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Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA on data could mean prison
Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Wednesday said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments came...
Israel's secret intel unit spawns high-tech tycoons
Sep 09, 2013 (UPI)
The Israeli military's top-secret Unit 8200, the Jewish state's equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency, has spawned a generation of high-tech start-ups...
Yahoo reports 29,000 government data requests
Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo received some 29,000 government requests for data on its users this year, with almost half coming from the United States, according to the company's globa...
Lookout tailors smartphone defenses for businesses
Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)
US mobile security startup Lookout built on the popularity among smartphone and tablet owners by offering its gadget-defending expertise to businesses. Since th...
New York Times website still down after hack attack
Aug 28, 2013 (AFP)
The popular New York Times website remained shut down Wednesday 24 hours after hackers allied with Syria's embattled Assad regime took claim for interrupting th...
US tech sector feels pain from PRISM
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
Revelations about vast US data collection programs are starting to hit American tech companies, which are ramping up pressure for increased transparency to try ...
Facebook: more than 25,000 government data requests
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook said Tuesday it received more than 25,000 government data requests in the first half of 2013, with the largest number from the United States. The compa...
US leaker stayed at Russia's Hong Kong consulate: report
Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)
Edward Snowden, the US intelligence leaker who was granted asylum in Russia, contacted Russian officials before he flew to Moscow and spent several days at the ...
Bradley Manning: jailed spy hailed as hero
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
He has insisted that all he wanted was to show the true side of America's wars. Now, Bradley Manning faces decades behind bars for the biggest leak in US histor...
Courion to help cybersecurity non-profit project
Aug 21, 2013 (UPI)
Cybersecurity firm Courion Corp. is joining non-profit Advanced Cyber Security Center to help businesses counter increasingly sophisticated attacks on computer ...
Venezuela to install 30,000 cameras to combat crime
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Venezuela is installing 30,000 surveillance cameras to crack down on rampant crime, officials said Wednesday. Most of the Chinese-made equipment will be put up ...
US military judge weighs sentence for Bradley Manning
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
A US military judge has said she will announce a sentence Wednesday for Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of espionage for giving classified government doc...
US prosecutors demand 60 years for Manning
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
US military prosecutors demanded Monday that Private Bradley Manning spend at least 60 years in jail for handing a vast trove of classified government files to ...
WikiLeaks: Manning apologizes, admits he 'hurt US'
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
US Army private Bradley Manning apologized on Wednesday for leaking secret intelligence files to WikiLeaks and admitted for the first time that he had harmed hi...
US Army supervisor knew of Manning's 'mental instability'
Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)
WikiLeaks' source Bradley Manning was allowed to handle secret intelligence even though he was plagued by "mental instability" and volatile behavior, his superv...
Hackers who hit US media are back: security firm
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
The hackers who penetrated the computer network of The New York Times last year have resurfaced with an attack on "an organization involved in shaping economic ...
Manning's mental health at issue in sentencing
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
US Army officers overseeing Bradley Manning ignored his angry outbursts and signs of mental health problems before he gave secret files to WikiLeaks, his defens...
Encrypted email linked to US leaker closes
Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)
An encrypted email service believed to have been used by US leaker Edward Snowden shut down on Thursday apparently as a result of pressure from US authorities. ...
Commentary: Online jihad
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
The enemy now knows that a simple message of disinformation about a major al-Qaida terrorist operation will close U.S. embassies from North Africa to the Middle...
Huawei lashes out at ex-CIA chief over spying claims
Aug 02, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at allegations by a former CIA chief that the company spies for Beijing, labelling them "defamatory" and "baseless". ...
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