NSA, FBI: “Smoking Gun” Shows North Korea Behind Sony Hack
The FBI is now claiming that they have a smoking gun that proves it was North Korea that carried out the cyber-attack that devastated computer systems at Sony Pictures...
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Hackers Take Over Military Social Media: Threaten Jihad in America
A hacker group calling itself Cyber Caliphate hacked the Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military Central Command on Monday and used the social media platforms to post...
Chinese Persecution of Christians on the Rise During Holidays
In China, where religious liberty has been under attack since the communist takeover in 1949, persecution of Christians has escalated over recent months. Communist Chinese authorities have destroyed churches...
“The Interview”: Many Say the Controversy Better Than the Film
Sony Pictures Entertainment released The Interview just days after saying the film was dead. All the major chains had refused to show the movie — which depicts a successful...
Hack on Sony: FBI Still Blames North Korea Despite Experts’ Evidence
The FBI is standing by claims that North Korea was behind the devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment late last month, despite the evidence presented by cyber-security experts. ...
Anti-Gun PSA Angers People on Both Sides of the Issue
An anti-gun PSA video posted on YouTube December 13 has gone viral. While video producers normally want to achieve viral status, in this case the response was overwhelmingly negative....
Pew Study Shows Bleak Future for Privacy Rights
The Pew Research group released a report on Thursday on the future of Internet privacy. The report, which details the responses of thousands of experts, does not paint a...
Would “The Interview” Really Provoke a North Korean Terror Attack?
Are the fears of terrorism that caused Sony to cancel the Christmas release of The Interview justified? Is North Korea really behind the hacking? And why would release of...
Cyber-attack at Sony Pictures Takes Strange Twist
When Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked late last month, they — and many in the news media — were quick to blame North Korea. The New American reported that...
New Microsoft Security Fix Is Worse Than the Problem
Microsoft is reporting that a recent Windows update is causing serious problems with many computers that have received it as an automatic update. ...
Facebook Fighting Bulk Search Warrants In Court
Facebook is arguing before the New York Court of Appeals that it should be able to challenge warrants for users' account and profile information before being compelled to simply...
Well-respected Federal Judge Says Privacy Is Overrated
In a debate on the future of the Fourth Amendment, Judge Richard Posner said the NSA should be able to “vacuum all the trillions of bits of information that...
Apple iPod Antitrust Case Could Impact Future Of Digital Liberty
Arguments have begun in a class action suit that claims Apple violated antitrust laws. What impact will ithis case have on the future of consumers' digital rights? ...
Sony Pictures Blames North Korea for Cyber-Attack
Sony Pictures was the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack late last month which crippled many of its computer systems. The company was quick to blame North Korea, saying the...
Snowden Receives “Alternate Nobel” for Human Rights
Edward Snowden, who released a trove of NSA surveillance documents to journalists in 2013, was among those who received the Right Livelihood Award on Monday in Sweden's parliament. The...
China’s Main Internet Censor Addresses Tech Execs, Gov’t Officials in D.C.
The new minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China spoke this morning at the seventh China-U.S. Internet Industry Forum in Washington, D.C. His address before government officials and top...
Whitehouse.gov: Obama Administration’s Campaign Advocacy Website
Obama's use of the official White House website to drive his (and his party's) agenda is improper. His deceptive and manipulative tactics on social media are creating a false...
Russian “Trojan Horse” Discovered in Vital U.S. Computers
Since 2011, a Russian "Trojan Horse" has been in place, threatening computer systems vital to our infrastructure. It was only discovered last week. ...
British Spy Chief Claims Internet Services Aid Terrorists, Need More Monitoring
British spy chief Robert Hannigan has called Internet services such Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and others “the command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists” and says he wants “better arrangements” with...
Russian Hacking Threatens U.S. National Security
The recent intrusion into a computer network at the White House, made public last week, appears to have been carried out by hackers working for the Russian government. This...