Manning conviction under Espionage Act worries civil liberties campaigners. Leaking sites struggle to emerge from shadow of Wikileaks. On 3 February, 2013, Balkanleaks released the "Buddha dossier," a massive trove of secret documents from the national police archive.
Sticking It To The (Camera) Man: Inventor Develops License Plate Frame That Defeats Red Light Cameras. Tech is all about disruption.
When a problem presents itself, someone will find a way to route around it. Red light cameras, the controversial jackpot generators favored by certain law enforcement agencies, are the problem. Mexican Diplomat Traded Secrets with Private Intel Firm Stratfor, WikiLeaks Documents Reveal. US soldiers are operating inside Mexico as part of the drug war and the Mexican government provided critical intelligence to US agents in the now-discredited Fast and Furious gun-running operation.
AntiLeaks group claim responsibility for WikiLeaks attacks. High performance access to file storage The WikiLeaks website has been under a major DDoS attack over the last few days and a group calling itself AntiLeaks has claimed responsibility.
"We are young adults, citizens of the United States of America and are deeply concerned about the recent developments with Julian Assange and his attempt at asylum in Ecuador," said the group's self-proclaimed leader, who calls himself Diet Pepsi. "Assange is the head of a new breed of terrorist. WikiLeaks' Global Intelligence Files Release. Manning WikiLeaks case to begin 5-day hearing before judge.
2nd Amendment. Obama loses veneer of deniabilty with intelligence leaks. Attorney General Eric Holder Assigns Two Prosecutors to Look Into Document Leaks. In a press release published on Friday, the U.S.
Attorney General said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein would lead separate FBI investigations into who may have given reporters top secret information about national security operations. I have every confidence in their abilities to doggedly follow the facts and the evidence in the pursuit of justice wherever it leads, Holder wrote. LinkedIn iOS App Privacy Issues and Two Other Stories You Need to Know. Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. LinkedIn Reacts to iOS App Privacy Issues. How to Check If Your LinkedIn Password Was Stolen. Worried that your LinkedIn password may be a part of the nearly 6.5 million compromised on Wednesday?
Password management firm LastPass has released a secure tool to see if your password was among the stolen. Congress raps leaking of secrets. WASHINGTON • Top members of Congress from both parties complained Wednesday that leaks of sensitive national security secrets are hurting U.S. spy efforts and putting American lives in danger, with the White House angrily rejecting any suggestion that it's leaking secrets to make President Barack Obama look tough in an election year.
The complaints came after a series of reports about the U.S. use of a computer virus to attack Iran's nuclear program, as well as a classified "kill list" of terrorism suspects targeted for U.S. drone strikes. "In recent weeks, we have become increasingly concerned at the continued leaks regarding sensitive intelligence programs and activities including specific details of sources and methods," said a joint statement released by the top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
Sen. White House press secretary Jay Carney sternly rejected McCain's claim Wednesday. Australian Government Assisting Extradition Of Julian Assange To US. Implications Of SOPA And PIPA. The issue of Internet copyright laws has been front-page news since the famous Napster lawsuits of the early 2000s.
Since then, high-speed Internet connections have increased the ease with which copyrighted material can be traded online and sites that engage in file sharing have proliferated. This has made the situation even more complicated. Introducing SOPA and PIPA In may of 2011, the legal battle came to a head in the United States’ legislature. In the House of Representatives a bill was proposed, SOPA, or “Stop Online Piracy Act,” while in the Senate, its counterpart PIPA, or “Protect IP Act” was proposed.
The future of the password could be biometric. As far back as 2004, Bill Gates was predicting the demise of the password.
In 2012, his prognostication might actually come true. Researchers are working on ways to either eliminate the headache of having to remember a gazillion passwords, or to at least make passwords more secure. Bin Laden's body was flown to US for cremation: report <img src=
Fifth Amendment, encryption, and self-incrimination. Police swoop to arrest 25 suspected 'Anonymous' hackers - CYBER CRIME. Dictators used SA surveillance equipment: WikiLeaks « Security. Wikileaks: The Government Is Spying On You Through Your iPhone. The FinFisher Trojan is government spyware that is installed via a phony iTunes update. Image by Gamma International UK Ltd. Your iPhone could be spying on you, according to the latest trove of documents from Wikileaks, which looks like it could be the biggest scandal yet.
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Calls Journalists 'Corrupted' Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be under house arrest in England, but that isn’t stopping him from celebrating the one-year anniversary of the release of more than 250,000 U.S. embassy cables with a few slams against journalism. Assange spoke at the Global Editors Network summit in Hong Kong on Monday via Skype, and the Wikileaks founder had plenty to say about the state of journalism. Bringing Okinawa to Australia: An American Base Down-under? Q and A - U.S. Policy Goals on Global Energy. No Speedy Trial for Bradley Manning; Now in Pre-Trial Confinement for 560 Days. Five months ago, on April 22, 2011, over 400 citizens converged on Quantico Marine Base to protest the pre-trial conditions of alleged Wikileaks whistleblower US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning.
Manning was arrested on May 26, 2010, on a U.S. military base in Iraq on suspicion of giving classified material to the website WikiLeaks. Court Decision Forcing Twitter To Give Up Info On Wikileaks Associates Challenged In Europe. US Army Officer's Leaked Report Discredits Afghanistan War Success Story. OUR Patriots. The rule of law and bank secrecy - FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa - The Philippine Star » News » Opinion. South Africa helped Madagascar with weapons: report. The Sunday Independent Newspaper reported that a leaked United States state department document showed that South Africa was used as a trans-shipment point for riot control equipment, including grenades, rubber bullets and teargas.
The Battle of Kadesh and the First Peace Treaty. Battle of Kadesh. Analysis: Media frenzy on Iran c... JPost - Iranian Threat - News. Assange takes chat-show job with state-funded Russian TV - NewsTrust.net. Campaign against WikiLeaks founder won't stop leaks. With WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing a possible jail sentence, governments working to shut down his anti-secrecy network may yet have a victory to celebrate. Wikileaks halts publishing after funding block. Prosecution lays out its case against alleged WikiLeaks whistle-blower. WikiLeaks Diplomatic Cables FOIA Documents. Norway officials as stealthy as F-35. “Today the role of journalism is to give meaning to the news” /ДЕНЬ/ 2011: The year of failed government.