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Mozilla fights in court to get info about potential Firefox flaw

May 12, 2016

Mozilla has asked a Washington State District Court to compel FBI investigators to provide details about a vulnerability in the Tor Browser with them before they share it with …

US FISC approved all surveillance requests in 2015

May 2, 2016

The US Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court (FISC) has approved every electronic surveillance request for foreign intelligence purposes it has received in 2015. As it turns …

Suspect refuses to decrypt hard drives, is detained indefinitely

April 29, 2016

A former Philadelphia Police Department sergeant suspected of possessing child pornography has spent seven months in a detention center without being charged of any particular …

Apple says DoJ’s request for iPhone unlocking is unconstitutional

February 26, 2016

Apple has filed a motion to vacate the earlier court order that would force them to help the FBI access the contents of the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman by creating a …

FBI subpoenaed Carnegie Mellon University for Tor-using suspect’s IP address

February 25, 2016

A court order in the case of U.S. vs Brian Farrell, a man charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs while he was allegedly an administrator of the Silk Road 2.0 …

Casino operator sues Trustwave for failing to spot and stop hackers

January 18, 2016

Nevada-based Affinity Gaming, which operates five casinos in that state and 11 altogether in the US, is suing infosec outfit Trustwave, claiming that the company did a poor …