
In the wake of the Paris attacks, there have been fresh calls for tech companies to weaken their privacy protections to allow western security services to monitor online communications. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called on Silicon Valley to “not view
by Allum Bokhari23 Nov 2015, 5:30 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants are trying to develop the capability to launch deadly cyber attacks against Britain’s infrastructure, finance minister George Osborne will say on Tuesday as he announces a doubling of spending on cyber security. Osborne, Prime Minister
by Reuters17 Nov 2015, 1:26 AM PST0

Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to counter the increasing threat from Islamist militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The government said it had decided
by Reuters16 Nov 2015, 1:36 AM PST0

Intelligence that first suggested an attack may have brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last week (pictured above) largely justifies the mass surveillance carried out by US and British spies, experts said. While accumulating massive amounts of intercepted
by AFP7 Nov 2015, 2:55 AM PST0

The internet use and social media activity of every person in Britain will be made available to councils, the taxman and numerous other public bodies in new spy laws published this week. The new powers in the Investigatory Powers Bill are intended
by Sarkis Zeronian3 Nov 2015, 12:53 AM PST0

In an interview that reportedly took “three months of often covert communications” to arrange, the BBC interviewed Edward Snowden in Moscow about his life as a fugitive from American justice.
by John Hayward6 Oct 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

Security leaks by CIA contractor Edward Snowden “crippled” Britain’s counter terrorism ability and put lives in danger, a major study has confirmed today. The theft of the 1.7 million documents from the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the US
by A.B. Sanderson26 May 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Intelligence agency GCHQ is finding it impossible to track some of Britain’s most dangerous criminal gangs because their tactics were disclosed in The Guardian. The intelligence agency, which monitors communications, has claimed criminal gangs changed their tactics after Edward Snowden
by Andre Walker22 Dec 2014, 6:38 AM PST0