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Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral

Critics say face-swap app could spread misinformation on a massive scaleA Chinese app…

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Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic

Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape…

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Chinese cyberhackers ‘blurring line between state power and crime’

Cybersecurity firm FireEye says ‘aggressive’ APT41 group working for Beijing is also hacking…

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Briton who helped stop 2017 WannaCry virus spared jail over malware charges

Marcus Hutchins pleaded guilty to two malware charges25-year-old ‘incredibly thankful’ to be…

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German police shut down one of world’s biggest dark web sites

Arrests in Germany, Brazil and US relate to sale of drugs, stolen data…

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UK hacker jailed for six years for blackmailing pornography site users

Zain Qaiser targeted millions of computers with ransomware demanding large sumsA hacker who…

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Why it’s too easy to manipulate voters – and steal the EU elections | Eleonora Nestola

It’s time to act, as personal data is being used to target voters…

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Largest collection ever of breached data found

Store of 770m email addresses and passwords discovered after being put on hacking…

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Steep price rises and even steeper streets | Brief letters

Data grabbing | Country diary | Cost of stamps | A question of…

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