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US immigration agency on a shopping spree
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NEW YORK - The agency overseeing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown is spending tens of millions of dollars on guns, ammunition, body armor and surveillance technology, according to procurement records reviewed by AFP.
India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» NEW DELHI - India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.
US says disabled Russian spyware used for two decades
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department said Tuesday that it had disabled a "sophisticated" malware network used by Russia's FSB intelligence agency for two decades to spy in 50 countries including a NATO ally.
Greek government survives vote over wiretap scandal
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's government on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running wiretap scandal in which top officials were targeted by state intelligence for months.
Top US court backs WhatsApp suit over Pegasus spyware
AFP, Published on 10/01/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by NSO Group to block a WhatsApp lawsuit accusing the Israeli tech firm of allowing mass cyberespionage of journalists and human rights activists.
France slams Israel's expulsion of French-Palestinian lawyer
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (FRANCE) - French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, held without charge in Israeli prisons since March accused of security offences, arrived in Paris on Sunday following his expulsion from Israel condemned by Paris.
Marinakis, the fiery Greek mogul at war with the PM
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» ATHENS - Evangelos Marinakis, the shipping tycoon, football boss and media mogul, is not just one of the most powerful and controversial figures in Greece, he is waging open warfare against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Apple devices getting beefed-up defence against spyware
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware.
Spain's spy chief sacked over phone hacking scandal
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» MADRID - Spain's government on Tuesday sacked the country's spy chief as part of a widening scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of the prime minister and Catalan separatist leaders.
Coming soon: police body cams with facial recognition
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology.