All Blacks bugging: 9V battery key piece of evidence in Adrian Gard hearing

Cean Bugging Device Found, Eavesdropping Prosecution

All Blacks bugging: 9V battery key piece of evidence in Adrian Gard hearing. A 9V battery has emerged as the key piece of evidence being contested at the hearing of All Blacks security consultant Adrian Gard. He told All Blacks management he found the listening device hidden inside a chair in the Intercontinental Hotel on August 15 last year. Gard …

All Blacks bug in Sydney hotel was active

Cean Bugging Device Found, Eavesdropping Prosecution

A counter espionage expert tested the bugging device found in the All Blacks’ Sydney hotel and discovered its nine-volt battery was active, a court has heard. Julian Claxton told the Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday that the New Zealand rugby team’s security guard Adrian Gard claimed the battery had ”definitely” been attached to the bug when he found it. …

All Blacks manager Darren Shand ‘shocked’ after listening device found

Cean Bugging Device Found, Eavesdropping Prosecution

All Blacks manager Darren Shand ‘shocked’ after listening device found at team’s hotel, court told. All Blacks rugby union team manager Darren Shand has told a Sydney court he was “shocked” when a listening device was discovered at the team’s hotel in Sydney last year. Adrian Gard, who was a security guard for the All Blacks for 10 years, has …

Hunt ‘responsible for bugging chambers’

Cean Bugging Device Found, Eavesdropping Prosecution

Hunt ‘responsible for bugging chambers’.  KwaZulu-Natal advocate Penny Hunt has been suspended from practising as an advocate for six months. This is the punishment determined by high court judges Albert Kruger and Connie Mocumie, who found in a reserved judgment handed down on Tuesday that Hunt was responsible for instructing a surveillance technician, Houston Wayne Impey, to plant a “listening …

Feds bust Chinese corporate spy ring

Cean Cyber Security, Eavesdropping Prosecution, Law Enforcement Surveillance, Spying

Feds bust Chinese corporate spy ring. Federal officials busted seven people involved in corporate espionage for a Chinese company, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The seven people identified are accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets pertaining to a product called “syntactic foam,” which can be used for an array of purposes ranging from stealth technology to oil exploration. Federal …

Soldier faces charges after recording device found

Cean Bugging Device Found, Eavesdropping Prosecution

Soldier faces charges after recording device found.  Recordings on the devices included video of a sexual assault against a Canadian Forces member at the base in Esquimalt OTTAWA – A Canadian Forces corporal is facing charges including sexual assault, voyeurism and possession of child pornography. In a news release, the military says the investigation started when a hidden recording device …

Bose Sued For ‘Eavesdropping’ On Headphone Users

Cean Cyber Security, Eavesdropping Prosecution

Bose Headphones Eavesdrop on Listeners: Lawsuit. Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged. The complaint filed on Tuesday by Kyle Zak in federal court in Chicago seeks an injunction to …