The US Attorney General William Barr has charged four officers belonging the People’s Liberation Army’s 54th Research Institute. The charges allege responsibility for the Equifax hack which occurred in 2017. The personal data of up to 147 million Americans was compromised by the attack. Some in Canada and the UK …
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that Edward Snowden may not receive any money from his book, Permanent Record, because he did not clear it first with US authorities, notably the NSA for whom he used to work as a contractor. Interestingly, the NSA did not object to the …
The website of the Greek National Intelligence Service, the Ethniki Ypireia Pliroforion (EYP), was hit in a cyber attack on 17 January. The sites for the Greek Parliament, Stock Exchange, Finance Ministry and Foreign Ministry were also hit. A Turkish hacking group, Anka Neferler Team, has claimed responsibility.
The Director General of MI5, Andrew Parker, has said that he does not believe that it will affect the intelligence sharing alliance with the United States if the UK includes some elements of Huawei technology in British communications systems. A decision on the issue is expected later this month following …
Another excellent article on Bruce Schneier’s website “Schneier on Security.” The article concerns influence operations and how they might be combated. We have discussed influence operations elsewhere on this site (see our NSFAQ section). With allegations of interference in elections, opinion polls and political appointments, these operations are becoming a …