Encryption

Malware Built On NSA Tools Used In Massive Cyber-Attack Hitting 74 Countries

A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing, Saturday, May 13, 201. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Apparent National Security Agency (NSA) malware has been used in a global cyber-attack, including on British hospitals, in what whistleblower Edward Snowden described as the repercussion of the NSA’s reckless decision to build the tools.

Wikileaks Vault 7 Release Paints A Grim Picture For Journalism

A journalist is silhouetted as he speaks to a cameraman beside a British military armored vehicle at a NATO summit in Newport, Wales. (AP/Matt Dunham)
MINNEAPOLIS– This past Tuesday saw the biggest shake-up in the tech world since Edward Snowden first revealed the full extent of the National Security Agency’s “dragnet” surveillance program nearly four years ago.