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NSA chief abruptly cancels cybersecurity keynote speech

It's not like the last two went well for him.

On Sep 9, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Majority of Tor encryption keys may be vulnerable to NSA codebreakers

“The NSA can spend $1 billion on custom chips that can break such a key in a few hours." 

On Sep 8, 2013 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Private Torrent sites are collecting their own trove of secret data on users

More than 30 sites are sharing usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses to keep out the troublemakers.

On Sep 8, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Even your private phone data isn’t safe from the NSA

The American agency can access phones from every major manufacturer.

On Sep 8, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Congressman: My bill would kill NSA’s back doors

Now that we know the NSA can actually do that, maybe Rush Holt (D-N.J.)'s bill will get some traction.

On Sep 7, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Did the NSA just crack RSA encryption?

The latest leak from Edward Snowden seems to suggest the NSA secretly made a major math breakthrough.

On Sep 7, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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On the NSA

Cryptography and privacy expert Matthew Green weighs in on the revelation that the NSA has cracked many of the most common forms of encryption.

On Sep 6, 2013 by [email protected]

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Yahoo gets more government requests for data than Facebook or Google

Yahoo releases its first-ever transparency report.

On Sep 6, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Leaked document outlines the NSA’s backdoor security industry relationships

Confirmed: NSA "obtains cryptographic details of commercial cryptographic information security systems through industry relationships."

On Sep 6, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Unsettling details of FinFisher espionage software leak to the Web

It's not just the NSA doing covert online surveillance.

On Sep 6, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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Snowden’s latest leak: NSA better at defeating encryption than anyone imagined

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA has built backdoors into most of the Internet's encryption systems.

On Sep 5, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Brazilian president cancels U.S. trip after learning NSA spied on her

President Barack Obama has already called for an investigation.

On Sep 5, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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DOJ to release hundreds of pages of documents on NSA spying

After a two-year court battle, a judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to release documents elucidating its secret justifications for NSA spying.

On Sep 5, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Hennessy Youngman’s NSA mixtape is the soundtrack for paranoia

This might be the first time J. Edgar Hoover and Eric Holder are both mentioned in a mixtape.

On Sep 5, 2013 by Audra Schroeder

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Does the NSA have a quantum computer?

In Wired, security expert Bruce Schneier explores the question of how sophisticated the NSA's encryption attacks might be.

On Sep 4, 2013 by Joe Kloc