It’s your fault, a National Security Agency official says to the city of Baltimore about the the ransomware attack that has disrupted city services. The unknown hackers, who have demanded $100,000 in bitcoin, are using software stolen from NSA. The agency’s response: we warned Baltimore two years ago and they didn’t patch their network. “NSA shares...
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Mossad and the Rise of the VC-Spy Alliance
The growth of intelligence agencies in the 21st century has been powered by the development of new technologies, created by start-ups, which are powered by intelligence agencies. This unvirtuous circle of money and espionage is a new and daunting challenge for civil liberties and human rights groups. The U.S intelligence community has a venture capital...
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Targeting Russia’s IRA, Twitter Closes More Accounts
U.S. intelligence agencies are not the only ones who say Russian influence operations against the United States continue. On January 31, Twitter extended its purge of “potential information operations” by announcing the deletion of 418 Russian accounts 2,617 Iranian accounts 1,196 Venezuelan accounts Twitter’s actions are a snapshot of the information warfare battlefield. From Russia,...
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Who Is Spying on Citizen Lab, the Cybersecurity Watchdog?
Citizen Lab, based out of the Munk School at the University of Toronto, has for years played a leading role in exposing state-backed hackers operating in places as far afield as Tibet , Ethiopia and Syria . Lately, CItizen has drawn attention for its repeated exposés of an Israeli surveillance software vendor called the NSO Group, a firm whose wares have...
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DNC Alleges Russia’s GRU Tried To Hack the Party After 2018 Election
Russian hacking wasn’t limited to the 2016 election, says the Democratic National Committee. In updating their lawsuit against the alleged hackers, the DNC says Russians tried a spearfishing attack late last year. From the non-profit National Security Archive. On January 17, 2019, the Democratic National Committee filed an amendment to their original lawsuit against the Russian...