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Magecart Spies Payment Cards From Retailer Vision Direct
2018-11-19 13:48

Card-Sniffing JavaScript Posed as Google Analytics Script on Retailer's SitesOnline contact lens retailer Vision Direct says it suffered a data breach that exposed customers' names and complete...

30 spies dead after Iran cracked CIA comms network with, er, Google search – new claim
2018-11-02 22:05

Uncle Sam's snoops got sloppy with online chat, it seems Iran managed to infiltrate the communications network of CIA agents who left their secret websites, used to exchange messages with...

US indicts alleged Chinese spies for hacking aerospace companies
2018-11-01 11:40

The DOJ described five years of stealing turbofan engine designs that relied on insiders, state-sponsored hackers, phishing and malware.

US government charges two Chinese spies over jet engine blueprint theft
2018-10-31 19:09

China says case is full of hot air The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese spies with stealing jet engine blueprints through a series of online hacks over the course of five years.…

Want to catch out Russian spies? Find out which Lada they drive. All their info is online...
2018-10-05 20:40

Privacy blunders blow cover on suspected Kremlin agents It has been a busy week for Russian military intelligence – and it's about to get busier. A database search of car registrations appears to...

Who's hacking into UK unis? Spies, research-nickers... or rival gamers living in res hall?
2018-09-17 10:20

Report fingers students and staff for academic cyber-attacks Who's hacking into university systems? Here's a clue from the UK higher education tech crew at Jisc: the attacks drop dramatically...

Russian Spies Arrested on Suspicion of Plans to Hack Swiss Laboratory
2018-09-14 20:07

Dutch 'Expelled Two Russian Spies Over Novichok Lab Plot' read more

What's GRU? A Look at Russia's Shadowy Military Spies
2018-09-06 14:03

MOSCOW (AP) — GRU isn't as well-known a baleful acronym as KGB or FSB. But Russia's military intelligence service is attracting increasing attention as allegations mount of devious and deadly...

Spies still butthurt they can't get at encrypted comms data
2018-08-31 13:57

Five Eyes to tech: We have ways of making you comply The Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry to help spy agencies by creating lawful access solutions to encrypted services – and warned...

Sacrilegious Spies: Russians Tried Hacking Orthodox Clergy
2018-08-27 16:20

Russian Hackers Who Bedeviled 2016 U.S. Election Also Spied on Senior Orthodox Christian Figures read more