PARIS (AP) — The company whose message-scrambling software is being adopted across Silicon Valley has had a first legal test of its commitment to privacy. Open Whisper Systems — whose Signal app pioneered the end-to-end encryption technique now used by a swathe of messaging services — was subpoenaed for information about one of its users…
Report: NSA Intercepting Hardware, Faking Base Station Signals
LONDON (AP) — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency’s hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft’s internal reporting system to spy on their targets. Der Spiegel’s revelations relate to a division of the NSA known as Tailored…
UK police: Cyber Crooks Could Have Stolen Millions
London (AP) — A daring attempt to graft a rogue piece of hardware onto a computer at a London branch of Spanish bank Santander could have drained millions from its coffers, police said Friday, an indication of the potential for electronic crime to tear huge chunks off financial institutions’ balance sheets. London police and Santander…
UK Bars Trash Cans from Tracking People with Wi-Fi
LONDON (AP) — Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London’s financial district. The Renew ad firm has been using technology embedded in the hulking receptacles to measure the Wi-Fi signals emitted by smartphones, and suggested that it would apply the concept…
Email Service Linked to Edward Snowden Shuts Down
London (AP) — A Texas-based email service reportedly used by National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said it was shutting down Thursday, explaining in a cryptic message that it would rather go out of business than “become complicit in crimes against the American people.” The statement posted online by Lavabit owner Ladar Levison hinted…
Amnesty: Satellite Images Show Aleppo Devastation
London (AP) — Satellite images have laid bare the suffering inflicted on Syria’s largest city, a London-based rights group said Wednesday, cataloguing hundreds of damaged or destroyed houses and more than 1,000 roadblocks. Amnesty International said it had worked with the American Association for the Advancement of Science to analyze pictures of Aleppo taken by…