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"Somebody Tell CIA": Moscow Mocks US For Posting Video To Recruit Russian Spies On X
- Wednesday January 24, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Mr Peskov suggested the CIA was wasting its time by trying to reach Russians on X, which is banned in Russia and can be accessed only by using a virtual private network, many of which are also banned. Facebook is also blocked in Russia.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
- Monday January 9, 2023
- Reuters
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Targets 'Cyber Mercenaries' Using Facebook to Spy on Activists, Journalists Globally
- Friday December 17, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook parent Meta banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists worldwide.
- www.gadgets360.com
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"Surveillance-For-Hire...": Journalists, Activists Targeted On Facebook
- Friday December 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook parent Meta announced Thursday the shutdown of some 1,500 accounts tied to "cyber mercenary" companies accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide on behalf of paying clients.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Associated Press
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Disables Accounts Used by Palestinian Intelligence to Spy on Citizens
- Thursday April 22, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook said it had disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority's internal intelligence organisation to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political opponents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Says Cyber Spies In China Targeted Uyghurs
- Thursday March 25, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Wednesday said it disrupted efforts by hackers in China to spy on supporters of the Uyghur minority living outside that country.
- www.ndtv.com
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EU Court Curbs Mass Phone Data Grab by Spy Agencies
- Tuesday October 6, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The EU's top court on Tuesday put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal data, but said this could be done under a serious threat to national security.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Spying on Instagram Users Through Cameras, Lawsuit Alleges
- Friday September 18, 2020
- Robert Burnson, Bloomberg
Facebook is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Minds Wants to Pay You to Post on Its Social Network, and Is Expanding Into India
- Thursday July 16, 2020
- Gopal Sathe
Minds is a social network that pays you to post, and rewards you for engagement, and does this as an open source platform that doesn’t spy on you. What’s the catch?
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger Users Targeted by WolfRAT Android Malware: Cisco Researchers
- Wednesday May 20, 2020
- Prabhakar Thakur
Messaging apps users are being tricked into installing a trojan on their Android phones that spies on them by collecting photos, videos, messages, and recording audio.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Sued by Workers at Israeli Spyware Firm Over Blocked Personal Accounts
- Wednesday November 27, 2019
- Reuters
A group of employees from Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social media giant had unfairly blocked their private accounts when it sued NSO last month.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Says AI Getting Better at Spying Unwanted Content
- Thursday November 14, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Wednesday said that its AI is getting more skilled at spying banned content at the social network, then working with humans to quickly remove terrorist videos and more.
- www.gadgets360.com
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BrahMos Engineer Arrested For Spying, "Chatted On Facebook With Pak IDs"
- Tuesday October 9, 2018
- India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Anuj Pant
A scientist working at the BrahMos Missile Research Centre (BMRC) in Maharashtra's Nagpur was arrested on Monday on charges of spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI and other countries, sources say.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Somebody Tell CIA": Moscow Mocks US For Posting Video To Recruit Russian Spies On X
- Wednesday January 24, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Mr Peskov suggested the CIA was wasting its time by trying to reach Russians on X, which is banned in Russia and can be accessed only by using a virtual private network, many of which are also banned. Facebook is also blocked in Russia.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
- Monday January 9, 2023
- Reuters
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Targets 'Cyber Mercenaries' Using Facebook to Spy on Activists, Journalists Globally
- Friday December 17, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook parent Meta banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists worldwide.
- www.gadgets360.com
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"Surveillance-For-Hire...": Journalists, Activists Targeted On Facebook
- Friday December 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook parent Meta announced Thursday the shutdown of some 1,500 accounts tied to "cyber mercenary" companies accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide on behalf of paying clients.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Associated Press
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Disables Accounts Used by Palestinian Intelligence to Spy on Citizens
- Thursday April 22, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook said it had disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority's internal intelligence organisation to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political opponents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Says Cyber Spies In China Targeted Uyghurs
- Thursday March 25, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Wednesday said it disrupted efforts by hackers in China to spy on supporters of the Uyghur minority living outside that country.
- www.ndtv.com
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EU Court Curbs Mass Phone Data Grab by Spy Agencies
- Tuesday October 6, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
The EU's top court on Tuesday put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal data, but said this could be done under a serious threat to national security.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Spying on Instagram Users Through Cameras, Lawsuit Alleges
- Friday September 18, 2020
- Robert Burnson, Bloomberg
Facebook is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Minds Wants to Pay You to Post on Its Social Network, and Is Expanding Into India
- Thursday July 16, 2020
- Gopal Sathe
Minds is a social network that pays you to post, and rewards you for engagement, and does this as an open source platform that doesn’t spy on you. What’s the catch?
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger Users Targeted by WolfRAT Android Malware: Cisco Researchers
- Wednesday May 20, 2020
- Prabhakar Thakur
Messaging apps users are being tricked into installing a trojan on their Android phones that spies on them by collecting photos, videos, messages, and recording audio.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Sued by Workers at Israeli Spyware Firm Over Blocked Personal Accounts
- Wednesday November 27, 2019
- Reuters
A group of employees from Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social media giant had unfairly blocked their private accounts when it sued NSO last month.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Says AI Getting Better at Spying Unwanted Content
- Thursday November 14, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook on Wednesday said that its AI is getting more skilled at spying banned content at the social network, then working with humans to quickly remove terrorist videos and more.
- www.gadgets360.com
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BrahMos Engineer Arrested For Spying, "Chatted On Facebook With Pak IDs"
- Tuesday October 9, 2018
- India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Anuj Pant
A scientist working at the BrahMos Missile Research Centre (BMRC) in Maharashtra's Nagpur was arrested on Monday on charges of spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI and other countries, sources say.
- www.ndtv.com