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EU Backs Online‑ and Offline‑Ready Digital Euro Mandate as ECB Says It’s Technically Prepared

Parliament now must settle privacy rules, holding limits, bank fees, defining the path to rollout.

University of Sydney Says Breach Exposed Data of More Than 27,000 People

700Credit Breach Exposes Data of 5.8 Million as Notifications Begin Dec. 22

ShinyHunters Extorts Pornhub With Alleged Trove of Premium User Analytics

Urban VPN Browser Extensions Caught Harvesting AI Chats From Millions of Users

ETH Zurich Spin-Out Soverli Raises $2.6 Million to Bring Dual-OS 'Sovereign Layer' to Smartphones

Amazon Rolls Out Ring ‘Familiar Faces’ Facial Recognition in U.S. as Privacy Backlash Grows

India’s Always-On Phone Location Plan Faces Amnesty Rebuke as Review Proceeds

Internxt Launches Cyber Week Lifetime Cloud Storage Deals Up to 100TB, Prices From $170

Marquis Ransomware Breach Hits Dozens of Banks, With Reports Putting Toll Above 780,000

Reports Say Kohler’s ‘End-to-End Encryption’ Claim for Dekoda Is Misleading

ZKP Launches Live Presale as It Pitches a Distributed Network for Private, Verifiable AI

OpenAI Cuts Ties With Mixpanel After Breach Exposes Limited API User Data

Zero-Knowledge Proofs Enter a Cheaper, Privacy-First Phase as Costs Plunge on Leading Rollups

Asahi Says Up to 1.9 Million People’s Data Exposed in Ransomware Attack, Sets February Target for Logistics Recovery

Poland Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency

Signal Brings Encrypted Chat Backups to iPhone With Optional $1.99 Plan

Google Rebuts Claims Gmail Trains Gemini as Malwarebytes Retracts Post

Iberia Warns Customers After Supplier Breach Exposes Contact, Loyalty Data

Harvard Discloses Breach of Alumni and Donor Systems After Phone Phishing Attack