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Times are changing- this ain’t your father’s spy world.
Spy Kids: A sci-fi visionary on why the children of tomorrow are the NSA's biggest nightmare. The following article by Charles Stross, a Hugo Award-winning science-fiction writer, is an interesting read. We all know that technology is changing faster than we can digest it. What does this mean for [...]
Can’t believe it’s not bugger, er Bulger… supposed FBI wiretap equipment on ebay.
Problem with the auction, it is just parts from an old NEC phone system that happens to have the words "Bulger phone switch" written on the side. The claim is that it came from surplus FBI parts although they deny it. $3500 is bit steep [...]
Idaho hospital CEO accused of recording phone calls, stalking. IT department employees also accused of assisting.
from KTVB.com Boise, ID BOISE, Idaho — The leader of the public hospital in Blackfoot, ID has pleaded guilty to second-degree stalking in the wake of an investigation by the Idaho Attorney General.Bingham Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer Louis Kraml entered the plea Friday in 7th [...]
Guarding against industrial espionage at the Outdoor Retailer’s Expo
Tools for covert audio and video interception are available everywhere. Manufacturers need to pay attention, not just at trade shows, but in the design office, in the conference room, anywhere their new designs are stored or revealed. We regularly sweep offices and boardrooms to help [...]
Hackers Hack into Toyota Prius
Motor Trend Christian Seabaugh, Associate Online Editor July 25, 2013 Like it or not, more and more computers are making their way into our cars. Depending on what car you drive, a computer could control everything from your infotainment system, your throttle, and even your steering. An [...]
Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers
With all telecom and conferencing equipment, a key element is to understand all of the features of your systems, and make sure you have control over those features and disable any that pose threats or vulnerabilities. From New York Times, Business Day Technology By NICOLE PERLROTH, January [...]
Former President George H.W. Bush shaved head to show solidarity for the son of a Secret Service agent with Leukemia.
The nation's 41st president shaved all his hair as a show of solidarity with Patrick, the son of one of the members of Bush's security detail, who lost his hair as part of his cancer treatments.The boy, named Patrick, is the son of one of [...]
Chinese Wind Company Charged With Corporate Espionage
From IEEE Spectrum Eliza Strickland, Jul 2 2013 The Chinese wind power company Sinovel will be keeping its legal team busy. In addition to the intellectual property charges against the company in Chinese courts, which Spectrum covered last year, the company now faces criminal charges of corporate espionage brought by the U.S. [...]
Pirelli chairman sentenced to jail for industrial espionage and phone taps
Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has been sentenced to jail for twenty months. The Financial Times reports that a Milan court found him guilty, but suspended his jail sentence, in an industrial espionage case involving Telecom Italia. Provera, who denies the charges, was also ordered [...]
Iranian MP Ali Motahari says his offices were wiretapped and illegally videotaped.
7/13/2013 Payvand Iran News Ali Motahari, Iranian MP Iranian conservative MP Ali Motahari says his offices were wiretapped and illegally videotaped. Motahari said in a statement that surveillance equipment was accidentally discovered in the air conditioning ductwork, and his own video surveillance shows that [...]