Picture above: Evgeny Buryakov appears in federal court in Manhattan on Jan. 26, 2015, after his arrest earlier in the day. Photographer: Elizabeth Williams/AP Russia had operatives in New York for years, from Wall Street to the UN. Now one is headed to prison. Evgeny Buryakov woke up to a snowstorm. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2015, his modest …
Sandwichgate: How Sports Direct spied on MPs with a camera hidden in sandwiches
Shocked MPs were left fuming after staff at Mike Ashley‘s Sports Direct apparently attempted to spy on them using a camera hidden under a plate of sandwiches. Members of the business select committee paid the controversial retailer’s Shirebrook site a surprise visit earlier today, as part of a long-running investigation into conditions at the company. However, the cross-party group of …
Bugging devices found at Iran nuclear talks hotel, say Swiss officials
Prosecutors say computer equipment at Geneva venue was infected with espionage malware but they had to close the case. A number of computers at a five-star Geneva hotel that has hosted sensitive talks, including Iranian nuclear negotiations, were found to be infected with malware used for espionage, Swiss prosecutors have revealed. But the state prosecutor’s office, OAD, has had to …
Exclusive: The Democratic National Committee Has Told the FBI It Found Evidence Its HQ Was Bugged
Back to Watergate? In an episode reminiscent of Watergate, the Democratic Party recently informed the FBI that it had collected evidence suggesting its Washington headquarters had been bugged, according to two Democratic National Committee officials who asked not to be named. In September, according to these sources, the DNC hired a firm to conduct an electronic sweep of its offices. …
Want to spy on the boss? Try this phone-mast-in-an-HP printer
An engineer has shown how you can sneak a tiny cellphone base station into an innocuous office printer. The idea is the brainchild of New Zealand’s Julian Oliver, who was inspired by the Stingray cellphone snooping technology now in widespread use by the cops and FBI. He was looking to see how such tech could be hidden and what better …