Tag: nsa
-

Feds Doled Out Millions Towards #Tor Online Anonymity Tools
from RT.com: The National Security Agency may be working to crack the anonymous Tor browser, but the US government actually donated close to $2 million to the project in 2013. In fact, the large majority of the money gifted to the Tor Project has its origins in the State Department and the Department of Defense.…
-

Big Banks Want Power to Declare Cyber War
Merger of Big Banks and National Security Power … What Could Possibly Go Wrong? from washingtonsblog.com: Bloomberg reports – Wall Street’s biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger financial panic by temporarily wiping out account balances, according to an internal document. The proposal by…
-
Shocker! Snowden a Spy ‘At All Levels’
from ndtv.com: US fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden “trained as a spy” and worked “undercover overseas” for intelligence agencies, he told NBC News in excerpts of an interview aired Tuesday. In his first interview in US media, Snowden hit back at claims that he was merely a low-level contractor, saying he worked “at all levels…
-
NSA Knew About Heartbleed, Exploited It for Two Years
As predicted, the huge Internet security vulnerability was used by the NSA. We should not be surprised, but furious from salon.com: As soon as Heartbleed — the grave and widespread vulnerability which has for two years plagued Internet security — was discovered this week, skeptical and speculating eyes looked to the NSA. Some corners of…
-
Google & Facebook Used Lobbying Groups to Oppose Internet Surveillance Restrictions
from vice.com: Revelations about the National Security Agency’s most controversial surveillance program, which centers on the bulk collection of hundreds of billions of records of Americans’ phone conversations, were quickly greeted with calls for reform by major internet powerhouses like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo last year. But all four companies, along with dozens of…
-
#NSA Infiltrates Servers of #China Telecom Giant #Huawei
from livemint.com: The US National Security Agency (NSA) has infiltrated servers in the headquarters of Chinese telecommunications and internet giant Huawei Technologies Co., obtaining sensitive information and monitoring the communications of top executives, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper said its report on the operation, code-named “Shotgiant,” was based on NSA documents…
-
IBM Latest Tech Company to Deny Links with NSA Spy Program
from pcworld.com: IBM said it has not provided client data to the U.S. National Security Agency or any other government agency under surveillance programs involving the bulk collection of content or metadata. The enterprise-focused company is the latest among U.S. tech companies to distance itself from NSA surveillance, which has raised concerns among customers worldwide…
-
Germany to beef up counter-espionage against US, Western allies – report
from rt.com: Following decades of a heavily subdued program, Germany is planning to resume counter-espionage against both the US and other Western allies in response to ongoing revelations surrounding NSA’s global surveillance practices, Der Spiegel reports. Another primary motivation for the resumption of surveillance is US reluctance to agree to a no-mutual-spying treaty desired by…




