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Threatpost editors discuss the return of Emotet, a new lawsuit against Edward Snowden and more. Continue reading News Wrap: Emotet’s Return, U.S. Vs. Snowden, Physical Pen Testers Arrested
The government, alleging that Snowden violated NDAs with the CIA and NSA, isn’t looking to stop the book’s publication or distribution. Continue reading US files suit against Snowden to keep book profits out of his hands
The U.S. is attempting to seize any assets related to Edward Snowden’s new memoir, Permanent Record. Continue reading Edward Snowden Sued by U.S. Over New Memoir
The United States government today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA and NSA government agencies who made headlines worldwide in 2013 when he fled the country and leaked top-secret information about NSA’s global an… Continue reading United States Sues Edward Snowden and You’d be Surprised to Know Why
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit in civil court against former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, alleging he violated his non-disclosure agreements with both the NSA and CIA by publishing his memoir. In a suit filed Tuesday, the U.S. alleges that Snowden did not seek pre-publication review in accordance with obligations he signed while employed with and contracting for both agencies. Snowden’s book, “Permanent Record,” was released Tuesday. “The United States’ ability to protect sensitive national security information depends on employees’ and contractors’ compliance with their non-disclosure agreements, including their pre-publication review obligations,” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division said in a statement. “This lawsuit demonstrates that the Department of Justice does not tolerate these breaches of the public’s trust. We will not permit individuals to enrich themselves, at the expense of the United States, without complying with their pre-publication review obligations.” […]
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Former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin was sentenced Friday to 9 years in prison for his role in a massive theft of classified documents. Martin was responsible for one of the largest leaks of U.S government secrets, after it was found that the former NSA contractor possessed up to 50 terabytes of classified government documents he collected over the course of two decades. Judge Richard Bennett’s sentence falls short of the maximum number of years Martin previously face — 10 years for each of the 20 counts against him — for unauthorized and willful retention of national defense information. However, the sentence aligns with the plea agreement his public defenders reached with the U.S. government. The U.S. attorneys said his theft called for “significant” prison time, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum, which CyberScoop obtained. “The exceptionally grave nature and circumstances of the defendant’s criminal conduct call for a significant […]
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The NSA has asked the White House to end its mass phone surveillance program because the work involved outweighs its intelligence value. Continue reading NSA asks to end mass phone surveillance
In this week’s CYBER podcast, we sat down with Edward Snowden to talk about his life in Russia, Julian Assange, and press freedom. Continue reading Edward Snowden: Without Russian Asylum, ‘I Would Be in Guantanamo or Dead’
“They get Twitter accounts. Instagram accounts (with) puppies and everything like that, because they want to be friendly. They want to be on your side.” Continue reading Edward Snowden Explains Why the CIA Just Made an Instagram
In this week’s CYBER podcast, we sat down with Edward Snowden to talk about his life in Russia, Julian Assange, and press freedom. Continue reading Edward Snowden: Assange’s Arrest and the Mueller Report Show a ‘Two-Tiered System of Justice’