Posts Tagged ‘National Security Agency’
Big Sis wants to Read Email and Scan Web traffic – Its for your own protection!
The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country's private, civilian-run infrastructure. As a result, more private sector employees than ever before, including those at big banks, utilities and key transportation companies, will have their emails and Web surfing scanned as a precaution against cyber attacks. Under last month's White House executive order on cybersecurity, the scans will be driven by classified information provided by U.S. intelligence agencies — including data from the National Security Agency (NSA) — on new or especially serious espionage threats and other hacking attempts. U.S. spy chiefs said on March 12 that cyber attacks have supplanted [...]
Another Leak? U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort. The massive piece of malware was designed to secretly map Iran’s computer networks and monitor the computers of Iranian officials, sending back a steady stream of intelligence used to enable an ongoing cyberwarfare campaign, according to the officials. The effort, involving the National Security Agency, the CIA and Israel’s military, has included the use of destructive software such as the so-called Stuxnet virus to cause malfunctions in Iran’s nuclear enrichment equipment. The [...]
Anonymous Declares War on the United States – Operation V
The group calling themselves 'Anonymous' has made a declaration of War against the United States. Seems to us that the Obama Administration are more worried about the Tea Party and returning veterans than this group. We have not seen a Department of Homeland Security Memo on Anonymous even though they have attacked Government computers. TRANSCRIPT ____________ To the Citizens of the United States and the United States Government. We are Anonymous. In the past few months, our collective has been organizing the operation known as Operation Blackout. Part of the operation's purpose was to alert the people of the coming bill that was to be called the Stop Online Piracy Act. This Act would give Congress the power to censor any internet website they wish without consent [...]
