US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking
A consortium of global law enforcement agencies led by Britain’s National Crime Agency announced a takedown operation this week against two major […]
Tag: Security
The Real Story of “The Order”
Terrorgram’s materials, which include viable bomb-making instructions, camouflage and tactical guides, and instructions on how to disable critical infrastructure like electrical substations, […]
She Escaped an Abusive Marriage—Now She Helps Women Battle Cyber Harassment
Nighat Dad grew up in a conservative family in Jhang, in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The threat of early marriage hung over her […]
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has […]
Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking
The senators also provide evidence in their letter that US telecoms have worked with third-party cybersecurity firms to conduct audits of their […]
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin
OFAC announced sanctions against the founder, as well as Elena Chirkinyan and Andrej Bradens, who also goes by the surname Carenoks, both […]
With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’
“We don’t want to be the outlier that proves the rule, we want to be a new set of rules leading the […]
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
The United States Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two American data brokers accused of unlawfully trafficking in people’s sensitive location […]
He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too
At around 5 pm on a Thursday in December 2022, a privacy- and information-freedom-focused programmer named Micah Lee learned, to his shock, […]
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
The CFPB’s idea of using existing US law to regulate data brokers is not novel. In February 2023, a group of consumer-focused […]