Data security

Pakistan's government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country's economic recovery at risk.

A massive dataset of almost 10 billion passwords has been shared on the dark Web in what is being called the largest password leak in history.

Dubbed "RockYou2024," the leak compiles passwords from both old data breaches from an earlier credentials database known as "RockYou2021," which featured 8.4 billion passwords, and around 1.5 billion new passwords.

A first-of-its-kind edition of a global cybersecurity conference will be held in Sofia
Look out for the Global Cyber ​​Security Summit 2024 in September

After the incident, the university prepares a backup electronic system - The investigation into the responsibilities of officials is moving forward

Data protection laws are not used to protect data but to hound journalists, says Veysel Ok, after his MLSA organisation exposed a massive data breach that the government has yet to comment on.

Encrypted folders with stolen information from Open University of Cyprus may be available on the dark web, where data brokers and identity thieves can now buy access to private information of students and staff after the institution failed to pay ransom.

The European Union's central data regulator has said that it was forming a task force to help countries deal with wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its U.S. maker OpenAI.    

Italy has announced that it is blocking OpenAI's high-profile chatbot ChatGPT for security reasons, local and European media reported.

The data protection regulator "immediately" launched an investigation into the Microsoft-funded company over whether its work fell foul of Europe's GDPR regulation.

Election billboard for presidential candidate Milo Djukanovic in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic

Presidential elections will be held in Montenegro on March 19, with seven candidates running for the office including the incumbent Milo Djukanovic.

Türkiye has started printing its own biometric passports as of Aug. 29, the country's interior minister said at a press conference held at the site where the first "fully Turkish" passport was printed.

Süleyman Soylu gathered with journalists late on Aug. 29 at the General Directorate of Civil Registration and Nationality, an affiliate of his ministry, in the capital Ankara.