Russian hackers breach DNC computers, steal data on Trump
Hackers were looking for campaign strategies and policies
Michael Kan | 15 Jun | Read more
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Hackers reportedly target unclassified White House network
Hackers targeted an unclassified White House network in recent weeks but did not damage any systems, according to news reports.
John Ribeiro | 29 Oct | Read more
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Tor hints at possible U.S. government involvement in recent attack
Hackers attacked the infrastructure of Tor, the anonymizing service, earlier this month in an incident that may have compromised a number of hidden services, according to an announcement posted today by the Tor Project's director, Roger Dingledine.
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NSA defends collecting data from U.S. residents not suspected of terrorist activities
The National Security Agency Monday defended its data collection practices amid revelations that almost 90% of the data it sweeps up involves ordinary Internet users not suspected of crimes.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 Jul | Read more
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9 of 10 online accounts intercepted by NSA are not intended surveillance target
Although NSA officials were not sure about what all documents Edward Snowden took with him, they've changed their tune a few times after some new leak proves their previous proclamations to be false...like when former NSA Chief Keith Alexander admitted to lying about phone surveillance stopping 54 terror plots. Despite a year of NSA officials claiming that Edward Snowden had access to reports about NSA surveillance, but no access to actual surveillance intercepts, that ends up being lie too.
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Hack the hackers? The debate rages on
The debate over "hacking back" (also known as "active defense") against criminal cyber attackers has raged for decades. And it doesn't look like it will be ending anytime soon.
Taylor Armerding | 02 May | Read more
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Parsing PRISM denials: Could everyone be telling the truth?
A day after The Washington Post and Guardianpublished bombshell revelations that America's biggest tech companies are allowing the U.S. government to constantly monitor highly personal data contained in their servers, the facts remain fuzzy and somewhat fluid--and the statements of the parties involved don't add up.
Mark Sullivan | 08 Jun | Read more