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  • Mon, 20 May 2013 22:34:05 +0000: Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company’s Surveillance Database - Threat Level
    Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company’s Surveillance Database
    Hackers who breached Google's network in 2010 obtained access to the company's system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to a news report.
  • Mon, 20 May 2013 19:52:54 +0000: Feds Tracked Reporter’s Movements, Personal E-Mail in Criminal Conspiracy Investigation - Threat Level
    Feds Tracked Reporter’s Movements, Personal E-Mail in Criminal Conspiracy Investigation
    In an effort to unmask a leaker who fed a reporter classified information about North Korea, FBI investigators tracked the journalist's movements in and out of a government building, obtained copies of his phone records and personal e-mails and also ...
  • Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:04 +0000: The Strange Story of Marie Antoinette’s Watch - Threat Level
    The Strange Story of Marie Antoinette’s Watch
    It was a watch so beautiful, so elegant, so precise, that it could only have been meant for royalty. Then it vanished without a trace.    |    Photo: David Silberman/Getty Images The tiny Simca 1000 Sedan puttered through the ...
  • Thu, 16 May 2013 19:57:09 +0000: Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Court Order to Seize Phone Records - Threat Level
    Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Court Order to Seize Phone Records
    In the wake of the AP scandal, in which federal investigators obtained the phone records of journalists using only a subpoena, four lawmakers have introduced legislation in the House that would prevent federal agencies from seizing any phone records without ...
  • Thu, 16 May 2013 18:17:51 +0000: LulzSec Hackers Sentenced to Prison by London Court - Threat Level
    LulzSec Hackers Sentenced to Prison by London Court
    Four leading hackers from LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, were sentenced today to between two and two-and-a-half years in prison in London for their roles in hacking Sony and a series of other targets in 2011.