropic PBC, according to a new report.
Hackers linked to foreign governments are now behind the majority of “nationally significant” cyberattacks targeting the UK, the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to warn.
Hackers linked to foreign governments are now behind the majority of “nationally significant” cyberattacks targeting the UK, the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to warn.
The agency has a deal with Israeli vendor Paragon.
Todd Lyons, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Operation Metro Surge, in which thousands of ICE and CBP personnel were deployed in Minneapolis and other nearby communities, triggered a broad outcry after two US citizens were killed during enforcement operations, with critics at all levels of government questioning whether force protocols were properly applied. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Russian government-linked hackers are compromising popular internet routers to steal passwords for email accounts and other online services, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned.
Russian government-linked hackers are compromising popular internet routers to steal passwords for email accounts and other online services, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned.
A person uses a laptop computer with illuminated English and Russian Cyrillic character keys.
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement has said it purchased spyware designed to hack phones and access encrypted messages as part of an effort to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US.
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement has said it purchased spyware designed to hack phones and access encrypted messages as part of an effort to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US.
A federal law enforcement agents outside a private residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, US, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. The US is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement has said it purchased spyware designed to hack phones and access encrypted messages as part of an effort to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US.
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement has said it purchased spyware designed to hack phones and access encrypted messages as part of an effort to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US.
A federal law enforcement agents outside a private residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, US, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. The US is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.
Axios, a tool widely used to develop software applications, was compromised overnight, introducing a vulnerability in a key part of the internet’s plumbing.
Axios, a tool widely used to develop software applications, was compromised overnight, introducing a vulnerability in a key part of the internet’s plumbing.
Sandvine built a business offering network management tools that, in the wrong hands, could be used for censorship, until the US government intervened.
Sandvine built a business offering network management tools that, in the wrong hands, could be used for censorship, until the US government intervened.
A Chinese flag flies in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. A gauge of Shanghai-listed stocks closed at its highest level in a decade, as cash-rich local investors plow into a market that has surged amid easing trade tensions with the US. Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg
Neither the company nor any cyber agencies have confirmed Iranian involvement in the outage.
Demonstrators hold flags during a rally in support of regime change in Iran in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, March 7, 2026. President Donald Trump said the US will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a week-long war that's upended energy markets and reverberated worldwide. Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg
Medical technology maker Stryker Corp., hit by a crippling cyberattack linked to a pro-Iran group, is still investigating the breach and doesn’t know when its systems will be back online.
Medical technology maker Stryker Corp., hit by a crippling cyberattack linked to a pro-Iran group, is still investigating the breach and doesn’t know when its systems will be back online.
A Stryker Corporation facility in San Jose, California.
Anthropic PBC’s clash with the Pentagon is drawing fresh attention to a lightly regulated practice: the US government’s purchase of commercially available information, such as browsing histories and location data, and the growing use of artificial intelligence to analyze it at scale.
Anthropic PBC’s clash with the Pentagon is drawing fresh attention to a lightly regulated practice: the US government’s purchase of commercially available information, such as browsing histories and location data, and the growing use of artificial intelligence to analyze it at scale.
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, on Feb. 16, 2026.
A prominent journalist in Angola was targeted by a government-grade spyware in the first known case of its kind in the southern African nation, researchers have found.
A prominent journalist in Angola was targeted by a government-grade spyware in the first known case of its kind in the southern African nation, researchers have found.