Articles about NSA

Former NSA director Keith Alexander stepping down from Amazon’s board

Keith Alexander, a retired four-star Army general and former director of the National Security Agency, is stepping down from Amazon’s board of directors after six years. Read More

Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest

Amazon Web Services has received a $10 billion cloud computing contract from the National Security Agency, according to a report… Read More

NSA opts to ‘Turn a New Leaf,’ disclosing Windows vulnerability rather than using it as a weapon

Today is the final day for public security updates for Windows 7. It is also the day when, as security… Read More

Data startup Koverse uses NSA tech to spot risks in supply chains

You wake up, drink a cup of Colombian coffee, check a phone made of rare earth metals, and drive a… Read More

Assange: WikiLeaks to give tech companies details about CIA hacking practices

Days after it leaked hundreds of files documenting CIA hacking practices, WikiLeaks said it will work with tech companies to… Read More

Here’s how the CIA is hacking smartphones and TVs, according to WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has begun publishing thousands of documents it claims to have taken from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. In… Read More

Edward Snowden’s ex-boss speaks out: ‘I would have hired him again’ — but not now

The cybersecurity expert who hired Edward Snowden for his last job is laying out his lessons learned – but admits it would have… Read More

Bullet holes were filled with flowers at one of the restaurants involved in the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. (Credit: Greg Sandoval)

Apple debate raises question: Did encryption prevent NSA from breaking up Paris attacks?

How lucky for Yahoo. Michael Rogers, National Security Agency (NSA) director, sits down for an interview and provides the perfect… Read More

Edward Snowden on Reddit: ‘I would have come forward sooner’

“I would have come forward sooner.” Edward Snowden, between the awarding of the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award to Citizenfour… Read More

NSA reform dies in the Senate, despite tech company lobbying

Despite lobbying efforts by tech titans, the U.S. Senate has halted the progress of the USA Freedom Act in a… Read More

Microsoft releases new reports showing law enforcement requests

Microsoft updated its reports on the number of government requests for customer data the company has received, and the numbers… Read More

3 ways Glenn Greenwald changed how I look at privacy

Glenn Greenwald doesn’t mince words. The government is “truly devoted to the elimination of privacy in the digital age,” the… Read More

Microsoft successfully blocked FBI from enterprise customer data request last year

In an effort to demonstrate its policy toward government requests for data, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith today detailed a now-public… Read More

What Snapchat teaches us about the way teens define privacy

When it comes to the generational differences between today’s youth and their parents or grandparents, there are the obvious ones:… Read More

How Microsoft’s top lawyer would keep the NSA in check

In light of last year’s NSA revelations and more recently the Heartbleed security breach, how government balances the protection of… Read More

Gmail steps up security with always-on HTTPS

Gmail users can rest a little bit easier today after Google announced that users sending and receiving email through its… Read More

Syrian Electronic Army may have stolen government data requests, Microsoft says

All of a sudden, the Syrian Electronic Army’s attacks on Microsoft have become a lot more than just a minor… Read More

Responding to Obama, Microsoft calls for international pact on digital surveillance

President Obama’s speech last week outlining his plan for reforming the NSA left many in the tech industry wanting much… Read More

Microsoft Windows crash reporting system used by NSA for ‘passive’ spying, report says

Agents with the U.S. National Security Agency are able to intercept crash reports from specific Microsoft Windows-based machines to better… Read More

Security firm RSA got $10M from the NSA to push bad crypto

Security firm RSA took $10 million from the NSA to make a flawed cipher the default in one of its… Read More

Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech rivals urge Obama, Congress to curb snooping

While they’re usually fierce competitors, an octet of leading technology companies have banded together to ask the U.S. to take… Read More

Here’s what Microsoft plans to do about government surveillance

Microsoft is battening down the hatches when it comes to protecting its customers against government surveillance. In a blog post… Read More

Report: Microsoft plans to secure its internal communications against NSA spying

According to a new report by the Washington Post, Microsoft is working to encrypt its internal server traffic, following revelations… Read More

Twitter strengthens encryption to help impede spying

Twitter announced today that it has beefed up the security of its traffic as a way of better protecting its… Read More

Yahoo to encrypt internal server traffic by early next year, trying to thwart NSA

In a post to Yahoo’s official blog, CEO Marissa Mayer announced that the company plans to have all of its… Read More

Apple reveals government requests, says it hasn’t received any under disputed section of Patriot Act

Apple released its Report on Government Information Requests today, outlining just how many times different law enforcement agencies around the… Read More

Apple says it’s not snooping on iMessages, dismisses ‘theoretical vulnerabilities’

Security research firm QuarksLab recently dropped a bombshell on iOS users with a presentation at the Hack in the Box… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: How these digital security pros view the NSA surveillance revelations

What do people who work in digital security think about the NSA revelations? And how concerned should the rest of… Read More

Zuck: Government “blew it” with NSA disclosures

SAN FRANCISCO–When Mark Zuckerberg meets with top House Republicans next week, it seems like the NSA’s spying programs will make… Read More

More transparency: Microsoft not satisfied with government’s new security request plan

Back when the NSA’s snooping practices were revealed in June, Microsoft joined fellow tech giants Google and Facebook in asking the U.S. government for… Read More