Amal Clooney and her fellow human rights lawyer Jared Genser have accused the Maldives’ government of brazenly bugging them during a supposedly confidential jailhouse meeting with the country’s deposed former president. The lawyers had just left Mohamed Nasheed’s island prison when they received a phone call from his wife revealing that senior Maldivian officials were already fully aware of a …
South Africa’s Deal with the Devil, Revisited
The ‘Faustian Pact’ metaphor as explanation for the South African liberation movement’s 1990s capitulation to neoliberal capitalism is offered by Ronnie Kasrils. As Africa’s most revered white revolutionary, Kasrils served the new democracy as its Minister of National Intelligence from 2004-08, after a decade as water minister and deputy defence minister, following three decades in the armed struggle against apartheid. …
Man in Dock over R25m Bugging Device
SUPPLIED The Grabber is a spying gadget which can bug up to 10 000 cellphone lines live and locate any person. The powerful tool can also jam networks, download and intercept SMSes, send SMSes to any number, and detect other surveillance devices and block them. Johannesburg – One of the three men nabbed by police after being found in possession …
Utah Woman Wiretaps Kid’s Diapers, Charged For Spying on Ex-Husband
A Utah woman is facing eavesdropping charges for wiretapping her child’s diapers to spy on her ex-husband, after the court rejected her reasoning. She had claimed sexual abuse was taking place at his house when the kids visited their father. Teri Anne Smith of Salt Lake City was first charged with wiretapping and intercepting electronic communications last December, and this …
Obama snubs the Waldorf Astoria for his NYC visit amid fears the hotel is bugged by the Chinese, breaking a presidential tradition started when Hoover was in the White House
Famous hotel was bought by Anbang Insurance Group for $1.95bn Presidents including Hoover and Eisenhower enjoyed long stays there Obama reportedly staying at Millennium’s ONE UN instead President Obama will not stay at the Waldorf Astoria tonight amid fears the place could be bugged after it was sold to a Chinese company. The Department of State had traditionally housed US officials …
Bugging Device Recovered From Delhi ACB Chief MK Meena’s Office
The Story MK Meena spotted the device, which was kept in the pen stand, while he was cleaning his desk. As per sources, forensic test will be done to ascertain whether the device was deliberately planted or left there by mistake. The appointment of MK Meena as Delhi ACB chief had stirred controversy, Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung had appointed Meena …
What Two BYU Professors Discovered Concealed Under a Classroom Stool Has Led to a Campus Police Investigation
When two professors were recently working inside of a classroom at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, they noticed something hidden under a stool that has sparked a campus police investigation: a secretly concealed audio recorder. The device — found in a classroom inside the Joseph Smith Building where religion classes are taught and where faculty meetings are held — …
An Eavesdropping Lamp that Livetweets Private Conversations
Brian House and Kyle McDonald’s creation, the Conversnitch, impersonates a lightbulb or lamp while eavesdropping on and livetweeting nearby conversations. Photo: Kyle McDonald As former NSA director Michael Hayden learned on an Amtrak train last year, anyone with a smartphone instantly can become a livetweeting snoop. Now a whole crowd of amateur eavesdroppers could be as close as the nearest …
FBI Investigating Ex-Ford Engineer After Listening Devices Found in Meeting Rooms
Eight listening devices were found in the automaker’s meeting rooms on July 11 following a search of its building by federal agents. Three weeks earlier, a search warrant was served on the residence of former engineer, Sharon Leach, in Wyandotte. Several Sansa listening devices like this one seen here were found inside of Ford Motor Co.’s meeting rooms after a …
Hacker Gang Used Tiny Screen-grabbing ‘bug’ Installed by Bogus Repairman in Audacious Cyber-heist Plot to Steal Millions from Santander Bank
An ‘audacious’ plot to siphon millions of pounds from a bank, using a device installed on one of its computers by a fake maintenance worker, has been smashed, police said today. A gang targeted a Santander branch in Surrey Quays, London, and installed a gizmo on one of the computers that allowed the contents of the screen to be viewed …

