NSA watches regular Internet users
A new reports has shown that the vast majority of online traffic intercepted by the NSA is generated by ordinary citizens
Tech firms and rights groups drop support for NSA reform bill
Major tech firms like Google and civil liberties groups withdraw their support after the Obama administration demanded key changes to the USA Freedom Act
China demands explanation from U.S. on Huawei spying report
China wants a clear explanation from Washington over reports that the US National Security Agency infiltrated servers at the headquarters of telecoms giant Huawei Technologies
British spy agency collected images of Yahoo webcam chats: Guardian
Britain’s spy agency GCHQ intercepted millions of people’s webcam chats and stored still images of them, including sexually explicit ones
EU Commission pushes to dilute U.S. Internet influence
The European Commission called for a dilution of US influence over the organization of the Internet
Alleged cyber-spying on Colombian negotiators
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos denied that his administration was in any way involved in the reported spying by members of an elite army cyber-unit
US government panel urges shutdown of NSA phone spying
A sharply divided US government task force has urged President Barack Obama to shut down the agency’s bulk collection of phone data
Twitter gets tougher on spying
Twitter on Friday announced it has toughened the encryption of traffic at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service to thwart online snooping.
Google warns of 'splinter net' fallout from U.S. spying
Search giant Google warned that U.S. spying operations risk fracturing the open Internet into a “splinter net” that could hurt American business.
NSA intercepts international Google, Yahoo traffic
The NSA has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to access huge amounts of email and other user information
Chinese hackers for hire behind world’s largest cyber-attacks
Researchers have discovered a group of highly sophisticated hackers operating for hire out of China, and it linked them to some of the best-known espionage attacks in recent years.
Belgium the latest victim of cyber-spying
Belgium said it is investigating suspected foreign state espionage against its main telecoms company, pointing the finger at the United States.
Net neutrality battle heats up in US
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be able to access any Web content and use any applications they choose
Germany to boost European IT in wake of US spy controversy
Responding to unease over US Internet surveillance, the German cabinet agreed to boost European tech companies
Snowden-affiliated e-mail service shuts down
An encrypted email service believed to have been used by American fugitive Edward Snowden shut down abruptly on Thursday
US rejects bid to curb NSA data-gathering program
A US spy program that sweeps up vast amounts of electronic communications survived a legislative challenge
French agency spies on phone calls, e-mail, web use: report
France’s external intelligence agency spies on the French public’s phone calls, e-mails and social media activity, claims a French newspaper report
Web companies release US surveillance information
Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the US government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive
Tech firms push for US government transparency on security
Three of the largest Internet companies called on the US government to provide greater transparency on national security requests