usausausa The first-ever independent audit of whistleblower retaliation in US spy agencies was looking bad for the agencies, so it was shut down Cory Doctorow
elections News report claims Dutch spies hacked Russian cyberwar operation and pwned their CCTVs, then recorded video of Russian government hackers attacking the DNC Cory Doctorow
nsa The NSA's new "core values" statement no longer includes "honor," "honesty" or "openness" Cory Doctorow
law EFF to NSA: you scammed your way to another six years of warrantless spying, and you'd better enjoy it while it lasts Cory Doctorow
surveillance Congressional Democrats have so little faith in Trump's leadership that they've awarded him the power to conduct limitless, warrantless mass surveillance of Americans Cory Doctorow
corruption A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases Cory Doctorow
Business The NSA can't recruit or retain hackers because the pay sucks and the Agency is a bureaucratic mess Cory Doctorow
spooks Reality Winner profile is a beautiful portrait of a brilliant, principled patriot who messed up Cory Doctorow
surveillance Property of the People sues the FBI for details on "Gravestone," its reassuringly named secret mass-surveillance tool Cory Doctorow
trumpism Sources in Trump's White House report meetings to assemble a network of deniable wetwork/black ops spooks to target Trump's political enemies in the US and elsewhere Cory Doctorow
corruption Uber admits it breached 57,000,000 accounts, then bribed the hackers to cover it up, now they're paying a top ex-NSA lawyer to teach them transparency Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Teardown of a consumer voice/location cellular spying device that fits in the tip of a USB cable Cory Doctorow
security Origin story of the Mimikatz password cracker is a parable about security, disclosure, cyberwar, and crime Cory Doctorow
trumpism The DoJ's top crypto warrior wants "strong" encryption that he can break at will Cory Doctorow
security Vault 8: Wikileaks publishes sourcecode from last spring's CIA Vault 7 cyberweapons leak Cory Doctorow
security A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon Cory Doctorow
corruption Trump's war on leakers has neutered the intelligence community's whistleblower program, which diverts leakers Cory Doctorow
Sex Office of the Director of National Intelligence admits its employee held down 15 other jobs and played games all day Cory Doctorow
