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Posts Tagged NSA
President Attempts To Bypass Watergate Era Spying Laws
Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 1/Jun/2012 19:11
From Wired’s Threat Level:
The Obama administration is set to argue to a federal appeals court Friday(today) that the government may breach, with impunity, domestic spying laws adopted in the wake of President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
The case tests whether Americans may seek recourse or monetary damages when a sitting U.S. president bypasses Congress’s ban on warrantless spying on Americans — in this instance when President George W. Bush authorized his secret, warrantless domestic spying program in the aftermath of the September 2001 terror attacks.
NSA Creates Secure Call System
Technology Review reports that the NSA has devised a system in which phones with the Android software are able to make encrypted phone calls.
Let’s hope that this tech trickles down to the consumer market.
Military’s Cyber Commander Swears: “No Role†in Civilian Networks
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 24/Sep/2010 22:48
If your business gets hacked, don’t bother calling the U.S. military’s new Cyber Command.
Sure, the unit has some of the government’s top geeks — and is oh-so-conveniently co-located with the network infiltration experts at the National Security Agency. But Cyber Command is too busy trying to shore up the Pentagon’s digital defenses. Plus, they’re not even sure helping your company out would be legal, yet.
“Right now, we do not have a role,†new Cyber Command chief Gen. Keith Alexander tells reporters in a rare on-the-record interview. “Within the United States, I do not believe that’s where Cyber Command should or will operate.â€
Changing that, Alexander adds, “is a decision the White House needs to make.â€
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/09/militarys-cyber-commander-swears-no-role-on-civilian-networks/#ixzz10VeDt0xu
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 15/Aug/2010 21:33
“The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government’s chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn’t persistently monitor the whole system, these people said.”
