NSA privacy expert Jake Williams recently told CNBC that there is a low chance that a hacker would hack into an average person’s smart speakers. Williams explains that it would take a lot of work to get information that would not be worth it for...
A Brooklyn man by the name of Agron Hasbajrami is being aided by the ACLU in a lawsuit involving the NSA where the government admitted to accessing the accused’s emails without a warrant. Hasbajrami pleaded guilty to one of the charges against him. However, he is...
According to The Intercept, classified documents provided by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had already developed the capability to locate and identify Bitcoin users around the world. It was revealed that the agency was interested in targeting Bitcoin through a surveillance program codenamed OAKSTAR which...
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, despite the clamor raised by privacy advocates which were prompted partly by tweets from US president Donald Trump. Trump initially said that they spying tool which...
According to leaked files, a version of the NSA-developed surveillance program called “Ragtime” also collects information from communications of US citizens. The program was initially known to target only communications of foreign nationals as allowed by US surveillance laws. However, it was revealed in the documents...
For the first time, bipartisan lawyers introduced a new House bill which intends to limit the access of law enforcement to NSA-gathered data. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) currently allows various agencies to query a database of NSA intelligence which includes sensitive...
The New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau's (GCSB) revealed that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) conducted illegal cyber espionage on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The New Zealand GCSB and U.S. NSA worked on collaborative intelligence operation that concluded in January 2012. However, GCSB claims that...
Last Tuesday, a report found that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) may be deflecting internet traffic outside the country to circumvent surveillance laws. The findings were based on the examination of documents exposed by former intelligence employee Edward Snowden. Under Section 702 of the Foreign...
Attendees at the National Association Secretaries of State conference this Saturday voiced their concerns on whether proper security measures can be put in place prior to the 2018 elections. State election official worry about the possibility of interference from foreign countries in the U.S elections....
While it was revealed that the recent massive cyber attacks was launched using NSA tools, lawyers agree that it would extremely difficult, if not impossible, for victims to sue the US agency. Former assistant U.S. attorney and of counsel at Carlton Fields, Joe Swanson says the...