Tag: Intelligence agencies
US intel agencies sharply cut surveillance during pandemic
WASHINGTON — The number of targets of secretive surveillance in national security investigations fell sharply last year in part because of the coronavirus pandemic...
Ransomware explained: No silver bullet, out-of-reach crooks
<p>BOSTON — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/solarwinds-hack-email-top-dhs-officials-8bcd4a4eb3be1f8f98244766bae70395">hacking of federal agencies</a> and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital...
Jason Matthews, author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, dies
<p>NEW YORK — Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre...
Ransomware explained: No silver bullet, out-of-reach crooks
BOSTON — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge...
Jason Matthews, author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, dies
NEW YORK — Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre...
Biden to keep intelligence inspector general Trump appointed
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden intends to keep the watchdog overseeing the U.S. intelligence community, a longtime intelligence official who rose to the post...
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...
US government taking creative steps to counter cyberthreats
WASHINGTON — An FBI operation that gave law enforcement remote access to hundreds of computers to counter a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email...
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
<p>St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...
Biden to keep intelligence inspector general Trump appointed
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden intends to keep the watchdog overseeing the U.S. intelligence community, a longtime intelligence official who rose to the post...