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Putin accused in US Senate

After a string of resignations from Donald Trump’s team over their ties with Russia, both the US House and Senate continue to investigate alleged Russian hacking apparently aimed at getting Trump…

USA

The FBI turns on Trump

The Director of the agency disputes the US president's wiretapping claim and confirms claims of Russian collusion are under investigation

USA

FBI investigating links between Trump campaign and Moscow

It is the first time James Comey has admitted that the agency is looking into whether Moscow tried to interfere in last year's presidential election.

USA

US blames Russian spies over 2014 Yahoo data breach

The United States has indicted four individuals, including two Russian intelligence officers, for the 2014 hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts.

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Turkey

Pro-Erdogan cyber attack puts swastikas on Twitter

In a massive cyber attack, Twitter accounts belonging to organisations like Amnesty International and UNICEF have been hacked, apparently by supporters of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…

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?

USA

WikiLeaks to give details of CIA hacking tools to tech companies

US authorities say the security breach leading to WikiLeaks' data release on the CIA was likely carried out by contractors.

USA

US launches criminal probe into CIA leak

A federal criminal investigation is being opened into the public release of documents said to detail alleged CIA hacking tools.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. How you can fight Twitter's 357,000 'Star Wars bots'. And more

USA

The Russian hacking saga

On the 30th of December 2016, former US President Barack Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian suspected spies and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies over their involvement in

United Kingdom

Britain to prepare children to fight cyberterrorism at school

British teenage schoolchildren are to be taught cyberskills in a new initiative designed to combat cyberterrorism.

Economy

Hack attacks prompt possible cyber stress tests for banks

The European Union is reportedly considering testing the defences of the region's banks against cyber attacks to help step up their security.

USA

Trump meets press after secret dossier leak

The US-President elect is blaming intelligence agencies for news reports that Moscow has compiled compromising information on him.

USA

Trump 'accepts' Russia behind cyber attacks, Obama 'underestimated' impact of hacking

Donald Trump accepts US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia was behind cyber attacks affecting the US presidential election, his incoming chief of staff has…

USA

Putin 'ordered hacking campaign' to help Trump, US report finds

Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to hurt Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump’s electoral chances in last year’s presidential campaign, according to a declassified report by US intell

USA

Trump slams 'Russian hacking' allegations as 'political witch hunt'

US President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed a controversy over alleged Russian hacking during the 2016 US election campaign as a “political witch hunt,” the New York Times reported on Friday (Januar

USA

Russia warns of damaging effect on relations with US following expulsion of diplomats

The Kremlin accuses Washington of 'an aggressive foreign policy' as it warns of the damaging effects of fresh sanctions on Russia.

World News

OSCE hit by cyber attack, Russian hackers suspected

French daily Le Monde says Russian hackers may be behind the breach. The OSCE would not speculate on the report.

USA

White House hacked off with Russia

Kremlin wants proof it hacked Democrats

USA

Yahoo reveals one billion users hit in second cyber attack

Yahoo has admitted yet another cyber attack but this time one billion user accounts may have been affected.