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Yahoo caught up in government surveillance scandal

06

Oct

2016

Yahoo may have been part of an alleged top-secret US government initiative to scan hundreds of millions of e-mail accounts, according to Reuters. Sources claim Yahoo developed its own surveillance software that scanned incoming emails and attachments in real time for specific characters or phrases. “Yahoo is a law abiding company, and complies with the […]

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Tor alleges FBI paid Carnegie Mellon $1M to hack hidden services

13

Nov

2015

The Tor Project is alleging that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) paid Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers $1 million to attack Tor’s hidden services last year. The attack appears to have indiscriminately targeted several users at once and not just those suspected of criminal activity, Tor said in a Nov. 11 post adding there […]

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New York Times Hit with Targetted Attacks

31

Jan

2013

The New York Times had a major scoop today — on The New York Times. Turns out, they were hacked. In fact, they were hacked for several months. Chinese hackers stole the corporate passwords for every employee of New York Times. In addition, they gained access to home computers of several of the journalists. These […]

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