The Intercept

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2015
How the CIA is working to break the security of Apple devices

A new interesting report published by The Intercept details the effort spent by the US intelligence to compromise the security of Apple devices. The Intercept published another disconcerting post on the US Intelligence campaign aimed to steal the secrets of the IT giant Apple. According to top-secret documents disclosed by The Intercept a team of researchers working with the Central […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2015
SIM Maker Gemalto Confirms cyber attacks, but excludes key theft

SIM maker Gemalto confirmed that unknown hackers targeted its systems in the period indicated by Snowden, but denied any massive theft of encryption keys. Just a week ago, the media agencies spread the news that US and British intelligence services have stolen encryption keys of the major SIM card maker Gemalto to spy on mobile […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2015
Great SIM Heist – docs reveal mass cell phone hack by Five Eyes intelligence

US and British intelligence services have stolen encryption keys of the major SIM card maker Gemalto to spy on mobile voice and data communications worldwide. A new report published by The Intercept reveals that the National Security Agency and the British counterpart GCHQ obtained encryption keys of the global SIM manufacturer Gemalto, but the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2014
Op AURORAGOLD – NSA hacks cellphone networks worldwide

The Intercept revealed the Op AURORAGOLD run by the NSA to spy on hundreds of companies and organizations to hack cellphone networks worldwide. The Intercept has uncovered details of the operation AURORAGOLD, another massive surveillance program operated by the US Intelligence . The new program is ambitious, the NSA has developed AURORAGOLD with the intent to spy on every cellphone network in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2014
ICREACH program, NSA Search Engine for communications analysis

ICREACH is the codename for the NSA’s Secret Google-Like Search Engine for Metadata Analysis disclosed by a new collection of documents leaked by Snowden. ICREACH is the name of a Google-like search engine designed by the National Security Agency (NSA) that provides metadata related to individuals living in US to more than two dozen US government agencies. The Intercept […]