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The latest ransomware attack used an alleged NSA exploit
An alleged NSA hacking tool has again surfaced to haunt the world.<p>Organizations across the globe — including Boryspil International in Kiev, Ukraine, a Russian oil company and an advertising company in the United Kingdom — have stalled out on Tuesday as a type of ransomware known as Petya has …
Information SecurityN.S.A. Warrantless Surveillance Aided Turks After Attack, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency used its warrantless surveillance program to help Turkey find the suspect in a terrorist attack at an Istanbul nightclub on Dec. 31 that killed 39 people and wounded dozens more, including an American who was shot, a senior F.B.I. official said Tuesday.<p>The …
SurveillanceReport: German politicians under surveillance by Turkish intelligence
Turkey's intelligence agency has been increasingly gathering information on German politicians, according to a report. Prosecutors already launched …
World NewsA new ransomware strain is seemingly using a leaked NSA cyberweapon to race around the planet
Petya is a well-known ransomware app that has attained a new, deadly virulence, with thousands of new infection attempts hitting Kaspersky Lab's …
Kaspersky LabAlleged NSA Leaker Reality Winner Appears in Federal Court, Trial Date Set
AUGUSTA, Georgia — The young intelligence industry contractor accused of leaking a top-secret report to journalists made her second appearance in federal court on Tuesday, as a judge set her trial date for the fall.<p>Reality Winner, 25, entered court Tuesday shackled at her ankles and wrists wearing …
SurveillanceRussia probe frames Senate hearing on surveillance law
The ongoing Russia probe framed the Senate Judiciary Committee's routine hearing to re-up Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — …
SurveillanceNSA spying scandal committee presents controversial final report
A German investigative committee has presented its findings to the Bundestag on US spying on Germany - and Germany's spying on its allies. The report …
World NewsWhy Is Donald Trump Enabling Russian Espionage in America?
White House refuses to push back on aggressive Kremlin spying<p>How the Obama administration mishandled clandestine Russian interference in last year’s …
RussiaLiveblogging Today’s Senate Judiciary Hearing on Section 702
Another group of lawmakers is starting the debate over whether and how to reauthorize an online surveillance power set to sunset at the end of the …
SurveillanceNSA Ajit Doval comes to the aid of PM Modi at White House media event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday saved from a possible embarrassment by an alert National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval when wind …
IndiaFeds: More classified information collected in NSA leak probe
article<p>http://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/feds-more-classified-information-collected-nsa-leak-probe/A5kgAb6y7B7WiAr7F7WU1N/<p>Feds: More classified …
SurveillanceIsraeli spy agency launches fund to invest in tech
Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, is setting up an investment fund for high-technology start-ups, in a move that highlights the symbiosis between the …
Silicon ValleySpy agencies seek permanent authority for contested surveillance program
The intelligence community is seeking permanent authority for a contested surveillance program at a time when senators in both parties are increasingly frustrated in their attempts to learn how much information spy agencies collect on American citizens — and even on senators themselves.<p>At a Senate …
Surveillance'The ultimate cyberweapon for espionage': The 'Petya' cyberattack is exploiting a powerful NSA tool
Analysts at several cybersecurity firms have confirmed that a cyberattack that struck Europe on Tuesday is using a powerful and dangerous cyberweapon created by the National Security Agency and leaked in April.<p>The cyberattack, dubbed "Petya," bears the hallmarks of last month's "WannaCry" …
CybersecurityEdward Snowden Bashes New CIA Chief's Focus On Leakers
Mike Pompeo is "baffled" the public prefers those who reveal crimes to those who commit them, Snowden says.<p>Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his Twitter followers are scratching their heads over the new CIA director’s recently expressed disgust at the “worship” of those …
SurveillanceSenator wants to know if his communications were intercepted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key GOP senator weighing the pros and cons of U.S. foreign surveillance had the same question Tuesday as many Americans: Does the U.S. government sweep up their communications while monitoring targets abroad?<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham didn't get an answer.<p>The South Carolina Republican …
SurveillanceFeds won't release redacted intelligence report on Russian election meddling
Updated 06/27/2017 07:51 AM EDT<p>The Trump administration is refusing to release a redacted version of a key report President Barack Obama received in January on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, court filings show.<p>Then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper …
NewsCyber Attacks Spread Across Europe Using Stolen NSA Tool
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer of CrowdStrike, on the cyber attacks spreading across Europe using a stolen National Security Agency tool.
CybersecurityHouse Intel Committee Forges Ahead With Unmasking Investigation
Intelligence agencies are supplying the House Intelligence Committee with information about unmasking requests made by three former Obama …
Mike ConawayChelsea Manning didn’t deserve those Pride cheers
Chelsea Manning got a lively welcome at Sunday’s LGBTQ Pride event, marking the second time in a month that a New York parade featured cheering for …
Chelsea ManningChelsea Manning attends her first post-prison Pride parade
Former U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning took part in her first Pride since being released from prison in May.<p>Manning on Sunday rode on the American Civil …
Chelsea ManningHome price NSA index sets record for 5 consecutive months
March S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller HPI: <b>+0.3% M/M</b> vs. +0.4% consensus, +0.5% prior (revised).<p>+5.7% Y/Y (N.S.A) vs. 5.9% consensus, +5.9% prior.<p>Now read:</b> …
BusinessOIG report: National Park Services did not change records of crowd size at inauguration
An Office of Inspector General report on the National Park Service found that the agency did not change records on crowd sizes at the inauguration …
Donald TrumpGlobal cyberattack claims first US victims
A cyber attack that has crippled major firms, banks and airports in Europe has spread to the U.S.<p>According to The New York Times, the attack, …
New York TimesThe Woman Who Filmed Julian Assange for Six Years
Filmmaker Laura Poitras says that "Risk," her fly-on-the-wall documentary of the Wikileaks founder, is a reflection of the "dystopian reality we find ourselves in."<p>Laura Poitras's new film, <i>Risk,</i> has had a long and torturous road to release in the UK. She began filming the Julian Assange documentary …
DocumentariesNSA Director Gave Senator Private Tour During Debate Over Foreign intelligence Collection
The National Security Agency has been lobbying a key senator amid debates about whether to reauthorize the NSA’s foreign intelligence programs when …
SurveillanceHow The Intercept Went From Supporting Edward Snowden To Being The NSA's BFF
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner leaked a secret NSA memo to the journalism website The Intercept, which promptly her by showed the document to the NSA. They also told the Agency where it was mailed from. As a result, Winner is now warming the inside of a prison cell. At bare minimum, The Intercept …
SurveillanceThe CIA wrote a torture manual more than 50 years ago, and then gave it to Latin American dictators
Exposed in 1997, the document is not easy to read<p>It was long suspected that the CIA was in the business of torture. But in 1997, the American public …
CultureOblivious to History, Trump's Turning Up the Heat on Iran. He Should Look at the 1953 CIA Coup.
So sensitive was this operation that not all documents have been declassified for public view, even after the passing of almost 64 years.<p><i>In 1979, just as the Shah of Iran was overthrown and the the reign of the ayatollahs began, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative named Kermit Roosevelt,</i> …
HistoryKey Government Privacy Watchdog Muzzled During Surveillance Debate
Former Judge Patricia Wald receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White …
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