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Official on Snowden’s ‘doomsday’ cache: the ‘worst is yet to come’

If Snowden's secret document trove is true, officials said, the worst is yet to come.

On Nov 27, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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U.K. and U.S. team up to expose Dark Web pedophiles

An international crime gets an international solution.

On Nov 19, 2013 by Miles Klee

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Spy program snoops on world’s hotel reservations

Congratulations! You've successfully booked your stay through a top secret government spy agency!

On Nov 18, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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How U.K. intelligence exploited LinkedIn to spy on a Belgian telecom

The British equivalent of the National Security Agency created fake LinkedIn pages to hack into a major Belgian telecommunications company.

On Nov 10, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Top U.K. intelligence official says spying necessary to stop pedophiles

In the first public hearing since the Snowden leaks, heads of U.K. intelligence agencies were a bit more colorful than their American counterparts.

On Nov 8, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Google security engineers to NSA: ‘F**k you’

In the wake of revelations that the NSA hacked into Google and Yahoo servers, engineers lash out on social media.

On Nov 6, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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The NSA taps directly into Google and Yahoo’s servers

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA tapped directly into the cloud storage of Google and Yahoo, which the two tech giants say took them by surprise. 

On Oct 30, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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Even British intelligence officials were worried about the extent of their surveillance

According to a new leak from Edward Snowden, British intelligence officials were aware the scope of their surveillance program may have been illegal.

On Oct 25, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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U.K. government presses New York Times editor for Snowden files

A partnership with the Guardian over the NSA leaks brought some unwelcome attention.

On Oct 14, 2013 by Miles Klee

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U.K. intelligence carried out a cyberattack on a major Belgian telecom

The latest Snowden leak reveals how British spies hacked into the Belgian telecommunications firm, Belgacom.

On Sep 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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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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Verizon is handing over U.S. data to a foreign spy agency

The latest batch of leaks from Edward Snowden implicate Verizon in sharing U.S. Internet and phone data with British intelligence.  

On Aug 3, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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U.S. paid $150 million for access to British online surveillance programs

The Guardian reports that Britain's GCHQ was eager to cooperate to ensure that the U.S. payouts continued.

On Aug 1, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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This group just challenged the U.K. government over mass spying

Privacy International filed a complaint against several U.K. government entities.

On Jul 9, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Snowden: The U.K.’s spying operation is worse than PRISM

The U.K.'s GCHQ has tapped directly into fiber-optic cables to intercept communications, Snowden and another Guardian source claim.

On Jun 21, 2013 by Kris Holt