The Privacy Fight Is Dead In DC, And Not Even The Nunes Memo Is Likely To Revive It
Despite Republican concerns that the FBI misused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to gain a warrant to monitor Carter Page, Congress renewed the act less than a month ago.
First There Was The Memo. Then #ReleaseTheMemo. Now We Need #ReleaseTheMemoMemo.
The two Democrats demanded that Twitter explain whether Russian bots helped boost a controversial Republican hashtag. But they've declined to make Twitter's explanation public.
#ReleaseTheMemo Controversy Shows That Bots Now Drive Almost Every Conversation
Senior Democrats have asked Twitter if Russian botnets manipulated the #ReleaseTheMemo tag's popularity. A definitive answer is unlikely.
Senate Quietly Admits It Doesn't Protect Staffers' Personal Email Or Devices From Hacking
A recent threat from Russian government hackers led the Senate sergeant-at-arms to tell Senate offices that the security of their personal accounts and devices was their responsibility.
The Last Government Shutdown Rocked The NSA. Another Will Only Increase The Suffering.
“For so long, NSA made the emphasis on the mission,” said one former agency hacker who dealt with the previous shutdown. “It’s clear that Congress didn't care about the mission if they were willing to act like petulant children.”
Russia, Banned From The Winter Olympics, Apparently Is Hacking Olympic Emails
The new leaks may be retaliation for the December decision to bar Russia from participating in the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
Someone's Trying To Hack The South Korean Winter Olympics
The operation is targeting airports, government workers, and Olympic employees ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, which begin next month.
Iran Moves To Censor The Internet But Isn't Shutting It Down Completely
"What’s happening in Iran is not like the Egyptian shutdown in January 2011, where they just pulled the plug on everything."
Words Of Praise But No Forgiveness For Hacker Who Stopped North Korean Cyberattack
Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert praised British researcher Marcus Hutchins for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack. But Hutchins still faces criminal charges.
Russian Cybersecurity Firm Kaspersky Sues US For Banning Its Products
Kaspersky Lab charges that DHS hasn't proven its software helped the Russian government obtain secret NSA hacking tools.
Another Russian Hacker Claims He's The One Who Hacked The DNC
Konstantin Kozlovskiy's purported confession in a Russian court has triggered skepticism among experts.
Only Half The States Targeted By Russian Hackers In 2016 Have Asked For Follow-Up Briefings
The lack of contact raises questions about how closely DHS and the states are working together to head off any hacking of elections systems ahead of the 2018 midterms.
More Men Accuse Proto-Hacker "Cap'n Crunch" Of Inappropriate Sexual Contact
The new accounts surfaced after BuzzFeed News published a report in November that questioned John Draper's interactions with young hackers at conventions.
With Government Sales Now Banned, Kaspersky Closes Its DC-Area Office
US alarm over the use of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software on US government computers grew after NSA code appeared on the internet.
An NSA Hacker's Guilty Plea Closes A Chapter In The Kaspersky Saga
Nghia Hoang Pho, 67, who worked for the NSA, took documents home from work. They ended up in Russia.
Let The Puns Begin: "Winter Has Come" To The Iranian Who Pirated HBO's Game Of Thrones
Behzad Mesri also downloaded Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, then demanded payments from the company.
A Hacker Hero Has Been Banned From Cyber Conferences After Decades Of Inappropriate Behavior
The claims against John Draper, better known as Cap'n Crunch, a pioneer hacker and an early associate of Apple cofounders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, are yet another example of how celebrity can be abused.
A Year After Trump's Victory, Our Elections Aren't Much More Secure
Midway between the 2016 and 2018 elections, the US still has major problems that make its voting systems insecure.
CIA Reposts Bin Laden Documents After Removing 3,935 Files
The agency says the removed files contained copyrighted material or possible malware.
Bin Laden Files Have Been Unavailable For Days After CIA Put Them Online
Technical problems might explain the outage, but the bin Laden files have been offline longer than they were available.