Security News

NSA Contractor Arrested for Stealing Classified Information (Schneier on Security)
2016-10-07 11:07

The NSA has another contractor who stole classified documents. It's a weird story: "But more than a month later, the authorities cannot say with certainty whether Mr. Martin leaked the...

Yahoo Scanned Everyone's E-mails for the NSA (Schneier on Security)
2016-10-06 18:58

News here and here. Other companies have been quick to deny that they did the same thing, but I generally don't believe those carefully worded statements about what they have and haven't done. We...

EFF: NSA’s Support of Encryption ‘Disingenuous’ (Threatpost)
2016-10-06 17:49

Cindy Cohn, the EFF's Executive Director, called the NSA's support of strong encryption disingenuous during a cybersecurity conference panel Wednesday.

NSA Contractor Charged With Stealing Classified Hacking Secrets (Threatpost)
2016-10-05 22:31

A NSA contractor working for Booz Allen Hamilton was arrested and charged with stealing secret documents from the U.S. spy agency.