Hacking, sexual exploitation of children, and financial fraud are the most worrying trends when it comes to cybercrime in the European Union, according to an analysis released on Monday by Europol, which also warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an ever-growing role. Millions of citizens in the EU are victims of organized crime online every day, the European Union’s police authority in The Hague said. Criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized companies, which may be less likely to have advanced tools to protect their data from ransomware attacks, Europol said. …