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FBI requests extradition of Portuguese man responsible for one of the largest hacker forums in the world

A young Portuguese man allegedly created, at the age of 14, the platform RaidForums, which reached nearly half a million users

Ivo Neto

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Alexandra Campos

Attack on Vodafone part of ‘new generation of infotech attacks’

‘We should invest much more in cybersecurity,’ warns the president of the Observatório de Segurança, Criminalidade Organizada e Terrorismo.

Karla Pequenino

Slandering vaccines generates a lot of money on the Internet

Newsletters written in English with false or dubious information about vaccines can be worth at least €87,000 a year.

Karla Pequenino

Pegasus spyware accused of spying on Human Rights Watch CEO

Two analyses confirmed that Lama Fakih's phones were accessed through the spyware program. Company denies knowing anything about it.

Maria João Guimarães

European agency designed to make life easier for startups sets up in Portugal

Organization proposed during the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council was formally launched during the Web Summit and will be headquartered in Lisbon.

Victor Ferreira

Fewer people at Web Summit ‘gives more time for networking’

Brazil has one of the biggest foreign delegations in the Parque das Nações and looks to Lisbon to open the door to Europe.

Victor Ferreira

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Karla Pequenino

Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says

Frances Haugen, heard in the British Parliament, said Facebook sees online security as a cost and it needs to stop the algorithms from promoting extremist and divisive content.

Agência Reuters

Facebook whistleblower accuses company of deceiving investors and choosing “profit over safety”

Frances Haugen, 37, worked for Facebook between 2019 and May this year. The data analyst spent his last few weeks collecting studies and reports hidden by the company, including studies on the platform's negative impact on young people.

Karla Pequenino

The ‘disinformation dozen’: most disinformation on vaccines in the USA comes from 12 people

The ‘disinformation dozen’ have more than eight million followers and multiple accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube, despite several warnings from investigators into social networks.

Karla Pequenino

Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space kick starts ‘aerospace innovation’

Virgin Galactic’s successful flight was fundamental in showing that commercial space flight is safe, says specialist, Miguel Gonçalves.

Daniela Carmo