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UK Admits to Illegal Data Surveillance – Will Continue Doing it
Intelligence agencies in the UK have been found to engaging in illegal surveillance through mass data collection since 1998, as part of the same program revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled that UK surveillance agency GCHQ was in breach of Article 8…
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UK Intelligence Service Wants You to Stop Changing Your Passwords
It is common advice: “change your passwords often!” The practice is designed to maintain the security of your online accounts, but UK intelligence service GCHQ has, surprisingly, branded the practice counter-intuitive. To coincide with World Password Day yesterday, GCHQ’s Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) released a report, entitled Password Guidance: Simplifying…
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GCHQ Admits £1b Investment in Cyber Security “Hasn’t Worked”
Over the last five years, UK intelligence service GCHQ has spent nearly £1 billion on its cyber security initiative, but the civil servant in charge of the program has admitted, “the bottom line is it hasn’t worked.” Alex Dewedney, Director of Cyber Security for CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) – a…
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GCHQ Hacking Deemed Legal by Tribunal
Today it has been announced that computer and smartphone hacks used by the intelligence agency GCHQ are legal according to the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The inquiry was launched after the extents of the agency’s hacking was uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowdon, which led to GCHQ revealing that they had agents…
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GCHQ-Developed Encryption System Has Built-In Backdoor
A security researcher has discovered that a telephone encryption system developed by UK intelligence agency GCHQ contains a backdoor that can be exploited by anyone who has its master key. Steven J. Murdoch, a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Information Security Research Group of University College, found that…
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Ex-NSA Director Warns UK Snooper’s Charter Will Kill People
The former Technical Director of the NSA has warned that should the UK Investigatory Powers Bill – nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter – pass into law that it will result in the deaths of innocent people. Bill Binney says that the sheer quantity of information that GCHQ analysts will be forced…
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NSA and GCHQ Worked Together to Hack Juniper Firewalls
Spies from the UK intelligence services worked with the US National Security Agency to hack firewalls developed by top internet security firm Juniper Networks, according to documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. GCHQ, wanting to crack Juniper’s encryption, specifically sought help from the NSA for that task, Russia Today reports.…
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GCHQ Releases Open-source Spy Tool on GitHub
Open source surveillance has changed the ball game somewhat after British Intelligence security service GCHQ has created an account on well-known code repository site, and one of the fairly recent targets of China’s Great Cannon attack tool, GitHub. What has exactly been created? It’s an open sourced tool by the…
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GCHQ Releases Christmas Card Brainteaser
GCHQ is the UK’s intelligence monitoring agency which collects data in the interests of national security. In recent times, the organization has come under a great deal of scrutiny for abusing their powers via the Tempora computer system. This system was used to buffer internet communication extracted for fibre-optic cables.…
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GCHQ Could Be Fined For Latest Series Of Job Adverts
GCHQ are known for their presence within the UK as the cyber spies, the first and last defence against digital threats within the UK. In recent years though they have not had the best image, with incidents like being given permission to spy on politicians, recommending users store their passwords…
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Tor Exit Nodes Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attacks From the UK
Several operators have reported that their Tor exit nodes have been hit by large-scale DDoS attacks originating in the UK. While some abnormalities have been written off by users as “graph glitches”, the attacks have coincided with the disappearance of the Abraxas Marketplace, which has made some users quite edgy.…
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Paris Attackers Allegedly Used PS4s and PSN to Communicate
In a development that is likely to place more pressure on the technology sector, reports are coming out that the perpetrators of the recent Paris attacks used Sony PS4s to communicate and coordinate their attack. This comes after authorities have taken away the PS4s from the attackers homes and Belgian home…
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Snooper Charter Powers are Increasingly Worrying
Security is one thing, from a virus on your phone or PC to a coordinated breach and remote access that compromises your computer. While we may not want to believe them, they are the things that happen more than anyone would want and as such, people are employed to look…
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GCHQ Given Consent to Spy on Politicians
There has been a great deal of criticism directed at GCHQ by privacy advocates regarding the data collection of citizens. Despite being morally outrageous, the body defended their actions and claimed it was within the confines of the law. In addition to these powers, GHCQ can snoop on members of…
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GCHQ’s Karma Police Has Been Watching Everyone Online
The British intelligence services have been engaging in a mass surveillance program, the likes of which have never before been known, which has been recording the online browsing habits of “every visible user on the internet”. Through its program, dubbed Karma Police, the UK government’s intelligence and security organisation GCHQ…
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