Privacy advocates recently won a victory against the unrestricted use of “stingray” cell-site emulators. On November 9th, Illinois judge Iain D. Johnston ruled law enforcement agencies must take steps to minimize the impact on innocent bystanders caught up in the stingray surveillance dragnet and that law enforcement must “immediately destroy” collateral data collected. So how is… Read More »
White House Breached
On October 29th, White House spokesman Josh Earnest confirmed an attack on computer systems used by top aids. The actual attack happened several weeks before the announcement, and the White House has released few details on the attack. Anonymous sources told the Wall Street Journal the attack was detected by an unnamed ally that passed… Read More »