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Apple Designing Servers In-House to Prevent Snooping
With the amount of sensitive information stored on their servers, cloud providers take security very seriously. However, many cloud services actually use third-party servers like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure to run their platform. Even for those with their own servers, the hardware is made by and supplied by third-parties. In…
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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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Twitter Users Hit by State-Sponsored Attackers
On Friday, a number of Twitter users received a notification from the social networking platform, explaining that their accounts had been the target of state-sponsored actors. Unsurprisingly, the supposed targets of these attacks were mass surveillance researchers and security professionals. The incident was surprising for users of Twitter, as until…
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