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Online gaming groups licensed in New Jersey, speeding U.S. re-entry

August 24, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.

(Reuters) - Who granted these licenses? New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement The state of New Jersey granted its first online gambling licenses to several big international gaming companies on...

Snowden disclosures prompt warning on widely used computer security formula

August 24, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the latest fallout from Edward Snowden's intelligence disclosures, a major U.S. computer security company warned thousands of customers on Thursday to stop using software that...

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA.

Most 2006-2009 NSA queries of a phone data broke court rules

November 3, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The National Security Agency routinely violated court-ordered privacy protections between 2006 and 2009 by examining phone numbers without sufficient intelligence tying them to associates of suspected...

Most 2006-2009 NSA queries of a phone data broke court rules

December 24, 2018 at 4:19 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The National Security Agency routinely violated court-ordered privacy protections between 2006 and 2009 by examining phone numbers without sufficient intelligence tying them to associates of suspected...

Internet experts want security revamp after NSA revelations

August 24, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet security experts are calling for a campaign to rewrite Web security in the wake of disclosures that the U.S. National Security Agency has developed the...

Analysis: Syria, aided by Iran, could strike back at U.S. in cyberspace

August 24, 2021 at 2:44 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If the United States attacks Syria, it will be the first time it strikes a country that is capable of waging retaliatory cyberspace attacks on American...

Encrypted email service thought used by Snowden shuts down

August 24, 2021 at 2:07 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An encrypted email service believed to have been used by American fugitive Edward Snowden shut down abruptly on Thursday amid a legal fight that appeared to...

NSA revelations could hurt collaboration with ‘betrayed’ hackers

August 24, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The U.S. government's efforts to recruit talented hackers could suffer from the recent revelations about its vast domestic surveillance programs, as many private researchers express disillusionment...

Trillion-dollar global hacking damages estimate called exaggerated

August 24, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A $1 trillion estimate of the global cost of hacking cited by President Barack Obama and other top officials is a gross exaggeration, according to a...

Strong ties bind spy agencies and Silicon Valley

August 24, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley has tried to distance itself from the controversial U.S. surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden, but there is a long history of close cooperation...

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