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Researchers Claim CIA Was Behind 11-Year-Long Hacking Attacks Against China NSA

Researchers Claim CIA Was Behind 11-Year-Long Hacking Attacks Against China

Qihoo 360, one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms, today published a new report accusing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to be behind an 11-year-long hacking campaign against several Chinese industries and government agencies. The targeted industry sectors include aviation organizations, scientific research institutions, petroleum, and Internet companies—which, if…
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March 3, 2020
Clarence Thomas Regrets Brand X Decision That Paved Way For The Net Neutrality Wars NSA

Clarence Thomas Regrets Brand X Decision That Paved Way For The Net Neutrality Wars

from the a-little-late dept In its 2005 Brand X decision, the courts changed US telecom oversight forever. You might recall that in the early aughts, former FCC boss Michael Powell (now the top lobbyist for the cable industry) engaged in wholesale deregulation of the broadband sector, insisting it would usher…
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March 2, 2020
Surveillance Critics in Congress Warned that Coronavirus Spending Bill Could be Used to Cement Spying Powers NSA

Surveillance Critics in Congress Warned that Coronavirus Spending Bill Could be Used to Cement Spying Powers

The Trump administration’s request for $2.5 billion to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic is likely to become an unstoppable legislative vehicle — as must-pass legislation that congressional leaders of both parties could use to ram through a reauthorization of the FBI’s call detail records program. Such a move would sidestep the…
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February 27, 2020
NSA Program that Accessed Americans’ Phone Records Resulted in Just Two Unique Leads in Four Years NSA

NSA Program that Accessed Americans’ Phone Records Resulted in Just Two Unique Leads in Four Years

A customer compares an iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max at the Apple Store in Singapore, September 21, 2018. (Edgar Su/Reuters) A $100 million program that allowed the National Security Agency to access American citizens’ domestic phone logs and text messages produced just two unique leads from 2015 to 2019,…
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February 26, 2020