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Apple releases cleverly framed report on government data requests
Apple has released what will be the first of many biannual reports on government information requests it receives, and has included a statement saying that “Apple has …
The dangers of weakening cybersecurity to facilitate surveillance
In response to the controversy over the alleged surveillance practices of the NSA, the White House established the Review Group on Intelligence and Communication Technologies, …
US agency employees let invented woman expert into the network
Once again, and more spectacularly, security researchers have proved that attackers wielding a fake LinkedIn account sporting the image of an attractive woman claiming to be …
US Senate committee backs law to continue phone-record collection
A few days after a bill seeking to end the government’s dragnet collection of phone records has been introduced by US Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman Jim …
NSA taps cables connecting Google and Yahoo data centers
The US NSA and its UK counterpart GCHQ have collaborated in tapping the overseas fiber-optic cables used by Google and Yahoo to exchange data stored in their many data centers …
Russia handed malware-laden devices to G20 delegates?
At the G20 summit held near St. Petersburg in September, attending delegates representing the 20 most powerful nations in the world have been handed gifts that included …
Obama orders NSA to stop spying on UN diplomats
There is nothing wrong with spying on foreign national leaders, even when they are allies, said NSA head General Keith Alexander and NI director James Clapper at a hearing …
US legislators introduce bill to end dragnet phone data collection
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, chairman of the Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee in the House, introduced on Tuesday a …
UK man indicted for hacking US govt networks, stealing confidential data
The New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged an alleged hacker in the United Kingdom with breaching thousands of computer systems in the United States and elsewhere …
US allies demand explanations about NSA surveillance
Following Le Monde’s Monday report on NSA’s systematic gathering of phone call data of French citizens and the recording of certain calls and text messages has …
Lavabit users allowed to access accounts and retrieve data
Lavabit’s Ladar Levison has announced that the users of his recently closed down email service will be able to briefly access their accounts so that they can retrieve …
Police requests DNS provider to take down criminal site, CEO asks for court order
Mark Jeftovic, the CEO of Toronto-based domain registrar and managed DNS provider EasyDNS, has published a (second) letter his company received from UK’s Police …