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Guccifer hacks U.S. nuclear security agency chief
The hacker that goes by the online moniker “Guccifer” continues his crusade agains U.S. current and former government officials, and his latest victim is Neile …
British GCHQ spied on G20 delegates to gain advantage in talks
The British GCHQ has monitored computers and intercepted phone calls made by the foreign participants of two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 and provided crucial …
Japan aims to monitor Internet-based communications
After having agreed on a draft of an official cybersecurity strategy earlier this month, Japan’s National Information Security Center (NISC) is looking to establish a …
Why does the public now listen to an U.S. government whistleblower?
This is not the first time that a government whistleblower has come forward and tried to warn the U.S. public about the surveillance overreach of government agencies, but it …
Eight charged for hacking global financial institutions
Eight alleged members of an international cybercrime, money laundering and identity theft conspiracy have been federally charged in New Jersey with a scheme to use information …
Oppose PRISM-like programs today or lose you privacy tomorrow
I used to work for a telecommunication company. The government had access to call records, although the process for obtaining any information required manual requests and …
Congress reacts to NSA’s spying on U.S. citizens
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced on Tuesday a bill that would “require the Attorney General to declassify significant Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …
80+ orgs ask U.S. Congress to halt government surveillance
Over 80 organizations, civil liberty groups, Internet companies, public figures and private individuals have launched the StopWatching.Us initiative and have signed an open …
To hack back or not to hack back?
Many centuries ago, explorers came to the vast land of North America. Shipload upon shipload of dreamers, explorers, businessmen and farmers entered the harbors and spread out …
Obama, Verizon, NSA sued for collecting U.S. citizens’ phone call data
Three individuals have filed the first lawsuit aimed at disputing the constitutionality of NSA’s collection of metadata on phone calls made by or to U.S. citizens. Larry …
ACLU asks spy court to release records on Patriot Act surveillance powers
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington and Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Clinic filed a motion on Monday with the secret court that …
NSA whistleblower reveals himself, world reacts
This last week has been the most eventful one in infosec history since I can remember. An (at the time unnamed) whistleblower has rocked the world by disclosing documents that …