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July 13, 2018 at 4:09 pm

Rights group questions DEA exploit of encrypted cellphones

In the first known case of its kind, U.S. drug agents supplied unwitting cocaine-trafficking suspects in California with smartphones they thought were encrypted but had...

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June 19, 2018 at 7:24 am

Mobile carriers cut off flow of location data to brokers

Mobile carriers are cutting off the flow of location data to middleman companies

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May 23, 2018 at 11:01 am

FBI seeks to thwart major cyberattack on Ukraine

Ukraine has been locked in years-long struggle with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east and has repeatedly been hit by cyberattacks of escalating severity.

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May 18, 2018 at 4:28 pm

Phone data-leak company: No record of location-data abuse

A California company confirmed that a flaw in its website allowed outsiders to pinpoint the location of mobile phones in the United States without authorization....

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May 18, 2018 at 2:21 pm

Phone data-leak company: No record of location-data abuse

A California company confirmed that a flaw in its website allowed outsiders to pinpoint the location of mobile phones in the United States without authorization....

Business

May 17, 2018 at 2:42 pm

Website flaw exposes real-time locations of US cellphones

A website flaw at a California company that gathers real-time data on cellular wireless devices could have allowed anyone to pinpoint the location of any...

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April 25, 2018 at 5:01 am

Poll: Younger Americans less apt to use unique passwords

The number of online accounts compromised by hackers is now in the trillions — enough, perhaps, to make even technophobes think hard about the security...

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April 17, 2018 at 1:39 pm

Russia denies ‘feeble’ U.S., U.K. accusations of internet tampering

Russia denied accusations from the United States and Britain that its agents have planted malware on key components of the internet to spy on rivals,...

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April 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm

US, UK say Russia targets internet hardware for espionage

Washington and London on Monday jointly accused the Russian government of maliciously targeting global internet equipment for political and economic espionage. The two governments said...

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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows the StingRay II, a cellular site simulator used for surveillance purposes manufactured by Harris Corporation, of Melbourne, Fla. The Department of Homeland Security says it has identified suspected rogue cell tower simulators in Washington. The suspected simulators, known popularly as Stingrays, were detected by a DHS contractor in early 2017 during a 90-day pilot. (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office via AP, File) NYBZ219 NYBZ219

April 3, 2018 at 10:59 am

U.S. suspects rogue cellphone-spying devices are in Washington, D.C.

Legislators have been raising alarms about the use of these cellphone spying devices in the capital since at least 2014, when sweeps located suspected unauthorized...

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