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Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes After Embarrassing Officials In Brazil
Journalist firebrand Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes by federal prosecutors in Brazil, according to a new report from the New York Times. Greenwald recently helped expose corruption in the Brazilian government through a series of stories at the Intercept that included leaked messages highly embarrassing for senior government officials.
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Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can’t Profit From His Book Because It Wasn’t Cleared By NSA And CIA
Edward Snowden will not be allowed to profit from sales of his book Permanent Record, after a U.S. federal judge in Virginia ruled Tuesday that Snowden should have sought approval from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA). It’s not clear if Snowden, who was previously a CIA employee and contractor for…
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Backdoors In Huawei Equipment Discovered By Vodafone Italy In 2009
Vodafone Italy discovered backdoors in its Huawei home internet routers and software between 2009 and 2011 according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The backdoors have reportedly been fixed, but the revelations are still bad news for Huawei as the Chinese tech giant tries to secure contracts to build 5G infrastructure around the world.
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America Sells Chinese Hacking Fears At Silicon Valley’s Biggest Security Conference
Leading them around practically by the tie, neatly dressed NSA handlers guided the American spy agency’s most powerful leaders through labyrinthine crowds in San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week at the annual RSA Conference. With 50,000 attendees, RSA is the biggest cybersecurity conference in the world, known for attracting industry start-ups, giant corporations, and top…