Officials pointed to ongoing threats against US institutions, painting a dire picture of hacking efforts to support Chinese economic goals.
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EU releases its 5G conclusions
The Council of the European Union sent a memo summarizing its thoughts on the “need to mitigate security risks linked to 5G”.
Pressure mounts for federal privacy law with second bill
Pressure is gathering for a federal privacy law in the US with the introduction of a second bill that would protect consumer data.
EU raises eyebrows at possible US encryption ban
EU officials have warned that they may not take kindly to a US encryption ban or insertion of crypto backdoor technology.
Facebook urged by governments to halt end-to-end encryption plans
The US, UK and Australian governments last week officially urged Facebook to halt its plans for end-to-end encryption.
Governments demand companies allow access to data, or else
A decades-old alliance of national intelligence partners promised to get at encrypted data last week, whether tech companies helped them or not.
NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release.
Hackers break into newswire services, trade on what they find
Some financially-motivated hackers go straight for the money, but others take a more circuitous route, going after information that they can use for profit. That’s what criminals convicted this week did until they were caught in 2015, earning millions in ill-gotten gains.
Facebook gave certain companies special access to customer data
What do Mail.ru, Nissan, Spotify, and Nike have in common? They were all afforded temporary extensions to access private Facebook data API.
Fake Bitcoin exchange traps drug dealers on the dark web
As around 35 alleged drug vendors have found out to their cost, you never know who you’ll meet on the dark web. In the case of the customers of one money laundering operation, it turned out to be agents working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).