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NSA Director Wants Industry to Disclose Details of Telecom Hacks

The director of the National Security Agency on Wednesday urged the private sector to take swift, collective action to share key details about breaches they have suffered at the hands of Chinese hackers who have infiltrated US telecommunications. General Timothy …

NSA Watchdog Concluded One Analyst’s Surveillance Project Went Too Far

An “experienced” analyst working at the National Security Agency developed a surveillance project about a decade ago that resulted in the unauthorized targeting and collection of private communications of people or organizations in the US, newly unearthed documents show. An …

Utah Seeing More Cyber-Attacks, Likely Due To NSA Facility

Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into state computers in the last two years, and they think it related to the NSA data center south of Salt Lake City. The …

Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance

A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, unbeknownst to most users of the technology. Professors from the University …