In 2021, China implemented legislation requiring international and domestic companies to re-evaluate how they handle Chinese personal data

Thunes has taken a majority stake in the Tookitaki financial crime detection and prevention company for $20 million

On the 'dark Web', things are taken further by pro-Russia and pro-Ukrainian actors alike, with both sides leaking sensitive data and moving to disrupt various services

Public documents show that dozens of companies and entities have bought software such as "One person, one file" in recent years to upgrade their surveillance tools

In a blog post on Thursday, Microsoft said it had disrupted the cyber attacks, which it attributed to Strontium, a group linked to Russia’s military intelligence

Employees with the firm, Targeted Victory, worked to undermine TikTok through a nationwide media and lobbying campaign

US has long said running Kaspersky software could open networks to malign activity from Moscow and had banned its flagship antivirus product from federal networks in 2017

“We have concluded that a small percentage of customers – approximately 2.5% – have potentially been impacted," the firm's chief security officer said

Putting people as avatars into a virtual world with that kind of surveillance and behavior modification would be extremely dangerous for everyone, says Philip Rosedale

The advertisements for cryptocurrency or money-making schemes could have misled users into believing they were promoted by celebrities, ACCC said

The company said third-party unauthorised access was made at Bridgestone Americas on February 27, prompting a shutdown of its computer network

An analysis revealed that most of the source addresses were in the US, with a small number from Germany, the Netherlands and other countries