Browsing: government
More American investors are suing the South Korean government over its handling of the Coupang data breach
Coupang’s massive data breach in South Korea has now become a geopolitical flashpoint, with a growing number of the company’s American investors taking legal action against…
Senator, who has repeatedly warned of secret US government surveillance, raises new alarm over ‘CIA activities’
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the US government’s most secretive operations said he has “deep concerns” about some of the Central Intelligence…
The developer of the popular open-source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that hackers took over the software to deliver malicious updates to users over several months…
Investigators say Russian government hackers are behind attempted power outage in Poland
A failed attempt in December to bring down parts of Poland’s energy grid was the work of Russian government hackers known for causing energy disruptions in…
ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has now become the #3 most banned account on Blueskyafter receiving its official verification on Friday, according to third party…
A hacker posted the personal data of several of the hacking victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according to a court document. Last week, Nicholas Moore,…
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield competition attracts thousands of applicants. We narrow these applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of those, the top 20…
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson received an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple has detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,”…
Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists are hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments around the world. Cops and spies Ethiopia,…
Spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to victims of government espionage, according to investigators
Spyware maker Intellexa remotely accessed some of its government customers’ monitoring systems, allowing company executives to see the personal data of people whose phones were hacked…