We are proud to welcome Bitdefender as a new member of the European Champions Alliance a major milestone for the Alliance and another important step in bringing together Europe’s leading technology companies. Founded in 2001, Bitdefender has grown from a European cybersecurity company into a global technology leader. Today, it protects enterprises,

MORE US NEWSPAPERS TO SUE AI PLATFORMS FOR AUTHORS’ RIGHTS VIOLATION The Seattle Times and Newsday announced on September 4, 2026, that they are suing OpenAI and Microsoft in a U.S. federal court, accusing the two tech companies of copying the news outlets’ content without permission to train their AI

AGREEMENT BETWEEN SWEDEN AND THE NETHERLANDS The Netherlands and Sweden announce they have agreed on a collaboration program in cybersecurity. Another example of regional inter-States collaboration in a domain where the EU institutions  seem unable to set the  tone. AI FOR CYBER:  OPEN AI LAUNCHES ASTRA OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6

POST QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY: ACT NOW ! The G7 cybersecurity working group, which includes the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the national cybersecurity agencies of the member countries, publishes a call to action:iIn a document titled ‘Preparing for the Post-Quantum Era: A Call to Actio,’. It is urging

SEKOIA DEPLOYS ITS NEW SYSTEM Elevate is live. Since 1 September every Sekoia Defend customer gets it for free until 31 October.Says Charles Ngor, Principal Product Manager: “It’s our first autonomous operation: AI agents that investigate security alerts on their own. After 12+ months of work with the team, I’m

GOOGLE ADAPTS ITS POLICY The tech giant has changed its policy on abusing a site’s reputation, which had been criticized by publishers. Just to recall, this policy aimed to fight the so-called ‘parasitic SEO.’ This is a practice that involves publishing third-party pages on a well-known site to improve its

ANOTHER ATTACK AGAINST PUBLIC FRENCH SERVICEs The French government website “Zéro logement vacant” (no empty house) which assists local authorities in bringing unoccupied homes back onto the market was inaccessible on Sunday, August 30, after hackers claimed responsibility for stealing data hosted on the platform. Hackers from the group ZeroBytes

CLOUD THE GERMAN SCHWARZ GROUP, MOTHER COMPANY OF LIDL, TO OPEN A NEW DATA CENTER BASED ON 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY The German group Schwarz, owner of the Lidl and Kaufland brands, plans to invest up to 5.6 billion euros by 2033 in a data center in Dummerstorf, near Rostock. This