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EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks agoMEPs call for greater scrutiny of Europol following concerns over shadow IT | Computer Weekly
Europol was found to run long-term shadow IT systems storing and analysing vast sensitive data without adequate security, privacy protections, or effective oversight.
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 weeks ago'They protect the law while breaking it': Inside Europol's shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Europol operated a shadow data repository with sensitive personal information beyond its lawful scope, lacking necessary security and data protection safeguards.
France news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 months agoElon Musk's office raided by authorities in France - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
French authorities searched X offices, summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino as part of a probe into whether X's Grok algorithm can influence French politics.
fromTheregister
5 months agoEuropean cops arrest 193 'violence-as-a-service' suspects
Nearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol's Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call "violence-as-a-service" - crime crews recruiting kids and teens online to carry out contract killings and other real-world attacks. "These individuals are groomed or coerced into committing a range of violent crimes, from acts of intimidation and torture to murder," the European police said on Monday.
Miscellaneous
fromTechCrunch
6 months agoPolice take down three cybercrime operations in latest round of 'whack-a-mole' | TechCrunch
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol targeted and took down three cybercrime operations in its latest round of what authorities call "Operation Endgame." In a press release, Europol said that the police operation targeted the infostealing malware Rhadamanthys, a botnet called Elysium, and the remote access trojan VenomRAT. The authorities say all three "played a key role in international cybercrime." Police seized more than 1,000 servers as part of the operation.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
10 months agoEuropol Disrupts NoName057(16) Hacktivist Group Linked to DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine
NoName057(16) has been operational since March 2022, acting as a pro-Kremlin collective that mobilizes ideologically motivated sympathizers on Telegram to launch DDoS attacks.
Privacy professionals
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