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Space Companies Becoming Prime Targets for Foreign Malware
As private space companies have ramped up production and launches in the past several years, they’ve also been unwittingly putting a target on their back. U.S. government agencies are warning the private space sector that they are in the crosshairs of foreign intelligence agencies. The warning comes from the FBI, the National Counterintelligence and Security…
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The FBI Reportedly Considered Buying Spyware That Could Hack Any Phone in the U.S.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation spent two years considering whether it should procure a clandestine commercial spyware tool that could reportedly hack any phone within the United States, according to an investigation by New York Times Magazine.
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California App Maker Turns Overseas Gig Workers Into Intelligence-Gathering Military Assets
A San Francisco tech company paid millions by the U.S. military has turned an army of overseas mobile phone users into a sweeping open-source intelligence network, gleaning data from cell towers and wifi hotspots in countries long engulfed by armed conflict with American forces and allies.
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Chicago Police Started Secret Drone Program Using Untraceable Cash: Report
The Chicago Police Department started a secret drone program using untraceable money seized in drug raids and other criminal investigations, according to a bombshell new report from the Chicago Sun-Times.