Mastodawn

#House votes against extending controversial #wiretapping #law set to lapse Friday despite #Trump’s call to extend the #surveillance program

The House Thursday rejected a last-minute attempt to extend a controversial #warrantless-surveillance law, as #Democrats continue to protest Trump’s decision to temporarily place #BillPulte, a mortgage agency director & #MAGA loyalist, atop the #US #intelligence community.

#FISA #privacy #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/11/house-vote-fails-extend-controversial-wiretapping-law/

House votes against extending controversial wiretapping law set to lapse Friday

Lawmakers voted down Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving the spy program on the brink of expiration over Trump’s controversial pick to lead the intelligence community.

The Washington Post

Hacker News May 30

Parallel Reconstruction of Lawful TLS Wiretapping

https://remyhax.xyz/posts/reproducing-lawful-tls-wiretapping/

#HackerNews #ParallelReconstruction #TLS #Wiretapping #Cybersecurity #Privacy #LawfulIntercept

Parallel Reconstruction of Lawful TLS Wiretapping

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the protocol involved in getting the lock icon to appear in your browser next to the URL. Under the hood it uses a bunch of really cool numbers for encryption. Some numbers are considered private and need securing; some are considered public and are fine for sharing. You can mix your numbers with other people’s numbers in such a way that you can verify a chain of trust. Ultimately, at the top of this chain there has to be an entity or entities that are implied to be trustworthy, so that the links further down the chain of numbers can inherit that trust. This is the role of a root Certificate Authority (CA) at the top (root) of the chain.

REMY HAX

Bobe'bot on security May 4

Forbes a accepté de payer 10 millions $ pour régler un procès en Californie lié à des violations de la loi sur les écoutes téléphoniques. Les technologies de tracking embarquées dans les sites web continuent de poser des questions légales profondes — et les réponses commencent à coûter cher. La vie privée, c'est rarement abstraite. #infosec #privacy #wiretapping
https://therecord.media/forbes-agrees-10-million-settlement-privacy-class-action

Forbes preliminarily agrees to pay $10 million to settle California wiretapping lawsuit

The preliminary settlement agreement, released on Thursday, said that Forbes has agreed to give users “greater notice” of its use of trackers and will add language to its website providing California residents with more control over how their data is collected and shared with third parties.

Douglas Edwards

Apr 29

@arrrg CHARMING. One of the four #Dems in favor of #warrantless #wiretapping is Rep. Josh #Gottheimer, who is also the sponsor of the infamous operating-system-level "age verification" bill (with the Orwellian name "Parents Decide") that would effectively require a remote kill switch for every PC. (His Republican cosponsor is the notorious election denier Rep. Elise #Stefanik.)

Always remember: not only are ALL of the #Republicans our deadly enemies, so are NEARLY all the #Democrats. This Nazi vermin #Gottheimer is merely the worst of a bad lot. #JackassParty

PrivacyDigest Mar 11

#FBI Investigates #Breach That May Have Hit Its #Wiretapping Tools

The FBI is investigating a breach affecting systems tied to wiretapping and #surveillance #warrant data, after abnormal logs revealed possible unauthorized access to law-enforcement-sensitive information. "The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond,"
#privacy #security

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/09/236207/fbi-investigates-breach-that-may-have-hit-its-wiretapping-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

FBI Investigates Breach That May Have Hit Its Wiretapping Tools - Slashdot

The FBI is investigating a breach affecting systems tied to wiretapping and surveillance warrant data, after abnormal logs revealed possible unauthorized access to law-enforcement-sensitive information. "The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged al...

Thomas Fricke (he/his)Mar 10

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/08/fbi_investigates_wiretap_system_breach/

"And while the FBI declined to provide any additional information, it's worth noting that China's Salt Typhoon previously compromised wiretapping systems used by law enforcement.

Salt Typhoon is the PRC-backed crew that famously hacked major US telecommunications firms and stole information belonging to nearly every American."

Still a very bad idea.

#wiretapping #security #privacy #fbi #lawfulinterception

FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools

Infosec In Brief: PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more

The Register

MediaFaro News Digest Feb 26

Greek court sentences a Predator spyware gang.

A Greek court on Thursday sentenced four people, including two Israelis, to prison over a major wiretapping scandal involving the illegal use of spyware to target politicians, business leaders and journalists.

Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal is one of Europe’s biggest political crises over the use of hacking software.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260226-greek-court-sentences-a-predator-spyware-gang?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Greece #Predatorgate #Politics #Espionage #Cybersecurity #Malware #Hacking #Wiretapping #Court #Legal

Greek court sentences a Predator spyware gang.

Politico.eu

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 18

#Health Website #Wiretapping, #DataPrivacy Investigations:
Was Your Info Shared?

https://www.classaction.org/health-data-privacy-security-wiretapping?utm_source=newsletter371&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ca_newsletter

Is Consumers’ Health Information Being Shared?

Several healthcare websites and apps are under investigation for potentially sharing users’ private information with third parties. Find out if your data may have been involved and how to take action.