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Call To Trump From A Ukraine Restaurant Big Security Breach: Ex-Officials
A US ambassador's cellphone call to President Donald Trump from a restaurant in the capital of Ukraine last summer was a stunning breach of security, exposing the conversation to surveillance by foreign intelligence services, including Russia's, former U.S. officials said.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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Two Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying For Saudi Arabia
The Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia by accessing the company's information on dissidents who use the platform, marking the first time federal prosecutors have publicly accused the kingdom of running agents in the United States.
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White House Official Who Heard Trump-Ukraine Call Was Told To Keep Quiet
Several days after President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders' conversation with anyone outside the White House, according to three people familiar with the aide's testimony.
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Baghdadi Was Given Up By ISIS Insider Who May Get $25 Million US Bounty
US commandos zeroed in on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's final hideout with the help of an extraordinarily well-placed informant, an ISIS operative who facilitated the terrorist leader's movements around Syria and even helped oversee construction work on his Syrian safe house, according to US and Middle East-based officials knowledgeable about the operatio...
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US Military To Get Custody Of 2 British ISIS Men Over Killings In Syria
Two British men accused of involvement in the ISIS's summary executions of Western hostages, including Americans, are being transferred into US military custody because the Turkish incursion into Syria threatened their continued detention by Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, according to US officials.
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US, Allies Ask Facebook Not to Expand Encryption on Its Services
The United States, Britain and Australia are calling on Facebook to halt its plans to deploy strong encryption across all its messaging apps unless it can provide a way for investigators to see communications in the clear.
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Not Concerned By Interference in US Election, Trump Told Russians In 2017
President Donald Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow's interference in the U.S. election because the United States did the same in other countries
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US Got Key Asset Out Of Russia After Election Hacking
In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
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Huawei Said to Have Helped North Korea Build a Wireless Network
Huawei secretly helped the North Korean government build and maintain the country's commercial wireless network, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Trump Approved "Offensive" Cyber Strikes Against Iran's Missile Systems
President Donald Trump approved an offensive cyber strike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches
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Finished In Iraq, Syria, Lanka Blasts Show Landless ISIS Still Big Threat
The forces of the ISIS may no longer control a swath of territory across Iraq and Syria, but the coordinated attacks in Sri Lanka demonstrated that the resilient group can still sow carnage beyond the borders of its former caliphate.
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Kaspersky Lab Helped NSA Catch an Alleged Data Thief
NSA discovered what has been called the largest breach of classified data in its history after a tip from a banned Russian firm.
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US Admits Error In Report Linking Terrorism To Immigration
The Justice Department has acknowledged errors and deficiencies in a controversial report issued a year ago that implied a link between terrorism in the United States and immigration, but - for the second and final time - officials have declined to retract or correct the document.
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Five Nations Take China to Task Over Hacking, US Stops Short of Sanctions
The US and four of its closest allies blamed China on Thursday for a 12-year campaign of cyber-attacks that vacuumed up technology and trade secrets in 12 countries.
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Call To Trump From A Ukraine Restaurant Big Security Breach: Ex-Officials
A US ambassador's cellphone call to President Donald Trump from a restaurant in the capital of Ukraine last summer was a stunning breach of security, exposing the conversation to surveillance by foreign intelligence services, including Russia's, former U.S. officials said.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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Two Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying For Saudi Arabia
The Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia by accessing the company's information on dissidents who use the platform, marking the first time federal prosecutors have publicly accused the kingdom of running agents in the United States.
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White House Official Who Heard Trump-Ukraine Call Was Told To Keep Quiet
Several days after President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders' conversation with anyone outside the White House, according to three people familiar with the aide's testimony.
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Baghdadi Was Given Up By ISIS Insider Who May Get $25 Million US Bounty
US commandos zeroed in on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's final hideout with the help of an extraordinarily well-placed informant, an ISIS operative who facilitated the terrorist leader's movements around Syria and even helped oversee construction work on his Syrian safe house, according to US and Middle East-based officials knowledgeable about the operatio...
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US Military To Get Custody Of 2 British ISIS Men Over Killings In Syria
Two British men accused of involvement in the ISIS's summary executions of Western hostages, including Americans, are being transferred into US military custody because the Turkish incursion into Syria threatened their continued detention by Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, according to US officials.
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US, Allies Ask Facebook Not to Expand Encryption on Its Services
The United States, Britain and Australia are calling on Facebook to halt its plans to deploy strong encryption across all its messaging apps unless it can provide a way for investigators to see communications in the clear.
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Not Concerned By Interference in US Election, Trump Told Russians In 2017
President Donald Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow's interference in the U.S. election because the United States did the same in other countries
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US Got Key Asset Out Of Russia After Election Hacking
In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
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Huawei Said to Have Helped North Korea Build a Wireless Network
Huawei secretly helped the North Korean government build and maintain the country's commercial wireless network, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Trump Approved "Offensive" Cyber Strikes Against Iran's Missile Systems
President Donald Trump approved an offensive cyber strike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches
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Finished In Iraq, Syria, Lanka Blasts Show Landless ISIS Still Big Threat
The forces of the ISIS may no longer control a swath of territory across Iraq and Syria, but the coordinated attacks in Sri Lanka demonstrated that the resilient group can still sow carnage beyond the borders of its former caliphate.
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Kaspersky Lab Helped NSA Catch an Alleged Data Thief
NSA discovered what has been called the largest breach of classified data in its history after a tip from a banned Russian firm.
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US Admits Error In Report Linking Terrorism To Immigration
The Justice Department has acknowledged errors and deficiencies in a controversial report issued a year ago that implied a link between terrorism in the United States and immigration, but - for the second and final time - officials have declined to retract or correct the document.
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Five Nations Take China to Task Over Hacking, US Stops Short of Sanctions
The US and four of its closest allies blamed China on Thursday for a 12-year campaign of cyber-attacks that vacuumed up technology and trade secrets in 12 countries.
