CYBER WARS

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Apple-FBI case has wide implications
Feb 28, 2016 (AFP)
Apple and the US government are squaring off in an epic legal battle with wide-ranging implications for how technology firms must work with law enforcement. The...
Apple asks to block court order to help decrypt iPhone
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
Apple fired back at the US government Thursday in the encryption standoff, asking a federal court to dismiss an order that would force the company to help unloc...
Pentagon boosts spending to fight cyber attacks
Feb 25, 2016 (AFP)
The Pentagon plans to spend an additional $900 million in the coming year to boost cyber defense measures, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. US off...
Apple chief calls FBI iPhone case 'bad for America'
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
Apple chief Tim Cook went public Wednesday in his battle with the FBI, saying that unlocking an iPhone in the name of fighting terrorism would be "bad for Ameri...
CIA chief Brennan supports FBI in Apple encryption case
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
America's top spy said in an interview Wednesday that he supports the FBI's high-profile battle to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernar...
Apple fight on iPhone access extends to other cases
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
Apple is battling the US government over accessing locked devices in at least 10 cases around the country, in addition to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardin...
Bill Gates backs FBI in iPhone spat: report
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is backing the FBI in its standoff with Apple over unlocking an iPhone in the probe of last year's deadly San Bernardino attacks, t...
Majority of Americans back FBI in battle with Apple
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
A majority of Americans support the US government's efforts to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone in the probe of last year's deadly San Bernardino attacks, a...
Apple says expert panel should take up encryption issue
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
Apple said Monday it supports the idea of a panel of experts to consider access to encrypted devices if US authorities drop legal efforts to force it to help br...
US escalates fight with Apple over iPhone in attacks probe
Feb 19, 2016 (AFP)
The US government Friday sought a court order to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone as part of the probe into last year's San Bernardino attacks, escalating a...
Apple's Cook in biggest policy challenge yet, on encryption
Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)
Apple chief Tim Cook is taking on the US government on encryption, in the latest and biggest challenge for the CEO who is no stranger to corporate activism. Coo...
Hollywood hospital pays bitcoin ransom to hackers
Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)
A Los Angeles hospital has paid $17,000 in bitcoins to hackers who took control of its computers for more than a week, officials said. Hollywood Presbyterian Me...
FBI-Apple standoff puts encryption on front burner
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Apple's challenge of a court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers opens up a new front in the long-running battle between technol...
US planned major cyberattack on Iran, Berlin fest doc claims
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
Oscar winner Alex Gibney said Wednesday he hopes his new documentary "Zero Days" exposing the secret scope of the US cyber warfare programme will "rattle some c...
Teen arrested in Britain linked to hack of US spy chiefs
Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)
British police said Friday they had arrested a teenager on hacking charges, as media reports said the youth was suspected of cracking the personal accounts of t...
Report puts hackers under microscope
Feb 09, 2016 (UPI)
An encyclopedia of prominent computer hackers, including their targets and methodology, has been published by a cyber-security think tank. The report -- "Know Y...
US unable to crack San Bernardino attacker's phone
Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)
US agents cannot access a telephone used by the Islamist attackers in the San Bernardino shooting, the head of the FBI said Tuesday, complaining that encryption...
Amid cybersecurity warnings, Obama unveils 'action plan'
Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama unveiled a cybersecurity "national action plan" on Tuesday as his intelligence chief warned of growing risks from new technologies that o...
Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts in 'terrorist content' crackdown
Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)
Twitter said Friday it suspended more than 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, as part of increased efforts to eradicate "terroris...
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' fugitive anti-hero
Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)
When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced he might finally leave Ecuador's embassy in London, it was a new twist in a long-running thriller pitting hi-tec...
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