The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025
Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday to be the next leader of U.S. Cyber Command and director …
China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023
China said it's uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country's main agency responsible for timekeeping.
Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
An NSA letter to Sen. Ron Wyden reveals the agency buys logs related to Americans' domestic internet activities from commercial data brokers without warrants
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.
PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually
Press Releases — McHenry Statement on PayPal Announcing Launch of Payment Stablecoin Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : PayPal to Issue Dollar-Pegged Crypto Stablecoin Based on Ethereum Tim Copeland / The B...
Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court
The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers. Bluesky: @dell.bsky.social . Forums: Hacker News , r/technology ...
Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court
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Russia bans officials and state employees from using Apple devices for “work purposes”, after the FSB said Apple helped the NSA hack Russian diplomats' iPhones
FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices
An internal TikTok tool can access some personal data of Indian users who used the app before India's 2020 ban; an employee jokingly called the tool “NSA-To-Go”
which the employee calls “NSA To Go”—that allows TikTok to obtain sensitive info on users, including real-time updates on U.S. users “a key to building a ‘digital dossier’” @Ali_Lev reports https://tw...
NSA Director Paul Nakasone urges Congress to renew the FISA's Section 702, set to expire in 2023, saying the surveillance law protects the US from cyberattacks
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