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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.
Israel taps spyware firms to track hostages
Bloomberg News and Online Reporters, Published on 26/10/2023
» Israel’s security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the notorious Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter say.
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.
Thailand shut out of US democracy summit again
Online Reporters and AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Thailand has once more been excluded from US President Joe Biden’s second “Summit for Democracy”, where he is expected to pledge $700 million in funds and a joint alliance against surveillance technology as US concern mounts over China and Russia.
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.
Israel's Cognyte won tender to 'sell intercept spyware to Myanmar' before coup
Published on 15/01/2023
» SINGAPORE: Israel's Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the Asian nation's February 2021 military coup, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.
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.