Privacy Issues/Information Security

Anonymity on the internet has gotten a bad rap lately, and for good reason. The shield of anonymity has contributed to a toxic online ecosystem that is too…

Ukrainian government officials have begun storing sensitive data outside the country to protect it from Russian cyber and physical assault, and are…

Despite Washington’s recent attempts to expand cybersecurity rules and disrupt hacking gangs, ransomware continues to proliferate and executives report…

Twitter Inc. on Wednesday agreed to new oversight and a $150 million penalty to settle a federal…

Authorities in Sweden and Finland have raised alert levels for cyberattacks, concerned they face increased hacking risks because of the war in Ukraine and…

Anthem Inc.’s chief information officer says he is working with Alphabet Inc.’s…

The precise movements of millions of users of the gay-dating app Grindr were collected from a digital advertising network and made available for sale,…

WASHINGTON—Congressional leaders are negotiating in earnest on long-stalled consumer-privacy legislation, raising the prospect that a bipartisan bill could…

BRUSSELS—Europe is again raising the bar on tech regulation, preparing new standards for operations of social media and other digital platforms that are…

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday added several industrial and cybersecurity firms to a program aimed at thwarting hacks amid fresh warnings…