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Euroviews. View: Dealing with cyber warfare

Are cyber-attacks the wave of the future, or can norms be developed to control international cyber conflict?

Ukraine

Global cyber attack hits Australian chocolate factory

A Cadbury chocolate factory has become the first Australian business to be hit by a global cyber attack.

World News

Global cyber attack: who's been hit?

A strain of the Petya computer virus is attacking computers across the globe: but who has been affected

World News

A wave of cyber attacks strike companies in several countries

Reports of a massive computer virus affecting countries worldwide.

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What is ransomware? Cyber crime terms explained

Friday’s global cyber attack hit 150 countries, bringing factories, hospitals and shops to a standstill.

World News

Global cyberattack holds Britain's NHS and businesses worldwide hostage

One of the biggest cyberattacks yet using ransomware to extort money from businesses and government organisations has spread like wildfire around the world.

Germany

Germany army launches new cyber command

2017 is election year in Germany, and hacker attacks like those alleged to have taken place during the US elections in 2016, are feared.

World News

Euroviews. Conflicts in cyberspace: a normative approach to preventing cyberwars

The Russian cyber attacks that were meant to skew the 2016 US election toward Donald Trump have raised new concerns about conflicts in cyberspace. How might normative taboos, such as those against chemical and biological weapons, be adapted to the cyber realm?

Russia

Lavrov pours scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian cyber attacks

Lavrov denies Russian involvement in election hacking

USA

US top spy says Russian cyber attacks a 'major threat'

Russia’s involvement in the US presidential elections was unprecedented according to America’s top spy.

USA

Obama orders review into cyber attacks on presidential election

US President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks on the 2016 elections.

Germany

Europol 'Operation Avalanche' strikes at global online crime network

Europol says a giant network of hijacked computers suspected of attacking online banking customers has been dismantled.

USA

What we know about the Dyn cyber attack

Connected devices such as cameras were employed as part of the attack on US sites.

World News

Athens conference plans Europe's shield against cyber attacks

Experts from the EU and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) are meeting in the Greek capital to prepare for a potential major attack.

USA

Russia denies US cyber attacks

Russia angrily denies US accusations that it's launched a campaign of cyber attacks to influence the outcome of the American election.

USA

Russia is employing Cyber warfare to influence presidential election, US claims

The US has accused Russia of a campaign of recent cyber attacks which it claimed were an attempt to interfere with the upcoming presidential election.

Europe News

NATO braces for cyber war

A new era has dawned for NATO, euronews correspondent Andrei Beketov reports from the Cyber Security symposium in Mons, Belgium.

Business Series

French submarine builder DCNS scuppered by leaks

Secret details of DCNS's Scorpene submarines have been leaked in an apparent case of industrial espionage which could have major financial consequences for the French military contractor.

USA

US: alleged insider trading ring relied on hackers from Ukraine

Investigators in the US say they have breached a new front in the war on cybercrime. They have broken up an alleged international insider trading

My Europe Series

Tips on countering the internet scammers

“There are still countless scams on the internet. How can we recognise them and protect ourselves from cyber attacks?” asks Eloise in Paris. The