Prism Programme

Microsoft asks US government for freedom to disclose security requests

Microsoft said on Tuesday it has written to the US Attorney General to ask for more freedom to disclose how it handles requests...

UK report suggests that other nations are hiring cybermercenaries to launch attacks

A British intelligence report has said on Wednesday that other nations are hiring hackers to launch attacks against their enemies, a trend it described as particularly worrying..

Government uses millions of tax-payer dollars to snoop on citizens

How much are your private conversations worth to the government? Turns out, it can be a lot, depending on the technology...

US surveillance row washes up on Pacific allies' shores

Unease over a clandestine U.S. data collection programme has rippled across the Pacific to two of Washington's major allies, Australia and New Zealand...