Topic: SECURITY - on June 22, 2013 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
Britischer Nachrichtendienst überwacht systematisch internationalen Internetverkehr
Das britische Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) bespitzelt umfänglich die Transatlantikkabel, die einen großen Teil des weltweiten Telefon- und Internetverkehrs transportieren. Das berichtet der Guardian in einer weiteren exklusiven Enthüllung auf Basis der ihm vorliegenden Snowden-Leaks.
Im Rahmen des Programms “Tempora” wird der Datenverkehr für 30 (Metadaten) bzw. 3 Tage (Inhalte) zwischengespeichert, um dann nach Kriterien wie “Organisierte Kriminalität, Sicherheit, Terrorismus und wirtschaftlichem Wohlergehen” [sic!] durchsucht zu werden. Das bedeutet der britische Geheimdienst hat Zugriff auf Telefongespräche, Inhaltsdaten sämtlicher Internetkommunikation und Internetlogs von bis zu 2 Milliarden Internetnutzer*innen!
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 20, 2013 at 9:14:00 PM CEST
Glasfaserkabel und Spionage-U-Boote: Wie die NSA die Nervenzentren der Internet-Kommunikation anzapft
Geheimdienste wie die amerikanische NSA nutzen viele verschiedene Technologien, um Kommunikationsverkehre abzuhören und zu speichern. Neben Kooperation mit Betreibern und dem Hacken von Systemen können sie auch die weltweiten Glasfaserleitungen direkt anzapfen. Das macht die NSA schon seit Mitte der Neunziger – ein Spionage-U-Boot nach 9-11 machte das zur Routine.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 18, 2013 at 2:17:00 PM CEST
How to identify CIA limited hangout op?
The operations of secret intelligence agencies aiming at the manipulation of public opinion generally involve a combination of cynical deception with the pathetic gullibility of the targeted populations.
There is ample reason to believe that the case of Edward Joseph Snowden fits into this pattern. We are likely dealing here with a limited hangout operation, in which carefully selected and falsified documents and other materials are deliberately revealed by an insider who pretends to be a fugitive rebelling against the excesses of some oppressive or dangerous government agency.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 18, 2013 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
PRISM, Edward Snowden, Big Brother & More Stuff We Already Knew
So there’s been 100s of articles posted about PRISM, which also now has a lengthy Wikipedia article – PRISM (surveillance program). Apparently PRISM (2007-present) is the program that replaces the previous (2001-2007) NSA warrantless surveillance program.
So the US government has been watching everyone, no shit (Nineteen Eighty-Four?).
PRISM is a clandestine national security electronic surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007. PRISM is a government codename for a data collection effort known officially as US-984XN. It is operated under the supervision of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).</p>
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 14, 2013 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Leaked: NSA's Talking Points Defending NSA Surveillance
he government has been passing around some "talking points" to politicians and the press trying to spin the NSA surveillance story. We've got the talking points about scooping up business records (i.e., all data on all phone calls) and on the internet program known as PRISM. Both are embedded below. Let's dig in on a few of the points, starting with the business records/FISA issue:
The news articles have been discussing what purports to be a classified, lawfully-authorized order that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) issued under an Act of Congress – the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Under this Act, the FISA Court authorized a collection of business records. There is no secret program involved here – it is strictly authorized by a U.S. statute. </p>
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 14, 2013 at 2:36:00 PM CEST
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
These programs, whose participants are known as trusted partners, extend far beyond what was revealed by Edward Snowden, a computer technician who did work for the National Security Agency. The role of private companies has come under intense scrutiny since his disclosure this month that the NSA is collecting millions of U.S. residents’ telephone records and the computer communications of foreigners from Google Inc (GOOG). and other Internet companies under court order.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 13, 2013 at 7:30:00 PM CEST
Heimischer Geheimdienst in Kontakt mit NSA
Vor beinahe einer Woche wurde bekannt, dass der US-Geheimdienst NSA Internet- und Telefondaten von EU-Bürgern und damit auch Österreichern überwacht. In Österreich soll es zudem laut einem Insider eine Sicherheitsbehörde geben, die "in direktem Kontakt" mit der NSA steht.
Geheimdokumenten zufolge soll der US-Geheimdienst einen direkten Zugang zu den Computersystemen von neun führenden Internet-Konzerne wie Facebook, Google oder Microsoft haben und darüber auf private E-Mails, Fotos, Videos, Dokumente und Audio-Dateien zugreifen können. Mittlerweile wurde zudem bekannt, dass auch Belgien und die Niederlande auf PRISM zugreifen dürfen. Hier stellt sich die Frage, ob dies auch für Österreich gilt bzw. ob österreichische Behörden von PRISM profitieren.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 13, 2013 at 5:46:00 PM CEST
NSA Infringed Adam Hart-Davis' Photograph For Its PRISM Logo
Perhaps the NSA has finally met its match: copyright infringement. You may have seen the logo that the NSA is using for the PRISM program
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 13, 2013 at 5:33:00 PM CEST
Google erklärt wie sie Daten an die NSA weitergeben
Die vom britischen Guardian veröffentlichten Folien zu PRISM legen nahe, dass die NSA direkten Zugriff auf die Server von verschiedenen großen amerikanischen Konzernen habe. So steht auf einer Folie wörtlich:
Collection directly from the servers of these U.S. Service Provider: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple.
Genau das wird jetzt aber von einigen der Konzernen abgestritten. Insbesondere Microsoft, Yahoo, Google und Facebook geben an, bis zu den Veröffentlichungen des Guardian noch nie von PRISM gehört zu haben und keiner amerikanischen Behörde Zugriff zu ihren Servern ermöglicht zu haben. Besonders Google wehrt sich gegen diese Vorwürfe.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 12, 2013 at 10:12:00 PM CEST
Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group
Deep within the National Security Agency, an elite, rarely discussed team of hackers and spies is targeting America's enemies abroad.
This weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama sat down for a series of meetings with China's newly appointed leader, Xi Jinping. We know that the two leaders spoke at length about the topic du jour -- cyber-espionage -- a subject that has long frustrated officials in Washington and is now front and center with the revelations of sweeping U.S. data mining. The media has focused at length on China's aggressive attempts to electronically steal U.S. military and commercial secrets, but Xi pushed back at the "shirt-sleeves" summit, noting that China, too, was the recipient of cyber-espionage. But what Obama probably neglected to mention is that he has his own hacker army, and it has burrowed its way deep, deep into China's networks.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 12, 2013 at 4:25:00 PM CEST
Mehrere Staaten haben offenbar Zugriff auf Prism-Daten
Auch europäische Staaten können sich Medienberichten zufolge bei Daten aus der US-Netzüberwachung Prism bedienen. Dazu gehören etwa Belgien und die Niederlande. Russlands Präsident Putin kritisiert das Vorgehen der USA.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 12, 2013 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
86 Companies And Groups Ask Congress To Put An End To Abusive NSA Spying
A group of nearly 100 civil liberties, public interest groups and internet companies have asked Congress to put an end to the abusive NSA surveillance that we've been writing about over the past week (full disclosure: our company, Floor64, is a part of the coalition, along with the EFF, ACLU, reddit, Mozilla, the American Library Assocation, the Internet Archive and many, many more). Along with this effort, a new website has been launched, called Stop Watching Us, which is collecting more signatures for the letter, while also asking for some specific reforms from Congress.
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