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Sam Clark

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Cybersecurity Reporter at POLITICO Europe

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  • Spanish grid operator rules out cyberattack in its facilities after power cut

    2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sam Clark |Zia Weise

    Spain's national transmission system operator has not found signs that a cyberattack was at the root of the massive power blackout in Spain and Portugal on Monday. “With the analyses we have been able to carry out so far, we can rule out a cybersecurity incident in the electricity grid facilities at the Red Eléctrica control center," Red Eléctrica's head of system operation services Eduardo Prieto said at a press conference on Tuesday.

  • Why did the lights go out in Spain and Portugal?

    2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Victor Jack |Aitor Hernández-Morales |Sam Clark |Max Griera

    A frantic search is on to figure out what, exactly, caused Spain and Portugal to lose power on Monday, leaving millions of people without access to basic modern necessities. The answer will have serious ramifications for the two countries — and for Europe as a whole. The EU has been pressing the Iberian Peninsula, which has long operated as an energy island within the bloc, to link up better to Europe’s grids.

  • Hackers pounce on Pope’s death with scams

    3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sam Clark

    Online scammers are using the death of Pope Francis in attempts to steal data and scam people, according to research by cybersecurity firm Check Point shared with POLITICO. Check Point said it had identified posts on social media platforms including Instagram and TikTok seeking to trick social media users into clicking on links embedded in the posts.

  • ‘Fighting crime blindfolded’: Europe is coming after encryption

    3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sam Clark

    Youth gangs have wreaked havoc in Sweden and Denmark for months, with violence ranging from murders to explosions. For Peter Hummelgaard, Denmark’s justice minister, it's not just guns and bombs that are causing mayhem. It's also the criminals' smartphones.

  • Putin declares ‘Easter truce’ to last until Monday

    3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sam Clark

    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday declared a truce for Easter in the war in Ukraine, saying he has ordered “all hostilities” to pause over the weekend. The Kremlin said in a post on its Telegram channel that, “guided by humanitarian considerations, today the Russian side is declaring an Easter truce from 18:00 to zero hours from Sunday to Monday.”“I order all hostilities to stop for this period. We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example,” the post went on.

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20 Nov 24

Approving a letter highlighting concerns about a proposed revision? Huge.

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Today, Coreper approved a letter highlighting the @EUCouncil's concerns on the proposed revision of the 2010 Framework Agreement between the @Europarl_EN and the @EU_Commission. Our key focus is to ensure #InstitutionalBalance, respect Treaty-defined roles, and preserve the https://t.co/X94rHGMSHj