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The proposed Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill aims to replace outdated legislation from 1993, which predates the modern digital landscape.

Congressional leaders have introduced a new federal spending minibus package that would not only extend the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015, the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant program, and the Technology Modernization Fund until the end of the fiscal year in September, but also earmark $2.6 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, reports CyberScoop.

Germany is drafting comprehensive legislation to significantly expand the surveillance and hacking authorities of its Federal Intelligence Service, aiming to reduce reliance on U.S. intelligence and align its capabilities with European peers like the UK and France, Cybernews reports.

In March 2025, a political advocacy group reportedly contacted two DOGE members at the Social Security Administration (SSA) with a request to analyze state voter rolls they had acquired, with the stated aim of finding evidence of voter fraud and overturning election results.

While not naming specific companies, the new package grants the Commission authority for EU-wide risk assessments and to support restrictions or bans on equipment in sensitive infrastructure.

Major South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom was reported to have taken legal action to rescind the record $91 million penalty imposed by the Personal Information Protection Commission following an April cyberattack that compromised all its 23 million users, according to Yonhap News Agency.

The cloud, initially offering 90 services from Germany, is independently managed by EU-resident staff under a new German parent company, with all metadata, billing, and identity management systems confined to the EU.

Google has approved an $8.25 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit alleging illegal data collection from devices owned by children younger than 13, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.