The story of an American city held hostage by ransomeware hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves, maybe because the victim is Baltimore, a poor city with a disgraced mayor and few national elites. Or maybe the story is not getting attention because the responsible party, the National Security Agency isn’t comment. NSA hackers created...
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The Origins (and Dangers) of Cyberwar
From Michael Martelle at the National Security Archive, the untold story of a 1997 Pentagon exercise that showed how cyberwar could–and probably would–turn into kinetic war.
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Edward Snowden Denies Being a Russian Spy (Again)
The former IT administrator turned whistle blower told a German newspaper: Believe me, the CIA does have its sources inside Russian intelligence. If I was a Russian spy, the U.S. would know. And it would be on the front page of every newspaper
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NSA Has Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities, Says The Intercept
“…the data is then routed – in whole or in part – through the eight AT&T buildings, where the NSA taps into it. By monitoring what it calls the “peering circuits” at the eight sites, the spy agency can collect “not only AT&T’s data, they get all the data that’s interchanged between AT&T’s network and...
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Reality Check: Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Before 2016 Election
The argument that Russia’s attempts to manipulate the 2016 presidential election are “fake news” or Cold War posturing has crumbled under an avalanche of evidence. A year ago, this NSA document, leaked by now-jailed NSAA employee Reality Winner and published by The Intercept, provided a reality check.
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