National Security Agency

A group of Republican lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to address alleged Chinese malware attacks targeting key government officials and utility companies serving civilian users and U.S. military installations and networks worldwide.

The hacking technique used to unlock the Apple device used by one of the San Bernardino shooters might never be revealed, Obama administration sources told Reuters this week.

The NSA’s bulk intelligence gathering was authorized by Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, which is set to expire in June this year.

Pres. Obama is proposing cybersecurity laws that increases government information-sharing and protects businesses from lawsuits for revealing cyberthreats.

The National Security Agency (NSA) released years of edited briefings it gave to an oversight group on Christmas Eve, documenting years of unauthorized surveillance on Americans that the agency argues was accidental. In its reports NSA names the oversteps “unintentional errors.”

Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the National Security Agency had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong objections to the program, current and former intelligence officials say. The program exceeded the agency’s mandate to focus on foreign spying and would do little to stop terror plots, the executives argued.

A global discussion on the balance between national security and electronic privacy was started by Edward Snowden, a former contractor of the National Security Agency (NSA). Documents he stole from the NSA expose spying on politicians, databases collected from civilian phone calls, and details on spying programs of other countries.

European leaders cried foul over the National Security Agency phone-tapping revelations because they have to in front of their domestic audiences. In reality, everyone does it, and there are even very valid reasons for spying on your friends, according to an intelligence expert.

A “George W. Obama” photo that combines the faces of President Barack Obama and ex-President George W. Bush was heavily shared online after The Huffington Post used it as its front page.