Tag: spying
Some African governments are spending millions to spy on their citizens
Governments around the world use surveillance technology to monitor external threats to national security. Some African governments are also spending vast sums on mass...
Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries masquerading as attackers from the Islamic...
No secret dossiers at the AU
The African Union does not have secret dossiers and nothing to spy on, a senior official said in Beijing, rejecting a report...
Lebanese security agency turns smartphone into selfie spycam
Lebanon's intelligence service may have turned the smartphones of thousands of targeted individuals into cyber-spying machines in one of the first known...
Journalists take SA government to court over spying
The Amabhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism has gone to court to challenge the RICA act, which it says is unconstitutional and is...
Somali Islamists kill men for gay sex and spying
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab shot two men and a teenager in southern Somalia on Tuesday, saying one of the men and...
U.S. tells U.N. it won’t spy on world body
The United Nations said on Wednesday that the United States has pledged not to spy on the world body's communications after a...
Radebe proposes hacking probe
The Mail & Guardian newspaper reports proposals for the establishment of a judicial commission of inquiry into private-sector spying are at an...
