Fascinating bit of history. Michael Isikoff reports: Forty-three years after the mysterious theft of up to 1,000 documents from an FBI office outside Philadelphia, three former political activists are publicly confessing to the brazen burglary, calling it an act of “resistance” that exposed “massive illegal surveillance and intimidation.” “We did it … because somebody had…
Category: Breaches
KR: NIS agent suspected of info leakage
Nam Hyun-woo reports: The prosecution said Saturday it has secured circumstantial evidence that a National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent has been involved in leaks of personal information about former Prosecutor General Chae Dong-wook’s alleged illegitimate son. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said that it summoned Yoo Young-hwan, 60, superintendent of the Seoul Gangnam District…
Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit, TAO
“TAO:” not to be confused with “Tao,” unless you consider it the NSA’s path or way…. Here’s your must-read news story for today, from Spiegel in Germany: The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even…
Comenity Bank accused of violating consumer protection law
Joel Brakken reports: A man is suing a debt collection company for allegedly failing to cease phone calls after he filed a civil action. Ricky Henderson filed a lawsuit Dec. 13 in the Putnam County Circuit Court against Comenity Bank, citing violations of the state Consumer Credit and Protection Act, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy. The…