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German academic's wife charged with spying for China
Aug 02, 2021 (AFP)
According to prosecutors in Karlsruhe, German-Italian national Klara K. and her husband Klaus L. were approached by Chinese agents during a lecture tour to Shan...
NAVWAR opens 'secret-level' security information pipeline
Jul 28, 2021 (UPI)
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, or NAVWAR, said the commercially-based, cloud-enabled element of its development, security and operations, or Dev...
Israel minister to discuss Pegasus scandal in France visit
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
A ministry statement said Gantz will leave Wednesday for talks with French Defence Minister Florence Parly on topics including the crisis in Lebanon, nuclear ne...
Credit Suisse settles with star banker over spying scandal
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
CEO Tidjane Thiam was forced to resign in February 2020 after admitting the bank had hired investigators to follow Khan, head of international wealth management...
Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
In a Friday statement, the NGO warned of "the devastating impact of the poorly regulated spyware industry on human rights worldwide." The NSO Group's Pegasus so...
Two Chinese 'agents' charged in US for targeting Beijing opponents
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Nine defendants have been charged with "acting as and conspiring to act as unregistered agents" of China in the global operation, the department said. According...
Hacked US tech firm secures tool to restore services
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Miami-based Kaseya shut down its servers after the July 2 attack that affected businesses from pharmacies to gas stations in at least 17 countries and forced mo...
Spyware for sale: the booming trade in surveillance tech
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
Explosive claims that Pegasus was used to spy on activists and even heads of state have shone a spotlight on the software, which allows highly intrusive access ...
NORTHCOM runs third Global Information Dominance exercise
Jul 22, 2021 (UPI)
From July 8 to 15, NORTHCOM continued its exercises in enabling cross-combatant command collaboration using artificial intelligence. The series of GIDE experime...
Microsoft hack widens after emails of U.S. ambassador to China breached
Jul 21, 2021 (UPI)
Federal authorities confirmed Thursday that Nicholas Burns' unclassified emails were hacked in the breach, along with those of Assistant Secretary of State for ...
Mexico president says spying must only target crime
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
"What intelligence there is has to do with fighting crime, to protect citizens, not to spy on opponents, political leaders, party leaders, owners of large compa...
Pakistan blocks TikTok again over 'inappropriate content'
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Chinese-owned site has fought a series of legal battles with religious activists and authorities in the conservative Muslim nation, and was shut down for tw...
China says Washington hack claims 'fabricated', condemns US allies
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
The United States on Monday accused Beijing of carrying out the March cyber attack on Microsoft Exchange, a top email server for corporations around the world, ...
Pegasus scandal shows risk of Israel's spy-tech diplomacy: experts
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
Private Israeli firm NSO Group has denied media reports its Pegasus software is linked to the mass surveillance of journalists and rights defenders, and insiste...
Pegasus spyware: how does it work?
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
But how exactly does the Pegasus spyware work? How does it get onto people's phones -- and what can it do once it's there? How does Pegasus sneak its way onto a...
Journalists, activists ensnared in Israeli spyware scandal
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
The NSO Group and its Pegasus malware -- capable of switching on a phone's camera or microphone and harvesting its data -- have been in the headlines since 2016...
US businesses 'fear internet curbs in Hong Kong'
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
Hong Kong has long marketed itself as an international business centre, free from China's controls and the "Great Firewall" used to censor online content. But B...
US accuses China of Microsoft hack, rallies allies in condemnation
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
In comments likely to further strain worsening relations between Washington and Beijing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the March hack of Micros...
UN urges better regulation of surveillance technology
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
The reports about the Pegasus spyware "confirm the urgent need to better regulate the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology and ensure strict oversi...
50,000 phone numbers worldwide on list linked to Israeli spyware
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
The NSO Group and its Pegasus malware -- capable of switching on a phone's camera or microphone, and harvesting its data -- have been in the headlines since 201...
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