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Last year, the world experienced 3205 cyberattacks and data breaches, and the biggest attack exposed more than 3 billion user accounts. As organizations step up their cybersecurity efforts, they must also ensure compliance with emerging regulations. Newly implemented laws like the NIS2 (Network and Information Systems Directive) are now focusing not just on external or customer facing protocols and incident management, but also secure internal communication processes and records.

Cyberattacks are growing fast. Businesses, big and small, feel the heat. Hackers don’t just aim for money; they target trust and data too. Many companies scramble to keep up but fall short against modern threats. Here’s the key takeaway: experts report that cybercrime costs could reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. That’s not just alarming—it’s a critical reminder for businesses everywhere.

The rise of secure communications is a crucial aspect of adapting to a threat-filled digital landscape, enabling individuals and organizations to communicate safely, privately, and with sovereignty. It is in this spirit that Wire has raised concerns about what we consider to be risky, insecure, outdated, or non-credible approaches. Recently, we raised such concerns about Matrix, which seem to have struck a nerve and led to a lengthy and heated response.

In today's world, secure communication is essential rather than optional. That’s especially true for public institutions and critical infrastructure providers navigating increasing cyber threats and growing regulatory pressure. That’s why we’ve partnered with EBCONT, one of Austria’s leading IT service providers, to deliver end-to-end secure communication that’s compliant, sovereign and built for Europe.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is putting the best foot forward possible in an impossible situation. Microsoft is investing significant effort and resources into “private” and “sovereign” service offerings and curation to reassure EU customers that their data will be secure. In a recent LinkedIn post, Satya announced new sovereign offerings that he says reflect Microsoft’s commitment to giving customers choice, control, and security.

Tired of relying on Big Tech for your collaboration, communication and productivity needs? You’re not alone. Whether you’re concerned about data privacy, compliance, vendor lock-in, or digital sovereignty, the shift to European-built software is gaining serious momentum. And for good reason: these platforms respect your data, operate under GDPR by default, and are often open source or self-hosted.

Matrix has long been promoted as the future of secure, decentralized communication. Backed by an open protocol, a vibrant developer community, and bridges to legacy systems, it promises interoperability and freedom from vendor lock-in. But when viewed through the lens of EU data privacy law, Matrix, and its commercial champion, Element, poses significant and underappreciated risks.

Every time a user visited a website with a Meta Pixel, the app silently collected browsing metadata, cookies, search activity, products viewed or purchased, and tied it to the user’s identity via app login IDs or Android Advertising IDs. This invasive behavior bypassed browser privacy settings, undermining user consent.

When considering federation, if you are dealing with sensitive, valuable, regulated, or classified communication, there is only one legitimate choice to make. At Wire, our approach to federation, like everything we do, is designed to deliver the highest possible security while making it delightfully invisible to end users, enabling the highest possible productivity and agility.

Telegram is one of the most widely used messaging apps in the world today, claiming a billion monthly active users. The reason for its rise has to do with its brand reputation for valuing and enforcing privacy.