Last week, a geopolitics-focused publication reported that data in India’s Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric ID system, may have been compromised by UIDAI’s tech provider, Cross Match Technologies. WikiLeaks is alleging that the CIA is using technology developed by the provider called ExpressLane, which was reported...
Earlier this week, the latest release from WikiLeaks have mentioned a tool developed by the CIA for intercepting and recording video streams over a network or the Internet. Dubbed “CouchPotato”, the software can also take snapshots or screenshots and save them in JPEG format. Couch Potato...
Earlier this week, CIA-supported defense startup Palantir discussed how its state-of-the-art surveillance system uses pre-crime operations to lock down on suspects even before an offense is committed. Sources say the elusive defense operation does not have an office, but is running covertly in a sensitive compartmentalized...
New documents published on June 22 by WikiLeaks suggest that even when extreme measures such as going offline, are taken, no computer is safe from resourceful, experienced, and motivated hackers. The released documents described a software called “Brutal Kangaroo” that targets internet-connected networks within the...