Ex-CIA head quits Trump team amid intelligence standoff over Russian election hacks
‘I didn’t want to fly under false colors,’ James Woolsey said.
On Jan 6, 2017 by Dell Cameron
Tor Project addresses servers allegedly used by Russian hackers
‘Clearly the evidence they have that these are Russian hackers isn’t what they released,’ said Tor Project Director Shari Steele.
On Jan 5, 2017 by Dell Cameron
U.K. police arrest teenage hacker who allegedly broke into CIA director’s email
The young man is also suspected of leaking thousands of FBI and DHS employees’ personal data.
On Feb 12, 2016 by William Turton
FBI director invokes San Bernardino attack in defense of anti-encryption narrative
James Comey denied wanting a ‘backdoor’ but said that some kind of encryption workaround was needed.
On Feb 9, 2016 by Eric Geller
Civil-liberties groups ask the government to detail surveillance statistics
More than two dozen groups want answers.
On Oct 29, 2015 by Eric Geller
Your complete guide to the 5 cybersecurity bills in Congress
What’s the difference between CISA and CISPA? Here’s what you need to know—and a whole lot more.
On Apr 24, 2015 by Eric Geller
Here’s the court ruling that let the NSA track your email
For years the NSA collected the metadata from Americans’ emails. Monday night, the 2004 ruling on the program was finally released.
On Nov 19, 2013 by Joe Kloc
NSA metadata collection program swept up Americans’ credit card numbers
Here’s a breakdown of the declassified documents that reveal how it happened.
Germany’s Merkel to Obama: Monitoring is ‘completely unacceptable’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned Obama, warning the president that such spying was “completely unacceptable.”
On Oct 23, 2013 by Joe Kloc
U.S. denies NSA recorded millions of French phone conversations
James Clapper denies that the NSA recorded 70 million French phone conversations in a one month period. But should we believe him?
Gems mined from the NSA documents and FISA court opinions released this week
The EFF covers the highlights from the NSA documents they just obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
On Sep 11, 2013 by [email protected]
Activists forced courts to declassify NSA docs, even if U.S. won’t admit it
The EFF won the right to that court opinion that finds evidence of NSA misconduct. So why is the government claiming it’s releasing it “in the interest of increased transparency”?
On Aug 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Head of U.S. intelligence joins Tumblr, forgets to add GIFs
Hey, welcome to our Tumblr! Here, we [REDACTED].
U.S. admits NSA tracked email metadata until 2011
The NSA tracked who you emailed, who emailed you, and when. But not actually what you said.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Is the NSA trying to release secret surveillance documents before Snowden does?
In an effort to temper concerns about NSA spying, the Director of National Intelligence will declassify documents about NSA surveillance operations.
On Jul 30, 2013 by Joe Kloc
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