Tech company finds stolen government log-ins all over Web
A CIA-backed technology company has found logins and passwords for 47 government agencies strewn across the Web—available for hackers, spies and thieves.
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Jun 24, 2015
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News tagged with spy agency
NSA chief to talk at hackers' conference in Vegas
Hackers will be in the audience when the head of the U.S. National Security Agency makes a scheduled speech before an annual conference at a Las Vegas Strip resort.
Internet
Jul 31, 2013
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UK lawmakers say proposed spy law fails to protect privacy (Update)
British government plans to strengthen spies' powers to snoop on the Internet are muddled and don't do enough to protect privacy, lawmakers responsible for scrutinizing the country's intelligence agencies said Tuesday.
Internet
Feb 9, 2016
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CIA director: We didn't hack Senate computers
CIA director John Brennan says the spy agency did not hack into computers that Senate staffers were using to investigate Bush-era interrogation programs.
Security
Mar 11, 2014
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Russian hackers get burned in deal with Russia's spy agency
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.
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Feb 9, 2017
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UK spy agency asks academics to tackle cyber risks
(AP)—Britain's government says a new research institute partly funded by the country's eavesdropping spy agency will ask mathematicians and computer scientists to join the fight against cyber threats.
Internet
Sep 13, 2012
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German prosecutors probe website for treason over spy story
Germany's federal prosecutors are investigating whether a website that covers digital rights issues committed an act of treason for reporting on plans to expand the country's domestic surveillance of online communication.
Security
Jul 30, 2015
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UK govt seeks data retention law after EU verdict (Update)
Concerned after a European court ruled in favor of citizens' right to privacy, Britain's prime minister pledged Thursday to rush through emergency measures to force phone and Internet companies to store call and search records ...
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Jul 10, 2014
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UK spies: Nations are hiring cybermercenaries
A British intelligence report said Wednesday that other nations are hiring hackers to launch attacks against their enemies, a trend it described as particularly worrying.
Internet
Jul 10, 2013
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