Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Radioactive Material Stolen in Iraq from Oil Company — ISIS Dirty Bomb?
February 17th, 2016WND threat from Saddam Hussein: Not so much. And now, in the Post-Mission-Accomplished era… Via: Reuters: Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State. The […]
The NSA’s SKYNET Program May be Killing Thousands of Innocent People
February 16th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: In 2014, the former director of both the CIA and NSA proclaimed that “we kill people based on metadata.” Now, a new examination of previously published Snowden documents suggests that many of those people may have been innocent. Last year, The Intercept published documents detailing the NSA’s SKYNET programme. According to the […]
New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds
February 1st, 2016“The history of technology shows that what is invented for convenience can soon become a target of surveillance.” “The history of technology shows that what is invented for convenience can soon become a target of surveillance.” “The history of technology shows that what is invented for convenience can soon become a target of surveillance.” Via: […]
NSA’s Hacker-in-Chief: We Don’t Need Zero-Days To Get Inside Your Network
January 31st, 2016I’m posting this for people in network management and security rolls who have to deal with managers who don’t really get it. This talk isn’t for you IT people, because you already know all of this. It’s for the people who block you from trying to do your job effectively. And this is just for […]
Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence
January 29th, 2016Via: The Intercept: AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike against Iran, and keeping tabs on the drone technology Israel exports around the world. Under a classified program code-named “Anarchist,” the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters, or […]
“The Pentagon Has No Clue How Many Weapons It Has Lost to ISIS”
January 25th, 2016Lost. *wink* None of this is by design. Oh no. Shit happens. They forgot to mention the stacks of cash: 2011: $6.7 Billion In Cash Missing in Iraq Via: Mother Jones: For more than a decade, the United States has supplied huge quantities of weapons and military hardware to the Iraqi government—and a large chunk […]
The Story Behind National Reconnaissance Office’s Octopus Logo
January 21st, 2016Never mind the nauseating gibberish in the release from NRO. I thought this commentary was comedy gold. Via: Muckrock: The logo was widely lampooned as emblematic of the intelligence community’s tone-deafness to public sentiment. Incidentally, an octopus enveloping the planet also so happens to be the logo of SPECTRE, the international criminal syndicate that James […]
Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server Contained Information of Special Access Programs
January 20th, 2016Via: NBC: Emails from Hillary Clinton’s home server contained information classified at levels higher than previously known, including a level meant to protect some of the most sensitive U.S. intelligence, according to a document obtained by NBC News. In a letter to lawmakers, the intelligence community’s internal watchdog says some of Clinton’s emails contained information […]
U.S. Intelligence Director’s Personal E-Mail, Phone Hacked
January 13th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: The same individual or group claiming to be behind a recent breach of the personal e-mail account of CIA Director John Brennan now claims to be behind the hijacking of the accounts of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed to Motherboard that Clapper […]
Microsoft Keeping Disk Encryption Keys for Those Signing Into Windows 10 Using Microsoft Accounts
December 29th, 2015Via: The Intercept: One of the excellent features of new Windows devices is that disk encryption is built-in and turned on by default, protecting your data in case your device is lost or stolen. But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to Windows 10 using your Microsoft […]
