Mar 28 Pentagon plans to triple cybersecurity staff By Pauline Jelinek, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press "The Department of Defense is on its way to building an elite, modern cyberforce," Hagel said in a speech at the retirement of Gen. Keith Alexander as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and NSA. "This force is enhancing our… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch What’s behind Obama’s campaign to limit bulk data collection by the NSA By PBS News Hour President Obama announced that he wants Congress to stop the National Security Agency from gathering bulk phone records and holding them for five years. What’s at stake in the president’s push to limit the scope of U.S. surveillance? Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Mar 18 Report: NSA has system capable of recording an entire country’s phone calls By Justin Scuiletti Every telephone call made in a foreign country can be recorded and replayed by the National Security Agency through their voice interception program, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Documents provided by Edward Snowden say that the surveillance technology, named MYSTIC,… Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S. plans to relinquish federal control over Internet By Justin Scuiletti The Washington Post reported Friday that the United States intends to give up federal government authority over the administration of the Internet. Continue reading
Mar 10 Edward Snowden speaks to SXSW at noon EDT By Associated Press Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will speak remotely by video stream at noon EDT to an audience at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest Festival Monday. Stream by Texas Tribune… Continue reading
Mar 10 U.S. intelligence officials to monitor federal employees with security clearances By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials are planning a sweeping system of electronic monitoring that would tap into government, financial and other databases to scan the behavior of many of the 5 million federal employees with secret clearances, current and former… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Thursday, February 27, 2014 By PBS News Hour On our program Thursday, pro-Russian protesters seized the Crimean parliament, once Ukraine voted in a new prime minister. Also: We look at a refugee camp in Syria struggling to receive humanitarian aid, President Barack Obama’s new initiative for young men… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Report suggests U.K. spies collected images from Yahoo webcam chats with NSA help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 11 Tech activists labor to make privacy tools accessible for the average internet user By Cindy Huang Even though everyday internet and phone users are concerned about who can see and obtain their data, most are not aware of the tools available to help keep their information secure. Technology and privacy activists have been developing these types… Continue reading