The U.S. administration is set to make a few changes to the country’s mass surveillance practises, according to a New York Times report late Monday. The piece, which appears to be… Read more »
In the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Commission to deliver on its “promise” of a new EU-wide data retention… Read more »
Two German government websites were knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack around 10am local time on Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s site is still down five and a… Read more »
The German high court has denied an attempt by two of the country’s opposition parties to have NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden visit Berlin to testify before the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament. The… Read more »
The incident was reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung on Friday, with sources claiming that the decision not to destroy the recording was “idiocy”. Read more »
Spying on the German public? Not a problem. Spying on Chancellor Merkel? Kind of a problem. Turning a German intelligence employee and German army officer? It seems the German government has… Read more »
In what may turn out to be the biggest diplomatic upset yet to emerge from the surveillance scandal, German authorities have arrested a German intelligence employee who reportedly confessed to spying… Read more »
Finally, a full-blown investigation has been launched. It’s only focusing on the phone-bugging incident, though, not the NSA’s alleged surveillance of normal Germans. Read more »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has for the first time thrown her weight behind plans, initially suggested by telcos, for a “communication network inside Europe” that can keep data safe from prying… Read more »