Wiener Zeitung: NSA späht massiv Telefondaten von Franzosen aus

Der US-Geheimdienst NSA späht offenbar massiv die Telefonate französischer Bürger aus. Die französische Tageszeitung "Le Monde" berichtete am Montag unter Berufung auf Dokumente des früheren US-Geheimdienstmitarbeiters Edward Snowden, allein innerhalb eines Monats - zwischen Anfang Dezember 2012 und Anfang Jänner 2013 - seien 70,3 Millionen Telefonverbindungen aufgezeichnet worden. [mehr...]

pro Republica: Revealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign to Crack, Undermine Internet Security

The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications in the Internet age, according to newly disclosed documents. [more...]

Cyber-Angriffe: USA infizieren Zehntausende Computer mit NSA-Trojanern

Die Hackerangriffe durch US-Geheimdienste erreichen eine neue Dimension: Bald sollen weltweit 85.000 Systeme mit Spionage-Software infiziert sein, berichtet die "Washington Post". Die NSA plant, die befallenen Computer als eine Art Bot-Netz zu kontrollieren. [mehr...]

washington post: U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show

U.S. intelligence services carried out 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, the leading edge of a clandestine campaign that embraces the Internet as a theater of spying, sabotage and war, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Washington Post. [more...]

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washington post: U.S. spy network’s successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary

U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats, according to the government’s top-secret budget. [more...]

presse.com: NSA soll Internetgiganten Millionen gezahlt haben

Yahoo bestätigte mittlerweile Zahlungen. Den von Snowden enthüllten Unterlagen zufolge sind auch Firmen wie Google oder Microsoft betroffen. [mehr...]

guardian: NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies

The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the Prism surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency's activities were unconstitutional, according to top-secret material passed to the Guardian. [more...]

zeit online: Bundesregierung warnt vor Windows 8

Windows 8 ist ein inakzeptables Sicherheitsrisiko für Behörden und Firmen, warnen Experten der Regierung. Das sogenannte Trusted Computing sei eine Hintertür für die NSA. [mehr...]

Lavabit Statement

have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. [more...]

guardian: XKeyscore presentation from 2008

Training materials for the XKeyscore program detail how analysts can use it and other systems to mine enormous agency databases and develop intelligence from the web [more...]

frankfurter rundschau: NSA baut in Wiesbaden

Im Innenausschuss des Bundestages bestätigt BND-Präsident Gerhard Schindler ein pikantes Detail. Die NSA baut in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim ein Abhörzentrum. Die Bundesregierung hatte sich kürzlich noch unwissend darüber gezeigt. [mehr...]

times: Snowden in Moscow: What Russian Authorities Might Be Doing With the NSA Whistle-Blower

Former Russian security officials and spies suspect NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is being kept in a Russian safehouse outside Moscow and will struggle to escape his Russian handlers without sharing his secrets. [more...]

guardian: New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies

Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy [more...]

guardian: Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data

The National Security Agency has developed a powerful tool for recording and analysing where its intelligence comes from, raising questions about its repeated assurances to Congress that it cannot keep track of all the surveillance it performs on American communications. [more...]

spiegel online: Geheimdokumente: NSA horcht EU-Vertretungen mit Wanzen aus

Der US-Geheimdienst NSA späht offenbar gezielt die Europäische Union aus. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen installierten die Amerikaner Wanzen in der EU-Vertretung in Washington und infiltrierten das Computernetzwerk. Auch in New York und Brüssel gab es Angriffe. [mehr...]

guardian: Edward Snowden Q and A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions

The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history answered your questions about the NSA surveillance revelations [more...]

guardian: Edward Snowden says US government has destroyed his chance at a fair trial

In live chat with Guardian readers, NSA whistleblower says US leaders cannot 'cover this up by jailing or murdering me' [more...]