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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 …
EU to vote on stiffer penalties for hackers
Member states of the European Union might soon be creating new laws that will raise minimum prison sentences for convicted cyber attackers and botnet herders. Last week, the …
Proposed bill will deny foreign hackers entry into the U.S.
A day before U.S. President’s scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a new act that aims to punish criminals engaging in cyber spying and theft on behalf …
Pirate Bay founder suspected of hacking police databases
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, who has been extradited from Cambodia to Sweden to answer for allegedly hacking of Swedish IT company Logica and the Nordea bank …
U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. repeatedly targeted by foreign hackers
Conflicting claims were heard at Tuesday’s hearing of the House Veterans’ Affairs oversight and investigations subcommittee, leaving open the question on whether …
NSA legally forces Verizon to hand over all phone records on a daily basis
An order issued by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) that compels Verizon to share metadata on all the phone calls its users make with the NSA has been …