SpaceX on Sunday is scheduled to make its first military launch, with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which makes and operates spy satellites for the United States.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2017
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The Central Intelligence Agency is able to permanently infect an Apple Mac computer so that even reinstalling the operating system will not erase the bug, according to documents published Thursday by WikiLeaks.
Security
Mar 23, 2017
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Japan launched a new spy satellite on Friday, the country's space agency said, as the region grows increasingly uneasy over North Korea's quickening missile programme.
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2017
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In an age of superfast computers and interconnected everything, the only sure way to protect the integrity of election results is to return to paper and pen.
Security
Mar 3, 2017
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For several years a group of Russian hackers have been posting letters and documents stolen from senior Russian officials with impunity. And then the nation's spy agency tracked them down and offered them a deal.
Security
Feb 9, 2017
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Israel's latest spy satellite began transmitting pictures on Thursday, the defence ministry said, overcoming initial hiccups on its launch nine days ago.
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2016
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Governments known to stifle dissent with imprisonment and beatings or otherwise abuse their power are buying cheap, off-the-shelf surveillance software that can monitor the phone conversations and track the movements of thousands ...
Security
Aug 2, 2016
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For years now, the program to develop the X-37B spacecraft has been shrouded in secrecy. Originally intended as part of a NASA project to develop a reusable unmanned spacecraft, this Boeing-designed spaceplane was taken over ...
Space Exploration
May 16, 2016
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A new subgenus of plants has officially been called Jamesbondia after the notable American ornithologist James Bond, whose name Ian Fleming is known to have used for his eponymous spy series.
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2016
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Italian surveillance company Hacking Team says the government has revoked a global license to sell its spy software outside Europe.
Security
Apr 6, 2016
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