A new document unearthed from the massive Snowden leak shows the National Security Agency and Government Communications Headquarters attacked Kaspersky security software in an attempt to counter anti-virus efforts. With monitoring often the result of viruses uploaded into targeted systems (or through creating a virus-run network of infected computers), anti-virus software has […]
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NSA and GCHQ gained access to Dutch SIM chip maker’s encryption
Reports that the US and UK’s NSA and GCHQ organizations gained access to the encryption keys of SIM chip maker Gemalto has once again underlined the reach and global nature of modern government surveillance. The manufacturer is a Dutch-French security firm that specializes in encrypted SIM cards meant to protect […]
UK’s GCHQ collected 1.8M webcam snapshots from Yahoo
Yahoo has struck out against Britain’s GCHQ after documents showed the platform’s webcam chat led to more than one and a half million images being illegally stored by the agency. The data collection occurred between 2008 – 2012, as part of an operation known as Optic Nerve. An experimental program, […]
British spies struck at Anonymous and LulzSec hackers
In more news on the spying scandal, this time from the UK, the GCHQ allegedly attacked hackers associated with the loose hacker collective known as Anonymous, and the more organized group LulzSec in an attempt to take both down. Taken from documents released by Edward Snowden, the allegations state that […]
A quick explanation of GCHQ and their Internet Surveillance
Since the story of how government agencies have been tracking information through major sources of technology came out, privacy has become a major issue on the web. While the entire world has been in a frenzy, the United States and United Kingdom, the two regions most affected, have been especially […]
