"I'll be honest with you, I think that there is a reasonably good chance that there is nothing of any value on the phone. What we are hoping might be on the phone would be potential contacts that we …
Hackers behind Ukraine power cuts, says US report
"Hackers were behind an attack that cut power to 225,000 people in Ukraine, a US report has concluded. The December 2015 incident is thought to be the first known successful hack aimed at …
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FBI’s Tor Hack Shows the Risk of Subpoenas to Security Researchers
"Computer security researchers who expose hackable vulnerabilities in digital products face plenty of occupational hazards: They can have their work censored by threats of lawsuits from the companies …
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Apple fires legal salvo at FBI for using All Writs law in iPhone brouhaha
"Under the same legal theories advocated by the government here, the government could argue that it should be permitted to force citizens to do all manner of things 'necessary' to assist it in …
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DHS Alert on Cyber-Attack Against Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure
"On December 23, 2015, Ukrainian power companies experienced unscheduled power outages impacting a large number of customers in Ukraine. In addition, there have also been reports of malware found in …
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Confirmed: Carnegie Mellon University Attacked Tor, Was Subpoenaed By Feds
"Now, both the name of the university and the existence of a subpoena have been confirmed in a recent filing in one of the affected criminal cases. ‘The record demonstrates that the defendant's IP …
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These Are the Cyberweapons Used to Hack Sony
"‘They’re extremely motivated, regimented, organized, and they can definitely execute.’ ‘We have no reason to dispute what the US government and other governments have asserted as the threat being …
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Sony Pictures hackers linked to breaches in China, India, Japan
"The perpetrators of the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment were not activists or disgruntled employees, and likely had attacked other targets in China, India, Japan and Taiwan, …
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Apple Says Government Has Asked to Unlock 14 Other Devices
"Apple is challenging government efforts to overcome encryption on at least 14 electronic devices nationwide in addition to the phone of a San Bernardino, California, shooter, its lawyers …
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Apple’s fight with U.S. could speed development of government-proof devices
"The legal showdown between Apple Inc (AAPL.O)and U.S. law enforcement over encryption, no matter the outcome, will likely accelerate tech company efforts to engineer safeguards against government …
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