A U.S. satellite that’s used to spy on other countries is being trailed by two Russian satellites, according to the commander of the U.S. Space Force. Source: https://www.livescience.com/russian-spacecraft-stalking-us-spy-satellite-space-force.html
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UK To Host Spyware Firm Accused of Aiding Human Rights Abuses
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The British government is helping a controversial Israeli spyware company to market its surveillance technologies at a secretive trade fair visited by repressive regimes, the Guardian can reveal. The government will host the NSO Group, which sells technology that has allegedly been used by autocratic regimes to spy on the private messages…
Ex-CIA Engineer Set To Go On Trial For Vault 7 Leak
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Manhattan federal prosecutors are poised to open their case Tuesday in the trial of a former software engineer for the Central Intelligence Agency who is charged with handing over a trove of classified information on the spy agency’s hacking operations to WikiLeaks (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source). In 2017, WikiLeaks released more than…
A Russian Satellite Appears To Be Shadowing an American Spy Satellite
“A Russian satellite has positioned itself uncomfortably close to an American spy satellite in orbit around Earth…” reports the Verge, adding that the Russian satellite “has been in constant view of its U.S. target for nearly two weeks now.” An anonymous reader quotes The Drive: Russia has a number of what it calls “space apparatus inspectors” in orbit, which the U.S….
Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent the Cuban missile crisis?
Ironbark is one of 2020’s anticipated movies. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the MI6 handler of a Russian spy who may have helped prevent nuclear war Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-300-ironbark-did-two-spies-really-prevent-the-cuban-missile-crisis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent all-out nuclear war?
Ironbark is one of 2020’s anticipated movies. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the MI6 handler of a Russian spy who may have helped prevent nuclear war Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-300-ironbark-did-two-spies-really-prevent-all-out-nuclear-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Albatrosses strapped with sensors help spy on illegal fishing boats
Attach a radar sensor to an albatross and you have a bird spy. Researchers deployed 169 of them in the Indian Ocean and found that a quarter of fishing vessels may be operating illegally Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231442-albatrosses-strapped-with-sensors-help-spy-on-illegal-fishing-boats/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss
Declassified spy-satellite photos show that the glaciers near Mount Everest are shrinking more than expected. Source: https://www.livescience.com/melting-everest-glaciers.html
‘Police Tracked a Terror Suspect on WhatsApp — Until His Phone Went Dark After a Warning From Facebook’
“A team of European law-enforcement officials was hot on the trail of a potential terror plot in October, fearing an attack during Christmas season, when their keyhole into a suspect’s phone went dark,” reports the Wall Street Journal: WhatsApp, Facebook Inc.’s popular messaging tool, had just notified about 1,400 users — among them the suspected terrorist — that their phones had…
LucasFilm President Answers The Burning ‘Star Wars’ Question: What’s Next?
66-year-old Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy reveals what they’ll do after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Kennedy says that streaming “is a really important transition… What we’ve been focused on these last five or six years is finishing that family saga around the Skywalkers. Now is the time to start thinking about how to segue into something new and different.” Kennedy…