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Submission + - NSO Spyware Operators not salesmen (theguardian.com)

Submitted by jojowombl
jojowombl writes: Legal documents released in ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed for the first time that the Israeli cyberweapons maker â" and not its government customers â" is the party that âoeinstalls and extractsâ information from mobile phones targeted by the companyâ(TM)s hacking software.
Security

BBC Hijacks 22,000 PCs In Botnet Demonstration 457

Posted by CmdrTaco from the yeah-demo-that-please-sure dept.
An anonymous reader writes "'[The BBC] managed to acquire its own low-value botnet — the name given to a network of hijacked computers — after visiting chatrooms on the internet. The programme did not access any personal information on the infected PCs. If this exercise had been done with criminal intent it would be breaking the law. But our purpose was to demonstrate botnets' collective power when in the hands of criminals.' The BBC performed a controlled DDoS attack, 'then ordered its slave PCs to bombard its target site with requests for access to make it inaccessible.'"
Privacy

UK Government To Outsource Data Snooping and Storage 114

Posted by timothy from the avoid-conflict-of-interest dept.
bone_idol writes "The Guardian is reporting that the private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone's calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation paper to be published next month by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary. Also covered on the BBC."
The Courts

Apple Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar 606

Posted by CmdrTaco from the put-on-your-foil-hats dept.
rgraham writes "From the article on Growler: 'Apple apparently believes that somebody else is behind Psystar, which might help to explain why a major law firm would take on what seems like a fly-by-night's case; also why Psystar has been so bold in continuing to sell its products. I knew this thing felt funny. As Alice in Wonderland might put it, "It gets interestinger and interestinger."'"

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