United Nations Data Leaked

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  Ex-CIA Employee Charged With Leaking Classified Data, Child Porn Offences

  U.S. federal prosecutors on Monday charged a former CIA employee with leaking classified national defence information to an unnamed organisation that publicly disseminates such data, as well as with child pornography offences.

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  Anonymous Leaks Personal Data Hacked From UN Climate Site

  According to a list shown to AFP, the information included emails and encrypted passwords.

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  Anonymous Leaks Personal Data Hacked From UN Climate Site

  The United Nations confirmed on Thursday reports that activist group Anonymous leaked personal data from some 1,400 people using its climate website, as the world gathered in Paris to craft a climate rescue pact.

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  US Senate Fails to Extend NSA Spy Program

  The legal authority for US spy agencies' collection of Americans' phone records and other data was set to expire at midnight on Sunday after the US Senate failed to pass legislation extending the powers.

• US can access Britons' personal data under secret deal: report

  The US National Security Agency has stored the personal electronic data of British citizens under a secret deal with London, according to files leaked by Edward Snowden and published by British media.

• Israel intercepted millions of French calls: report

  Israeli agents hacked millions of phone calls and messages in France, media reported citing a leaked US intelligence document.

• US agencies moving slowly to tighten data security, despite major leaks

  Despite saying they suffered major damage from classified documents made public by an Army soldier and a National Security Agency contractor, US government agencies have fallen behind in installing computer software to stop such leaks, US officials say.

• Edward Snowden's leaks hurt national security, could expose spies: UK

  Leaks by a fugitive US intelligence contractor have damaged Britain's national security, and the data he gave journalists includes information that might expose the identities of British spies, a government official told the High Court in London.

• Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks breach triggered costly US Army scramble, says witness

  Assessing the breach of the largest leak of classified data in US history cost the military hundreds of thousands of dollars, a retired Army officer on Wednesday told the judge weighing the length of time soldier Bradley Manning will spend in prison.

• US court renews surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden

  The US government said on Friday a secret court that oversees intelligence activities granted its request to continue a telephone surveillance program - one of the two data collection efforts leaked by former security contractor Edward Snowden.

• British government faces questions over PRISM cyber-snooping

  Britain must say if its spies acted illegally after revelations that they received data collected secretly by the United States from the world's biggest Internet companies, members of parliament said on Monday.

• Former CIA man Edward Snowden says he exposed US spy scheme to protect world

  An ex-CIA employee working as a contractor at the US National Security Agency said on Sunday he was the source who leaked details of a top secret US surveillance program, acting out of conscience to protect "basic liberties for people around the world."

• Switzerland spy agency warns US, Britain about huge data leak

  Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for the NDB, Switzerland's intelligence service, European national security sources said.