Tag: Watchdog

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. The country has been developing a form of intranet that precludes users from connecting with the outside world, since 2002. (AP File Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Report suggests North Korea has its own encryption system

Rudy Takala · December 29, 2015 12:10 am

If the "Trump Filter" finds any reference to the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, it substitutes the reference with a blank space. (AP file photo/John Locher)

New Google extension blocks any mention of Donald Trump

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 9:32 pm

"We cannot wait for the next attack before we outline our options, nor should we legislate out of fear," House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote in an editorial for the Washington Post on Monday. (AP photos)

Lawmakers call for commission on encryption

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 8:35 pm

The exposed data from the hack could include, for instance, what political lawn signs a voter has had on display over the last decade. (AP Photo)

Report: Data from 191 million voters exposed online

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 5:38 pm

State Dept. plans New Year’s Eve release of Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · December 28, 2015 5:12 pm

The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday accused the Obama administration of fighting the Islamic State "in word only." (AP Photo/Osama Sami)

National Security

Russia: U.S. not taking ‘real action’ against Islamic State

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 4:25 pm

"In this month we are working in silence. We have already foiled 1 attack #ISIS against #Italy, we hope to block others," one of the group's Twitter accounts claimed. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP file)

Anonymous says it stopped terror plot in Italy

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 3:40 pm

Anonymous attacks Turkish banks over Christmas

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 2:25 pm

USAID secretly created a primitive social media program called ZunZuneo, staged a health workshop to recruit activists and infiltrated Cuba's hip-hop community. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Secret ‘Cuban Twitter’ project racked with problems

Sarah Bedford · December 24, 2015 9:56 pm

"It's not the word 'secret' that makes the document secret. It's that the information is secret," said Rep. Mike Pompeo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

House legislation would preserve data collected under Patriot Act

Rudy Takala · December 24, 2015 5:01 am

Yahoo is the third major tech company to introduce such a security measure. Facebook announced the same policy October, while Google did so in 2012. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Yahoo to notify users when they’re targeted by state-backed hackers

Rudy Takala · December 23, 2015 10:14 pm

Anonymous says it hacked Turkey for ‘supporting’ Islamic State

Rudy Takala · December 23, 2015 7:40 pm