Tag: Spyware

Categories EU

France says allegations of US espionage on European leaders are ‘extremely serious’ & may have ‘consequences’

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Reports that the US National Intelligence Agency, aided by Denmark, spied on top European politicians including Angela Merkel are “extremely serious” if true, the French secretary of state for European affairs has said. … Read More >France says allegations of US espionage on European leaders are ‘extremely serious’ & may have ‘consequences’

Categories Asia & Pacific

US is an ‘out-and-out eavesdropping empire,’ says Beijing, as Washington lists Chinese companies as national security threat

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has taken aim at Washington, labeling it ‘hypocritical’ and claiming it spies on its own allies, after the US designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law. … Read More >US is an ‘out-and-out eavesdropping empire,’ says Beijing, as Washington lists Chinese companies as national security threat

Categories World

Serbian president & family illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, including by ‘high-ranking officials,’ investigation reveals

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An internal government investigation has found that Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and his family were illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, and “high-ranking officials in the Ministry of the Interior” were involved. … Read More >Serbian president & family illegally wiretapped over 1,500 times, including by ‘high-ranking officials,’ investigation reveals

Categories Op-ed

Happy birthday, international spying network! Britain’s GCHQ and America’s NSA hail 75th anniversary of their alliance

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An espionage union once a very closely-guarded secret is now commemorated by the shadowy agencies involved. Citizens should ask why the sudden change of heart, and what the collaboration means for them and for their countries. … Read More >Happy birthday, international spying network! Britain’s GCHQ and America’s NSA hail 75th anniversary of their alliance

Categories World

Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

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Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged it will ditch the third-party cookie-based model of online advertising – and promised not to invent something similar that would allow it to keep slurping up the same kind of data. … Read More >Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

Categories World

Israeli Pegasus spyware allegedly used to hack phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists in large-scale attack – report

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The personal phones of some 36 Al Jazeera journalists have been hacked by “government operatives” who used a controversial spying tool by Israel’s infamous NSO Group to snoop on them, a report by a Canadian research lab claims. … Read More >Israeli Pegasus spyware allegedly used to hack phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists in large-scale attack – report

Categories UK

US contacts of embassy security firm mulled KIDNAPPING or POISONING Assange in London, witnesses tell UK court

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WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was spied on via bugs planted at London’s Ecuadorian embassy at the request of the security firm’s US contacts – who even considered poisoning or kidnapping the journalist, a UK court has heard. … Read More >US contacts of embassy security firm mulled KIDNAPPING or POISONING Assange in London, witnesses tell UK court