The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would extend the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to cooperate with international law enforcement authorities to combat spyware, online fraud, spam and deception.

China’s ability to carry out cyberattacks has increased to a level that it poses the most significant long-term cybersecurity threat to the U.S. of any nation state, a senior FBI cybersecurity official said.

Makers of encryption technology may face stricter standards and government oversight in Norway under new guidance aimed at meeting the code-breaking threat posed by next-generation super computers.

Europe’s lead privacy watchdog on big tech said the first in a series of rulings by her office using tough new European Union regulations will soon be handed down, with Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp and Twitter Inc. in the firing line.

Two senior House Financial Services members are asking the Treasury Department to establish a digital identity task force by March.

Judges appointed by Republican presidents outnumber their colleagues tapped by Democrats in a majority of federal appeals courts after President Donald Trump flipped a circuit for the third time.