Senate Banking Chairman Michael D. Crapo said Tuesday that his staff was investigating the Equifax Inc. data breach, but that he hasn’t decided whether to hold a hearing on the issue and that he wasn’t… Read More
Surveillance/Snooping
Russian firm tied to pro-Kremlin propaganda advertised on Facebook during election – The Washington Post
Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that the social network has discovered that it sold ads during the U.S. presidential campaign to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people… Read More
Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny
The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate #North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November. Dozens were told they were ineligible to vote and were turned away at the… Read More
Justice Department: No evidence Trump Tower was wiretapped
The Justice Department said in a court filing Friday evening that it has no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s assertion in March that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped the phones in Trump Tower before… Read More
Google staffer’s hostility to affirmative action sparks furious backlash
A Google software engineer’s polemic against diversity efforts has left female staff “shaking in anger” and forced the tech giant to defend its patchy record on racial and gender equality. The 10-page “manifesto”, which Google… Read More
WannaCry ‘hero’ to plead not guilty to accusation he wrote banking malware
The British security researcher who stopped a global ransomware attack admitted to police that he wrote the code of a malware that targeted bank accounts, US prosecutors said during a hearing on Friday, but his… Read More
Met police to use facial recognition software at Notting Hill carnival
Police will use facial recognition software to scan the faces of tens of thousands of revellers at this year’s Notting Hill carnival even though civil liberties groups believe such an action would be discriminatory. The… Read More
Transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
The Washington Post has obtained transcripts of two conversations President Trump had with foreign leaders: one with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and another with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The transcripts were prepared by… Read More