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The European nonprofit privacy group noyb, an acronym for "none of your business," filed six complaints against AliExpress, Shein, TikTok, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi for unlawfully transferring European users' data to China, Reuters reported on Jan. 17.

Europe: Noyb Files Complaints Against Six Chinese Companies

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a free speech argument filed by Chinese-based TikTok owner ByteDance, upholding a law that will require the Chinese company to divest itself from the social media platform or face a nationwide ban by Jan. 19, NBC News reported on Jan. 17. 

U.S.: Supreme Court Upholds Law Paving Way for TikTok Ban

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U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Jan. 16 an executive order issuing a litany of cybersecurity directives, including bolstering federal cybersecurity measures and improving AI-powered defenses.

U.S.: Biden Issues Sweeping Cybersecurity Executive Order

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new executive order that will direct federal agencies to identify and lease federal sites to private sector companies in order to facilitate artificial intelligence infrastructure development, according to a White House statement published on Jan. 14. 

U.S.: White House Announces Executive Order To Bolster AI Infrastructure

U.S. technology company Meta will replace its fact-checking program, which relies on news and third-party organizations, with user notes or corrections similar to the system seen on X, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video posted to Facebook on Jan. 7. 

U.S.: Meta To End Fact-Checking Program

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Taiwan asked South Korea to assist in investigating a Chinese-owned cargo ship suspected of cutting an underwater sea cable on Taiwan's north coast on Jan. 3, The Financial Times reported on Jan. 5.

Taiwan: Chinese Vessel Suspected of Sea Cable Incident

A three-judge panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, saying the FCC did not have the legal authority to reinstate the rules, The New York Times reported on Jan. 2.

U.S.: Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

The U.S. Treasury Department disclosed in a letter to Congress that it was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party service provider, Bloomberg reported Dec. 30.

U.S.: Chinese Hackers Breach Treasury Department

<p>Individuals, companies, governments and militaries alike all depend on computers. And as is so often the case, these dependencies create vulnerabilities that have made cybersecurity all the more important as proficiencies in cyber warfare and cyber crime improve. That technology constantly improves only adds to the problem of staying safe in the internet age. How governments and their constituents attune themselves to this brave new world will ultimately shape their relationship with the internet &mdash; and with each other.</p>

That technology constantly improves only adds to the problem of staying safe in the internet age.

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Nation-states' growing use of hacktivist personas to obfuscate responsibility will increasingly enable them to attack targets they would otherwise avoid and spread propaganda.

Hacktivism Offers Plausible Deniability for State-Backed Cyber Actors

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RANE's Top 10 Risks for 2025 highlights high-impact, low-probability risks and trends from the annual forecast presented in more extreme terms.

RANE's Top 10 Risks for 2025

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What is Salt Typhoon, and what happened in the recent hack against U.S. telecommunications companies? 

Essential Geopolitics: Unpacking China's Salt Typhoon Operation

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The Geopolitics of Water

Water utilities are uniquely vulnerable to cyberattacks due to frequent financial and security limitations, exposing water-stressed countries to threats from hacktivists and foreign adversaries.

 The Geopolitics of Water: Cyberattacks' Impact on Water Stress in the U.S. and Beyond

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Israel-Hamas Conflict

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Trade disruptions, shifting military conflicts and domestic political turbulence will shape global affairs in 2025.

2025 Annual Forecast: A Global Overview

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The outgoing U.S. Biden administration's liberal use of "intelligence diplomacy" as a tool of foreign policy raises questions about how the incoming Trump administration will take up the torch.

Declassified: The Future of U.S. 'Intelligence Diplomacy'

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Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency is set to disrupt trans-Atlantic relations, likely escalating trade tensions, weakening already limited cooperation on climate and tech policy, and straining EU unity on defense and support for Ukraine. 

What Trump's Return to Office Means for the European Union

Global Elections

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While their recent efforts to ease bilateral tensions will probably reduce the risk of border clashes, deep-seated mistrust between the two strategic rivals will very likely limit the scope of any reconciliation. 

After a Tense Few Years, India and China Try To Turn Down the Heat

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The tight race and its perceived existential stakes portend further violent threats in the days leading up to and after the Nov. 5 election.

The U.S. Braces for a Turbulent – and Potentially Violent – End to the Election

How do foreign adversaries view the upcoming U.S. general election, and what could that mean for the cyber threat landscape?

Essential Geopolitics: Cyber Concerns Ahead of the U.S. Election

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Intelligence agencies are increasingly using third parties to do their dirty work abroad, raising the risk of miscalculations with potentially violent consequences.

The Saboteur's Dilemma: The Risk of Using Proxies for Espionage

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As mis- and disinformation proliferate online, government-led content moderation efforts threaten to do more harm than good.

Can Europe Solve the Puzzle of Content Moderation?

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Europe: Noyb Files Complaints Against Six Chinese Companies

U.S.: Supreme Court Upholds Law Paving Way for TikTok Ban

U.S.: Biden Issues Sweeping Cybersecurity Executive Order

U.S.: White House Announces Executive Order To Bolster AI Infrastructure

U.S.: Meta To End Fact-Checking Program

Taiwan: Chinese Vessel Suspected of Sea Cable Incident

U.S.: Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

U.S.: Chinese Hackers Breach Treasury Department

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