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Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (17 February 2026)

Darknet marketplaces increasingly tap into top privacy coin monero (Linas Kmieliauskas - Cybernews) As blockchain analysts improve their abilities to track various crypto assets, including...

When National Security Becomes a Shield for Evading AI Accountability

(Ashwin Prabu, Marlena Wisniak - Tech Policy Press) As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in state security and surveillance across Europe, the legal safeguards meant...

Investigation: European companies keep the motors of Russia’s war machine running

(Lucas Tonks, Mykola Khodyeyev - The Kyiv Independent) Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has sought supplies of motor oil additives and...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (16 February 2026)

Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches (Eduard Kovacs - Security Week) South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)...

Indonesia–Australia Security Treaty: Middle powers choosing consultation over blocs

(Emirza Adi Syailendra - Lowy The Interpreter) Leaders of Indonesia and Australia have framed the Jakarta Treaty 2026 as a response to “challenging times”....

Putting the UK back into AUKUS?

(David Vallance - Lowy The Interpreter) The Royal Navy’s first contribution to Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-W) is on its way to the southern hemisphere....

If we can’t name China’s cyberattacks, we lose trust in ourselves

(Justin Bassi - ASPI The Strategist) In the space of just a few days, two big US tech companies took different approaches to China’s...

China has an AI crisis plan. Australia should, too

(Emily Grundy and Greg Sadler - ASPI The Strategist) China is the only country with a national-level plan for responding to an AI crisis....

Chinese Tech Offers Blueprint For Iran’s Digital Crackdown, New Report Says

(Reid Standish - RFE/RL) A new report by a British human rights group says Iran's system of Internet control draws extensively on Chinese technology,...

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