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Russian cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are increasingly focused on collecting intelligence to guide missile strikes rather than immediately disrupting operations, Ukrainian cybersecurity officials said.

Recent ransomware attacks targeting Romania’s critical infrastructure were likely part of a broader Russian hybrid operation aimed at undermining the country’s stability, Romania’s top cybersecurity official said.

In court on Thursday, Catalin Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft.

A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in U.S. prison for his years-long role in a scheme that helped North Koreans get illegally hired in IT roles at 40 American companies.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has filed an appeal at the European Union’s General Court challenging a €120 million ($141 million) fine imposed by the European Commission.

Russia’s intensifying cyberattacks, sabotage and covert influence operations across Europe show the Kremlin is preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the West, Dutch intelligence agencies said.

The National Bank of Ukraine announced that attackers may have gained access to users’ personal data, including names, phone numbers, email addresses and delivery addresses, in a recent cyberattack.

The company said it detected unusual activity within its IT environment on Sunday and activated incident response protocols and isolated the impacted systems.

In a flash alert on Thursday, the FBI said it has tracked more than 1,900 ATM jackpotting incidents since 2020 and over 700 in 2025 that involved more than $20 million in losses.

Dragos's Rob Lee said Volt Typhoon is "still very active, and they're still absolutely mapping out and getting into embedding in U.S. infrastructure, as well as across our allies.”

West Virginia sued Apple for allegedly allowing iCloud to be used to disseminate and store child sexual abuse content.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new law that will require tech companies to remove intimate images shared without consent within two days or face large fines and potentially have their services blocked.

A spokesperson for the French government said potentially 1.2 million accounts were impacted by the incident.

Dell and Google released notices on Tuesday about CVE-2026-22769, warning that a sophisticated Chinese actor has been targeting the bug since at least mid-2024.

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit on Monday and said it is the first of several that will be filed this week against companies affiliated with China's government.

In a report released this week, Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said it uncovered a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Keenadu that is built directly into a device’s core software, allowing it to load into every application launched on the tablet.

The instruction to commanders to keep affected cars outside of secured perimeters comes amid growing concerns over motor vehicle network equipment and supply chains that routinely record location and other data.

The finding is the latest evidence that despite being placed on the U.S. government’s Entity List in July 2023, Predator manufacturer the Intellexa Consortium has continued to operate in the shadows.

A 47-year-old man was arrested by Polish police for his alleged involvement with the Phobos ransomware operation.

On Saturday afternoon, the ShinyHunters cybercriminal organization claimed to have stolen more than 600,000 records from the company containing personal information.