The German government is spying on computer users in its country with a trojan horse program without their consent, a German hacker group claims. The Chaos Computer Club (CCC), claims on its website that it has obtained and analyzed software that is ostensibly a “lawful interception” program designed to legally listen in on internet-based phone calls as part of a legal wiretap. Its capabilities …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. government scientist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempted espionage for passing top-secret national defense information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.

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A long report ran on Reuters today, detailing some of the ways the Chinese government and associated hackers spy on the United States and other Western governments and companies. In short, the Chinese are way better at cyberspying than pretty much anybody else. There’s a whole lot of very complicated information in the report, much of it just barely within a layman’s grasp. If you’d like to be …

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The French government has warned the chief executive of Renault that he faces “consequences” for the “incredible amateurism” shown by the car maker in a spying scandal.

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