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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 [...]
Hidden microphone helps save Christmas…
Shelby County Sheriff's Office arrests The Grinch, saves Christmaswww.abc3340.com Dec 23, 2013 By Ben Culpepper COLUMBIANA, Ala. -- Christmas has been saved and the gift-stealing, green-faced Grinch is behind bars Monday thanks to some great police work by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. According to [...]
Eavesdropping device installed in vehicle; Dubai man fined and sent to jail for spying on ex-wife
Ex-husband used tracking devices on woman's car to eavesdrop and find out her whereabouts By Eman Al Baik Published Thursday, December 26, 2013 Dubai Courts found an ex-husband guilty of spying by fixing a listening and tracking device in his divorced wife's car and sentenced him to [...]
Virtual Reality, Real Spies- What else goes on in the world of online gaming?
New York Times, World; By MARK MAZZETTI and JUSTIN ELLIOTT (Dec 9, 2013) Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting surveillance and scooping up data in the online games played by millions [...]
Spy Shop owner busted- for producing illegal parking permits and identity theft.
Spy shops, in general, are difficult to trust, they often claim to offer "counter-spy" equipment for protecting your privacy, but will just as easily sell you the very devices you were afraid of in the first place. This one, the Queens Spy Shop in New York, [...]
Jury had peek into phone hacker’s routine; News of the World trial
Phone-hacking jury given peek into Glenn Mulcaire's working routine Trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson shown whiteboards and handwritten notes collected from hacker's office and shed Nick Davies theguardian.com, The working life of a phone hacker was exposed in the Old Bailey on Thursday, including [...]
Phone hacking of UK Charity- PBX phone systems have many vulnerabilities
Phone system hacking has been going on for decades and is still a big problem. We have been called to help solve many cases in recent years. Make sure your telecom provider is aware of the security vulnerabilities of your systems and how they can [...]
Corporate Spies, Social Media, and BYOD
Corporate Spies Love Social Media, By Stephanie Blanchard, Digital Editor Mobile Enterprise No one appreciates a fair-weather friend, the kind that is only around when something is in it for them, and quick to disappear when help is needed. But fake friends are even worse, the social profiles [...]
Tech execs urge Obama to limit NSA spying on their users
Washington Bureau, Dec 17, 2013 The nation's top technology executives gave President Barack Obama an earful about the National Security Agency's spying on their users at a White House meeting Tuesday. The president met with 15 tech executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, FacebookChief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandbergand Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Apple [...]