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more about #espionage more comments → nutbastard: 'im not your friend, buddy!' more » 32ndnote: Oh no, I always hate it when I have an excuse to buy a new toy. Hello China, hello new/refurbished Lenovo lappie. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Actually you wouldn't believe how rampant virii and what not are over there in businesses. more » Rand: So what they are saying is that the electronic device which is built in China needs to come back to China in order to have a bug inserted? So its perf... more » ConwayPheasant: So you're saying that psychic spies from China are trying to steal our mind's elation? more » Hello Mister Walrus: So what you're saying is... that my mail order bride could be a government spy? Damn it! more » ISOHaven: Good thing the Apple iPhone contains OSX which is 100% stable, has ZERO security flaws, can NEVER be penetrated, has ZERO code flaws, is perfect in ev... more » Thorax707: What if I just order Chinese take out? more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Note to self: put box in airport marked "Chinese bugged electronic disposal" Step 3: Profit more » Project_J187: Mission Impossible 4: Look what I found on the train. more » Kaiser-Machead: If only accidents like that happened in bigger situations. Now, the plans contained within this droid reveal a vital weakness. It......it....oh blast ... more » Sora57 is OK: It is my understanding that the military purchased lots of computer chips from China and uses them in everything from aircraft to desktops. Perhaps t... more » Dr. H. F. Danger: And you all laughed when Cuba decided to switch to Linux. "Ha ha ha ha, nothing will happnen to us...*click*" sir...out power is down DAMN! more » Curves: Just to make sure everyone remembers the last big black out where we, the citizens of Northern Ohio and our masters at First Energy Corp, blacked out ... more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Let us not forget that Kevin Smith helps save the day by providing important info. more » -
#security
Coming Back From China? Throw Your Phone Out
According to the government, if you're coming back from China you probably want to ditch your phone. You know, just in case. More » -
#ciaspytech
Spycraft Hits Paperback In Time for Father's Day
Remember that awesome CIA gadget book, Spycraft, written by our spooky friends Bob Wallace and Keith Melton? Well, it just came out in paperback, people—$12.24 at Amazon. Go git 'em. [Amazon] -
#security
UK's MI6 Scrapped Multi-Million Dollar Undercover Operation Because of Lost USB Drive
You'd think MI6 agents would handle top-secret data more carefully than on memory stick in a purse, right? Well that purse was left behind on a train in 2006, compromising a multi-million dollar drug operation. More » -
#espionage
Cyber-Spies Hack Into Ultra-Sensitive Pentagon Fighter Jet Project
Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project and made off with several terabytes of code. The Pentagon, and consequently the Wall Street Journal, suspects Chinese involvement. More » -
#weredoomed
Scary: Spies Have Totally Infilitrated Our Electricity Grid
This is frightening: Cyberspies from China and Russia have penetrated the US electricity grid, leaving behind software that could be triggered to mess up our infrastructure, reports the WSJ. More » -
#spycams
Minox Spy Camera Goes Digital, Still Tiny Enough to Please Q
Spy-technology aficionados will know about Minox's miniature camera and it's genuine espionage heritage, and now the camera's gone all modern with a digital face lift. A 5-megapixel sensor's been plopped into the Digital SpyCam, which remains tiny at just 3 and 3/8 x 1 and 3/16 x 7/8-inches and weighing in at 2.1 ounces: small enough to disappear into a leather-clad fist when it needs to be concealed. With a lithium battery, and 42mm equivalent lens, plus capability of saving onto 16GB memory cards, it's no slouch either. Budding spys, and perhaps genuine ones (Mi6 take note) will be able to grab one now for $199. [Minox] -
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#ciaspytech
CIA Spy Gadgets Revealed: Q Ain't Got Nothin' On Langley
This week is Gizmodo's salute to CIA spy technology. What's the occasion? The May 29th release of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda, by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton (with Henry R. Schlesinger). While we don't typically review books, this one happens to be the best we've ever seen on the subject of old-school spyware, a book the CIA itself held up for many many months before just barely deeming it safe for public consumption, a book that pretty much proves that all the freaky spy gadgetry you've seen in movies—and some that you haven't—is ALL TOTALLY REAL. More » -
#espionage
News Corp. Hires Hacker to Break Into Dish Satellite Network, Steal Security Codes for Pirate Cards
This is classic corporate espionage/sabotage at its finest. Dish Network is accusing News Corp.—which used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides its security tech—of hiring hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into Dish's network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. It sounds insane, but Tarnovsky admitted in court he was paid James Bond villain style, with $20,000 cash payments mailed from Canada hidden inside "electronic devices." More »
