Rainbow over the parliament building in Poland. MikeMareen, iStock / Getty Images Plus Inside Poland’s groundbreaking effort to reckon with spyware abuses Poland was once a “dark spot” on spyware abuse, but a probe, victim notifications and more has made it a potential model for other nations. May 15, 2024 By Tim Starks
The building of the UN City is pictured in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 24, 2024. The UN City is located in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn and houses 11 UN organizations with 1,500 employees from over 100 nationalities (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT ‘Large volume’ of data stolen from UN agency after ransomware attack The attack is just the latest in a string targeting the multilateral body in recent years. Apr 18, 2024 By AJ Vicens
The United Nations flag (Getty Images) Microsoft joins a growing chorus of organizations criticizing a UN cybercrime treaty Critics say the draft version of the global treaty backed by China and Russia could be used to persecute security researchers and activists. Aug 29, 2023 By Tonya Riley
Negotiations to forge a cybercrime treaty begin next month at U.N. headquarters in New York City, pictured here on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) UN to begin new phase of negotiations on cybercrime treaty, alarming human rights activists A U.N. cybercrime treaty could give global governments new — and what many human rights defenders call worrisome — powers to prosecute cybercrimes. Apr 26, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
The United Nations logo is seen at the United Nations headquarters on May 20, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) UN experts join growing calls for moratorium on surveillance technology The call follows mounting evidence of surveillance technology being used in human rights abuses. Aug 12, 2021 By Tonya Riley
Demonstrators rally to ask for news of their Uyghur relatives and to express their concern about the ratification of a Chinese treaty in 2021. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images) Possible Chinese hackers pose as UN, human rights group to eavesdrop on beleaguered Uyghur population It's just the newest digital woe for the Turkic-speaking ethnic group. May 27, 2021 By Tim Starks
A man walks by the UN headquarters in New York in March. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) UN cybercrime proposal could help autocrats stifle free speech, rights group says Many cybercrime laws aren't really about cybercrime. May 5, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Estonia’s Ambassador at Large for Cyber Diplomacy Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar speaking at a conference. (Security & Defense Agenda / Flickr) Estonia’s diplomacy training aims to shape state behavior in cyberspace Back by popular demand, it's the third-ever Estonia cyber diplomacy school. Feb 9, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
UN flags being prepared for UN General Assembly General Debate (UN Photo/Kim Haughton) The U.N. passed a resolution that gives Russia greater influence over internet norms It's worded in a seemingly harmless manner — but it's actually a thinly veiled Kremlin effort to export its model of internet control, rights groups warn. Nov 18, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty) World powers are pushing to build their own brand of cyber norms Two competing groups tied to the United Nations are trying to outmaneuver each other when it comes to establishing behavior norms in cyberspace. Sep 23, 2019 By Shannon Vavra