Relax! The NSA failed to hack your phone
Plus, the company said that even if the encryption keys had been stolen, the spy agencies would only have the ability to spy on communications over 2G mobile networks, as…
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Here’s Who Is Helping Women Forced Into Prostitution, Teen Pregnancy During Ebola Outbreak
The U.N. is optimistic that West Africa can hit zero Ebola cases by mid-April, but vulnerable girls in the region are facing a new debilitating epidemic — a spike in…
Chip Maker to Investigate Claims of Hacking by N.S.A. and British Spy Agencies
LONDON — Gemalto, a French-Dutch digital security company, said on Friday that it was investigating a possible hacking by United States and British intelligence agencies that may have given them…
Killjoy Congressman Wants To Cut Off Federal Employees’ Access To Porn
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) introduced the Eliminating Pornography From Agencies Act on Wednesday, a legislative attempt to prevent federal employees from accessing pornographic or explicit materials at work. – Meadows…
20,000 Foreign Fighters Flock To Syria, Iraq
Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000 from…
Jeh Johnson: Furloughs coming at DHS if funding stalls
READ: Rand Paul defends shushing interview – He said otherwise, he won’t be allowed to fund new initiatives for border security, hire extra Secret Service agents for the 2016 presidential…
Former Church Committee Staffers Urge Overhaul Of Spy Agency Oversight
NEW YORK –- It’s no secret that the mid-20th century was a dirty time for U.S. intelligence agencies. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI was waging personal wars through the government, infiltrating…
Measles confirmed at Chicago-area day care center
Officials say it is not clear whether these cases are linked to a previously confirmed case in suburban Cook County or to the outbreak associated with Disneyland in California. In…
Aid Agencies Need More Funds Than Ever Before. This Is How They’re Coping
2014 was a tumultuous year. Fresh fighting rocked countries like the Central African Republic, Ukraine and South Sudan, even as ongoing violence in Syria and Iraq lingered. The turmoil left…
Argentine President Seeks Overhaul Of Intelligence Services
President Cristina Fernandez said Monday her government had nothing to gain from shielding Iranian officials suspected in Argentina’s largest terrorist attack, using her first public comments since the mysterious death…
Senate Democrats Join GOP Attack On Financial and Environmental Regulation
WASHINGTON — Four Senate Democrats are working with Republicans to help the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other GOP-affiliated lobbying groups undermine financial and environmental regulations. A new bill would…
AirAsia flight climbed quickly, then stalled before crash, reports say
Then the plane stalled, Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan said at a parliamentary hearing, according to the AFP and Reuters news agencies. “The plane, during the last minutes, went up faster…
U.S. working assumption: AQAP ordered Said Kouachi to carry out an attack
U.S. officials Sunday said American authorities don’t have evidence yet directly linking AQAP to specifically ordering the Paris attack last week at the offices of the satirical magaine. “We don’t…
French monitored Kouachi brothers but lost interest, despite red flags
U.S. intelligence agencies developed intelligence suggesting a high probability he slipped across to Yemen during the trip to Oman, and informed their French counterparts, according to Pelletier’s French sources. The…