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Massive credit card data leak hits South Korea
The leak is linked to an insider. Reports vary as to how many accounts have been compromised, but all of them are big numbers. Bank executives are offering to resign. Report below is from Reuters.com The theft of personal information from more than 100 [...]
The FBI’s secret hunt for a KGB mole
Some interesting history of espionage and the FBI. The author, David Wise, originally wrote a longer article for Smithsonian.com, this can be viewed here. Some of the details were supplied by David Major, a former FBI counterintelligence agent who now runs the Centre for Counterintelligence [...]
1971 anti-war activists admit FBI document burglary, perpetrators feel emboldened and kinship with Snowden.
After 43 years, activists admit theft at FBI office that exposed domestic spying In the bombshell book, "The Burglary," journalist Betty Medzger exposes the robbers behind the momentous theft from an FBI office outside Philadelphia over 40 years ago. The perpetrators have come forward in [...]
CES 2014: New gadgets = new spy gear… Consumer devices to help kids spy on mom and a programmable Mom to spy on everyone, MiniDrones, and a “Jumping Sumo”
It should be well known that consumer products often have other nefarious purposes (think baby monitors and tiny voice recorders). Watching what has been revealed at the International CES, (the major consumer electronics expo in Las Vegas) shows some neat high-tech toys that may be [...]
Spy history miniseries on ABC: ‘The Assets’: Hot on the trail of a Cold War spy within the CIA
An eight-part miniseries “The Assets,” about the real-life CIA officers who tracked down Aldrich Ames, a spy within their ranks, airs at 10 p.m. Thursdays on ABC. By David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle Review No one misses the Cold War except maybe Vladimir Putin and Hollywood film and [...]
Hidden camera in a bathroom forces plane to make emergency landing
By Jeff Black, NBC News An American Airlines flight from San Francisco to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City on Sunday afternoon because an electronic device thought potentially to be a bomb was found on board, authorities said. Upon [...]
Fiction sheds light on the reality of industrial espionage: author’s research highlights the threats.
Author Christopher Reich did a lot of research for his new novel, some of his comments in this interview from the Epoch Times reflect the real security concerns corporations face. By Joshua Philipp, Epoch Times | December 31, 2013 Three politicians die in fear as their car, controlled [...]
Surveillance Countermeasures also means you should be aware of your surroundings, you never know who might be listening…
Man Sits Behind Ex-CIA Director On The Train, Eavesdrops, And Live-Tweets His Conversation, by Brian Jones, Business Insider Former Director of the CIA and head of the National Security Agency Michael Hayden had his cover blown on the Acela train by Tom Matzzie, a political strategist [...]
HTC VP and others indicted in Taiwan for corporate espionage
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, top HTC senior executive and vice president of product design Thomas Chien has been indicted along with five other HTC employees by the Taiwanese courts for corporate espionage. The charges include leaking company secrets, falsifying expense reports, and taking [...]
Naughty or nice, how did Santa know? Early newspaper photos caught him in the act.
Santa's elves have been known for their cleverness with technology. This photograph made was available to the public in the 1924 edition of the Western Morning News. It shows a sinister Santa perched on a snow-capped roof, using a listening device to eavesdrop on the praying [...]