Ironic: U.S. Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU
When blind Chinese Pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad, with installed U.S. spyware to monitor him.
Google ordered by UK to destroy all Wi-Fi data in 35 days, or face...
by Staff Reporter
June 22, 2013 (TSR) - The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ordered Google to destroy all Wi-Fi payload data that its vehicles collected within 35 days....
US files criminal charges Edward Snowden with espionage, theft
The US has filed charges against National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden in a sealed criminal complaint dated 14 June. Snowden was charged with theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorised person.
UK’s GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications
Britain's spy agency GCHQ has secretly gained access to the network of cables which carry the world's phone calls and internet traffic and has started to process vast streams of sensitive personal information which it is sharing with its American partner, the National Security Agency (NSA). British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal.
PRISM: Icelandic WikiLeaks collaborators targeted by Obama administration
The Obama administration has admitted to spying on two Icelandic citizens with ties to WikiLeaks in the latest revelation pertaining to both the US government’s widespread surveillance practices and its war against the whistleblower website.
Islamophobia: Muslim and Arab Americans target of intrusive NSA monitoring programs
If your name is Ahmed or Fatima, you live in fear of NSA surveillance. Muslim and Arab Americans have been targets of intrusive monitoring programs even when they 'have nothing to hide'.
Angelina Jolie’s Stunt Double Files First Phone Hacking Suit In U.S. Against News Corp.
A former stunt double for Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has launched a lawsuit against News Corporation in Los Angeles. The case marks the first phone-hacking claim in the US against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
Public Litigation filed in India Supreme court against PRISM related Tech companies
A Public Interests Litigation (PIL) filed against the issue of the US National Security Agency monitoring internet data of India reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to initiate action against internet companies for sharing information with foreign authority in breach of contract and violation of right to privacy.
China slams Dick Cheney’s Spy claims against Snowden as “Sheer Nonsense”
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday described claims by former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney that a former U.S. intelligence contractor who is hiding in Hong Kong was an agent of China as "sheer nonsense" and "completely groundless".
The UK laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats
The UK Intelligence Services Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act are broad enough to allow all manner of operations. One of the techniques is having intelligence agencies helped set up fake internet cafes to secure information on diplomats and officials.
UK’s GCHQ spied on its G20 allies at London summits via Blackberry, Fake Internet...
Blackberry phones were monitored and fake internet cafes were set up by UK's GCHQ to gather information from allies and foreign politicians' communications in G20 Summit London in 2009.
U.S. NSA Spies targeted former Russian President Medvedev at London G20 summit
American spies based in the UK intercepted the top-secret communications of the then Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to Britain for the G20 summit in London, leaked documents reveal.
