US Department of Justice charges Russian hacker in cyberattack plot against Ukraine
Stigal is accused of aiding Russian state-backed hackers to establish servers used in the 'WhisperGate' cyber campaign, which employed wiper malware to corrupt data.
European Parliament moves forward with cybercrime protocol ratification
The European Parliament's civil liberties committee voted to ratify the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. The Protocol allows for emergency mutual assistance, joint investigations, and evidence collection via videoconference between signatory states. Civil society organizations criticized the Protocol for potential conflicts with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, while the European Data Protection Supervisor highlighted safeguards within the text.
