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NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants
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NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants

Senator Ron Wyden of the United States revealed last week that the National Security Agency (NSA) has acknowledged purchasing internet traffic records from data brokers in order to identify the websites and apps that Americans use that would otherwise require a court order. In a letter to Avril Haines, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Wyden stated that "the U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans' privacy are not just unethical, but illegal." He also urged the DNI to take action to "ensure that U.S. intelligence agencies only purchase data on Americans that has been obtained lawfully read more NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants. Get up to date on the latest cyb...
Ex-NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Data to Russia
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Ex-NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Data to Russia

A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee entered a guilty plea to charges of trying to send Russia confidential defense material. From June 6, 2022, to July 1, 2022, Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 31, worked for the National Security Agency (NSA) as an information systems security designer. He was authorized to view classified material with Top Secret clearance. Over a year has passed since his arrest before the most recent development. "Dalke admitted that between August and September 2022, in order to demonstrate both his 'legitimate access and willingness to share,' he used an encrypted email account to transmit excerpts of three classified documents to an individual he believed to be a Russian agent," the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) stated read more Ex-NSA Employee...