Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Central American Gangs: Made in America
August 16th, 2014Via: Guardian: Central America didn’t always have a gang epidemic. That was exported there by us. And the current immigration crisis is as much a United States legacy as it has become a local tragedy – a consequence of US-financed civil wars from the 1980s that sparked the first migration wave, and of US policies […]
MonsterMind: NSA’s Cyberwar Bot
August 13th, 2014Via: Wired: Edward Snowden has made us painfully aware of the government’s sweeping surveillance programs over the last year. But a new program, currently being developed at the NSA, suggests that surveillance may fuel the government’s cyber defense capabilities, too. The NSA whistleblower says the agency is developing a cyber defense system that would instantly […]
The New NSA-Funded Code Rolls All Programming Languages Into One
August 11th, 2014Ah yes, NSA as computer security philanthropist… Via: Vice: Hey, web developer dudes and dudettes: What’s your favorite programming language? Is it CSS? Is it JavaScript? Is it PHP, HTML5, or something else? Why choose? A new programming language developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University is all of those and more—one of the world’s […]
Gamma FinFisher Hacked: 40 GB of Internal Documents and Source Code of Government Malware Published
August 6th, 2014Via: Netzpolitik (Google Cache Version): A hacker claims to have hacked a network of the surveillance technology company Gamma International and has published 40 gigabytes of internal data. A Twitter account has published release notes, price lists – and source code. Malware researchers and human rights activists welcome the publication, Gamma itself refuses to comment. […]
Someone New Leaking Classified U.S. Government Information
August 6th, 2014Via: The Verge: Almost a year since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaked information was first revealed to the world, US officials today confirmed to CNN a new leaker is responsible for providing additional secret documents to The Intercept. The Intercept is an investigative website cofounded by Glenn Greenwald, the reporter to whom Snowden entrusted […]
The NSA Is Being Sued for Keeping Keith Alexander’s Financial Records Secret
August 5th, 2014Via: Vice: Former NSA Director Keith Alexander’s lucrative entrance into the private sector has raised a heap of ethical questions about the spy chief’s intentions. Now the NSA has yet another dilemma on its hands: Investigative journalist Jason Leopold is suing the agency for denying him the release of financial disclosure statements attributable to its […]
Obama: “We Tortured Some Folks”
August 1st, 2014Via: Time: On Friday, President Barack Obama previewed the upcoming release of a Senate report into the CIA’s rendition, detention and interrogation after the attacks of September 11, 2001, saying “we tortured some folks.”
NSA Spy Tools Were Set for NZ Installation
August 1st, 2014NSA wouldn’t need to tap the cables since the agency is already inside the boxes in the U.S., New Zealand and Aussie landing sites. What do you think Snowden was supposed to be doing at his NSA job in Hawaii? Working on his tan? Look at where the Southern Cross cables go. So let’s cut […]
CIA Admits to Improperly Hacking Senate Computers
July 31st, 2014Via: National Journal: In a sharp and sudden reversal, the CIA is acknowledging it improperly tapped into the computers of Senate staffers who were reviewing the intelligence agency’s Bush-era torture practices.
Lawyers Blocked Demo on De-Anonymising Tor
July 30th, 2014Via: Guardian: The Tor network promises online privacy by routing users’ internet traffic through a number of servers – or layers – while encrypting data. The surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is known to have used Tor to maintain his privacy, while the documents he leaked showed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) struggled to […]
