Surveillance
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
VKontakte and several Russian surveillance firms were added to the EU sanctions list over alleged ties to the FSB and the repression of government critics.
Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case
Anthropic says Chinese AI labs stole data from Claude to train rival models
Israeli firm Autonomous Guard enters Indian defense market with $1.9m deal
Police: 'There is no proof to spyware allegations, everything was legal'
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit said initial examination did not turn up evidence of systemic misuse of surveillance technologies.
More Polish NSO Group phone-hacking victims likely - researcher
Late last year, Canadian researchers said phones of a senior opposition politician and two prominent government critics were hacked using Israeli Pegasus spyware.
IAEA chief shows off Iran-style nuke monitoring camera
The director-general pushed back on questions that he had not achieved sufficient restoration of monitoring of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
Gov’t privacy authority questions need for Shin Bet to track Omicron
There was a prior Knesset law authorizing Shin Bet tracking of the coronavirus, but it expired this past July.
Can the FBI monitor your WhatsApp conversations?
According to the document, iMessage and WhatsApp provides the FBI access to more data categories than other platforms, including content and history of messages sent and received.
Shin Bet tracking of COVID-19 Omicron patients blocked by Arab party
A Joint List veto blocked the Knesset from voting on whether the Shin Bet security service can track people exposed to the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Is it legal to bring Shin Bet back into coronavirus tracking? - analysis
A close eye will have to be kept on whether the upcoming Knesset law defines criteria and numbers of infections for what a broader outbreak would be.
Israeli-Arab violence: Will all hell break loose with Shin Bet's involvement? - analysis
Will the decision to involve the Shin Bet and IDF in the Israeli-Arab sector become a trendsetter in Bennett's government? What about the precedent set by Netanyahu?
Israeli security firm used to surveil Britney Spears by father
A former employee of the Israeli-owned firm reveals how the company was tasked with monitoring the singer's phone conversations, even planting a listening device in her bedroom
WHO says Guinea monitoring confirmed 155 cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Guinea was declared free of Ebola two months ago, following an outbreak that killed 12 people.
