Newly disclosed documents show that the NSA had found a way to continue spying on American citizens' email traffic from overseas.
EU plans to ban Bitcoin to curb terrorism funding
According to a draft document seen by the Reuters the EU plans to ban bitcoin and any form of anonymous payment online to curb terrorism funding.
Did FBI pay the Carnegie Mellon to hack Tor?
The Director of the Tor Project Roger Dingledine has accused the FBI of commissioning to the Carnegie Mellon boffins a study on methods to de-anonymize Tor users.
Google threatens action against Symantec-issued certificates following botched investigation
Symantec's investigation into a case of internal testing gone wrong failed to find a large number of certificates issued without authorization.
Irish privacy watchdog to investigate Facebook over spying allegations
Ireland's High Court ordered the data protection commissioner to investigate allegations that Facebook gave US intelligence agencies bulk access to users' personal data
Google, Facebook and peers criticize CISA bill ahead of Senate consideration
The US legislation would allow government agencies and companies to share cyberthreat data
Court ruling on Safe Harbor brings uncertainty to privacy dealings
By declaring the Safe Harbor agreement invalid, the Court of Justice of the European Union exposes businesses to legal action, Privacy activists are overjoyed, but for businesses it's what one lobbyist described, only half jokingly, as "the doomsday scenario:"