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How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage

How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage

July 18, 2019August 10, 2022 Arman Tabatabai 264 ViewsAmazon, arizona state university, Asia, broadband, Chile, China Mobile, donald trump, Facebook, FCC, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Communications Commission, fiber optics, France, Google, Huawei, Japan, mass surveillance, Microsoft, National Security Agency, OneWeb, oregon, Philippines, SpaceX, sprint, T-Mobile, taiwan, telecommunications, Verizon, Verizon Communications 1 min read

Team Telecom, a shadowy US national security unit tasked with protecting America’s telecommunications systems, is delaying plans by Google, Facebook and other tech companies for the next generation of international fiber optic cables. Team Telecom comprises representatives from the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice (including the FBI), who assess foreign investments in American […]

Hackers are stealing years of call records from hacked cell networks

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Hackers are stealing years of call records from hacked cell networks

June 24, 2019August 10, 2022 Zack Whittaker 222 ViewsAT&T, Bank, boston, China, computer security, computing, cybercrime, department of justice, Getty-Images, hacker, Huawei, national security, National Security Agency, security, security breaches, spokesperson, Trump administration, United States, Verizon, vpn, web server 5 min read

Security researchers say they have uncovered a massive espionage campaign involving the theft of call records from hacked cell network providers to conduct targeted surveillance on individuals of interest. The hackers have systematically broken in to more than 10 cell networks around the world to date over the past seven years to obtain massive amounts […]

Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk

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Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk

May 12, 2019August 10, 2022 Zack Whittaker 214 Viewscyberattacks, Cyberwarfare, malware, Microsoft, microsoft windows, National Security Agency, North Korea, operating systems, ransomware, search engine, security, security breaches, WannaCry 5 min read

Two years ago today, a powerful ransomware began spreading across the world. WannaCry spread like wildfire, encrypting hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries in a matter of hours. It was the first time that ransomware, a malware that encrypts a user’s files and demands cryptocurrency in ransom to unlock them, had […]