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The moves by the Commerce Department against the Europe-based firms are the latest effort to rein in a spyware industry that has spiraled out of control in recent years.

Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.

The top U.S. cybersecurity agency said it did not have evidence that the group was acting in coordination with the Russian government.

The Kremlin said it was investigating what it called a “hack” after a bogus speech aired on some radio and television networks.

The prince is getting his day in court as he takes on the tabloids that scrutinized his every move for years, even hacking his phone.

The U.K. news landscape has shifted since the prince says he was hacked more than a decade ago, with hefty legal settlements, prison time for journalists and the threat of regulation forcing change.

A new book by Scott J. Shapiro, a law and philosophy professor at Yale, examines breaches of cybersecurity and their implications for keeping information safe.

Technology alone is not enough to solve the problems we face.

While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country’s top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world’s most notorious spyware, The Times found.

Plus, China bans some U.S. chips.