During a Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe talk, Sophie in 't Veld said that in🇪🇺Roberta Metsola & SEDE Committee Press were targeted with #spyware and “nothing happened, no reaction.”
Why?
“Because there have been 📞phone calls from national governments, saying this has to stay quiet.” 🤫

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Scoop - Moldova defies Moscow with security pact that would see the country participate in EU military missions, do joint weapons procurement and access better intelligence from Brussels ft.com/content/e696f2… via @ft

The EU's agency tasked with fighting cybercriminals suffered a hack of its own.
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Cybercriminals claim hack of EU police agency, posting data online, via Antoaneta Roussi politico.eu/article/cyberc…

Europol suffers another data breach — this time an internal platform of the cybercrime centre pro.politico.eu/news/179839 (€)

Launch of the campaign of Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria in Sofia.
“The Communists didn’t want to let go of power in the 1990 & we lost hundreds of young people, today we’re faced with the same; a party that won’t let go of its grip on power.” (GERB)

Microsoft created an air-gapped ChatGPT for spies to use. Most generative AIs use the cloud, but US intel community wanted ability to run queries on classified info and not have it leak to the cloud or get hacked. 'it’s on a special network that’s only accessible by the US

In an exclusive interview, the Cyber Army of Russia laid out their grand ambitions of disrupting US infrastructure. In reality, they've missed the mark—but that hasn't stopped them from hyping their hacktivity to the government back home. wired.trib.al/sGKDTdU

🚨 SANCTIONED: leader of world’s most prolific ransomware group. 

Together with our allies, we are cracking down on malicious cyber-criminal activity emanating from Russia that seeks to undermine our global integrity, prosperity and security 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺

The European Parliament suffered a massive data breach in its online recruitment platform. From the approx. 8k users affected, parl. assistants were largest group, with ID cards, birth certificates, employment history and medical records potentially compromised. pro.politico.eu/news/179596

Not clear which satellite imagery operator it is, but this might make things trickier for some #OSINT work in Ukraine.

We at the Review mourn the loss of Paul Auster (1947–2024). In celebration of his life and work, we’ve unlocked his Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

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“Auster made being a writer seem like something real, something a person actually did.” nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

In 2023, 1/5 Bulgarians lived below the poverty line of 300 euro a month. forbesbulgaria.com/2024/04/26/bli…

5 🇧🇪 politicians — among them 2 MEPs, Hilde Vautmans & Guy Verhofstadt — were targets of a Chinese hacking campaign.
Some are known for their stance on China, like Vautmans, who's lead MEP on China relations.
w/ Antoaneta Roussi
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French President Emmanuel Macron's Olympics terror nightmare. trib.al/UCCJyq9

Terrorism, drones loaded with lethal ammunition, Russian cyberattacks, Macron's grand moment 'of beauty, art, celebration of sports' is turning into a security nightmare for officials. A joint effort with Victor Goury-Laffont politico.eu/article/france…

📢♀️First ever 🇪🇺rules vs. violence against women

Prevent rape, increase understanding of consent
Forced marriage, #FGM = EU crimes
Ban “cyber-flashing” & disclosing private info
Αssistance for victims

MEP Evin Incir (S) Frances Fitzgerald MEP FEMM Committee Press

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Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. W/ jacopo barigazzi
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