Stephanie Kirchgaessner

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Angela Giuffrida |Stephanie Kirchgaessner

The Italian government approved the use of a sophisticated surveillance tool to spy on members of a humanitarian NGO because they were allegedly deemed a possible threat to national security, MPs have heard. Alfredo Mantovano, a cabinet undersecretary, made the admission during a classified meeting with Copasir, the parliamentary committee for national security, according to a person familiar with the situation.

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Martin Pengelly |Amy Sedghi |Hugo Lowell |Julia Kollewe |Stephanie Kirchgaessner |Joseph Gedeon

Bipartisan letter to Pentagon inspector general implores investigation into Signal group chat leakThe Republican chair and ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee have written to the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense, to demand an investigation of “Signalgate”, the scandal over how a journalist was added to a group chat in which top national security officials shared details of airstrikes in Yemen.

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stephanie Kirchgaessner |Jessica Glenza

A cutting-edge technology expected to foster new medical breakthroughs in treatments for cancers and infectious disease is being treated “like a four-letter word” inside the Trump administration, causing panic among scientists who fear Trump-appointed health officials, driven by misinformation and conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccine, will cut critical research in the field.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Researchers have uncovered “possible links” between Ontario’s provincial police force and an Israel-based military-grade spyware maker called Paragon Solutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weapons.

1 month ago | msn.com | Stephanie Kirchgaessner

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