A court in California has prohibited the destruction of phone records collected by the government until further orders, raising a potential conflict with an order last week by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C.
John Ribeiro |
11 Mar |
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The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled against a U.S. government request that it be allowed to hold telephone metadata beyond the current five-year limit as it may be required as evidence in civil lawsuits that question the data collection.
John Ribeiro |
10 Mar |
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Sprint has been sued in a federal court for allegedly overcharging federal law enforcement agencies for surveillance related services by over 50 percent.
John Ribeiro |
04 Mar |
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The U.S. government has asked a secret surveillance court to allow it to hold telephone metadata for a period beyond the current five-year limit, for use as potential evidence in civil lawsuits regarding the collection of the data.
John Ribeiro |
27 Feb |
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The team at SlickLogin, a company working on technology for online authentication using sounds from a mobile phone, said it has joined Google.
John Ribeiro |
17 Feb |
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Microsoft is offering multifactor authentication free as an option to all users of its Office 365 suite, a hosted set of Microsoft Office tools and applications.
John Ribeiro |
11 Feb |
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The U.S. government has asked industry for information on whether commercially available services can provide a viable alternative to the government holding bulk phone records for a program of the National Security Agency.
John Ribeiro |
10 Feb |
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Symantec said that the damages from a U.S. investigation into its compliance with government contracting rules may be about US$145 million.
John Ribeiro |
04 Feb |
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U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance.
John Ribeiro |
31 Jan |
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Documents linked with law enforcement inquiries appear to have been stolen in recent phishing attacks on certain employee email accounts, Microsoft said.
John Ribeiro |
27 Jan |
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A number of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army.
John Ribeiro |
24 Jan |
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Security company Impermium has joined Google to help boost the Internet giant's already considerable expertise in countering spam and abuse.
John Ribeiro |
16 Jan |
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges have said the creation of a privacy advocate in the secret court could be counterproductive and hamper its work.
John Ribeiro |
15 Jan |
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Target said Monday it is investing US$5 million in a multi-year campaign to educate the public on the dangers of scams, after the company disclosed that up to 110 million people may have been affected by a data breach at the retailer's U.S. stores.
John Ribeiro |
14 Jan |
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A proposal by Google to offer voter lookup services was declined by the Election Commission of India, after cybersecurity experts and political parties voiced concern about the plan's security implications.
John Ribeiro |
09 Jan |
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