All news on the topic: Surveillance

Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee

In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.

Vile Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has said he “f***ing hates” the toddler for wrecking his life.

An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.

The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.

Documents recovered after the fall of former Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad show how Syriatel shared client phone data with an intelligence agency.

Burglars broke into store after hours and swiped boxes of the trendy doll popularized by Rihanna and other celebs

A disabled BMW worker was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed after bosses believed he was exaggerating his back pain and spied on him, a tribunal found.

The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.

Three Iranian men residing in London have been charged under the National Security Act for engaging in activities likely to assist a foreign intelligence service, following an investigation conducted by counter-terrorism officers, according to the Metropolitan Police.

Press freedom at risk, say watchdogs, as Cyprus law could force reporters to reveal sources. Proposed legislation allows spyware and sweeping surveillance of journalists.

Defense officials suspect that the Trident nuclear fleet is the latest target in Putin’s ‘greyzone’ war with the UK.

Albanian man imprisoned in the UK for migrant smuggling after being extradited from Spain.

Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and previously unknown spyware to illegally surveil journalists, environmental campaigners and civil rights activists, according to a report.

More than 30 serious criminals have been jailed after police cracked their encrypted text messages and uncovered a violent feud over stolen drugs.

The father of a missing college student Riley Strain has revealed that CCTV footage of his last few minutes was released to investigators, and shows the young man drunkenly running though several Tennessee streets

The world might not be ready for another ‘devastating pandemic’ with global response to ‘health threats’ waning, according to a bombshell new US intelligence report

US politicians will vote this week on a bill to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner, technology company ByteDance, sells it

China's threat to the US as a major space weapons force is emphasized in new unclassified government documents

The parents of missing student Riley Strain in Missouri are hoping that his electronic footprint can lead them to their son, as he had his Apple Watch and phone the night he disappeared

Under the new rules, doorbell cameras and noise monitors in common areas will still be allowed, but they must be disclosed on the property's listing page, Airbnb has announced

Football superstar Lionel Messi has been criticised for promoting several apps and video games that are part of what Human Rights Watch has described as China's network of censorship and surveillance