Austria's data protection authority ruled that Microsoft violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation by unlawfully tracking students through its Microsoft 365 Education software, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
CyberScoop reports that the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the League of Women Voters, and five individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in D.C. District Court, seeking to immediately stop the Trump administration from expanding the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system into a massive voter and citizenship tracking system.
Legislation that would renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 and safeguard companies that kept providing cyber threat data to the government during a lapse in authority has been introduced by Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that Russia is waging a "hybrid war" against Europe through coordinated cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation campaigns, urging EU leaders to "take it very seriously," according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Germany has announced it will oppose the European Union's proposed Chat Control regulation, a controversial measure that would compel messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Signal to scan users' private communications for child sexual abuse material, even on encrypted services, The Register reports.
Three House Democrats have called on the Department of Homeland Security to explain Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $2 million contract with Israeli spyware firm Paragon Solutions, warning that its use could "threaten Americans' freedom of movement and freedom of speech," according to CyberScoop.
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