Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

In this episode of Wire Uncut, we spoke with Bozhena Pieniazek, VP of Marketing at Meister, a company building productivity tools for teams that want to move off pen and paper and away from Big Tech.

The goal of the ChatControl proposal is to detect any online material within messaging communications that indicates evidence of abuse, otherwise known as CSAM. EU legislation—Directive 2011/93/EU—defines CSAM, requiring member states to criminalize: It also requires the removal of CSAM websites hosted in the EU, and cooperation with international partners when hosted abroad. There is no controversy about the value of stopping these criminal behaviors.

That notion of digital space is no less true for everyone’s personal lives. Billions of people spend a significant portion of their time in an extended digital living space. We chat and message with our friends and relatives. We call and videoconference together. We share files, images, videos, and even collaborate on joint projects online. We play games together, watch videos together, and do so many collaborative things online.

Cybersecurity breaches are increasing in frequency, scale, and cost. In Q2 2024 alone, incidents rose 30% year-on-year, with almost 2,200 attacks every day, that’s one every 39 seconds. The financial impact is climbing just as fast and in 2025, the risks have never been greater.

Based on insights from over 270 surveyed technology, policy, and security leaders across Europe, this report explores the challenges, blockers, and breakthroughs shaping the continent's path toward tech independence.

Ransomware attacks increased by 126% in Q1 2025, compared to 2024, with an average of 275 incidents per day. These attacks now account for 58% of the value of large-scale ($1M+) cyber insurance claims and have caused 24 days of downtime this year. As threat actors grow more sophisticated, governments are introducing stricter reporting rules and in some regions, banning ransom payments altogether.

In the second quarter of 2025, public sector organizations around the world experienced an average of 2,632 weekly cyberattacks each, marking a 26% year-over-year increase. These are the 5 biggest cyberattacks in recent times that have severely impacted government operations, trust, and security.