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German Parliament Spy Oversight Board Sues German Government Over Data Sharing With NSA
After Edward Snowden’s revelations about the extent of spying being carried out around the world by the NSA and its Five Eyes friends, there …
Germany will make telcos share customer data with the police
Even as the European Union attempts to tighten privacy laws, law-enforcement interests have won a battle in Germany: a new law forces communications service …
Germany Tells Facebook: Delete Racist Anti-Refugee Posts
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas wants Facebook Inc. to remove racist posts targeting asylum seekers after several attacks on refugee camps in Germany over …
Berlin Strikes Compromise on Privacy, Security With New Data Guidelines
The German government on Wednesday proposed new guidelines on data retention aimed at balancing privacy protection with the needs of law enforcement in setting …
Germany throws out Google’s objections to data privacy rules
Germany has ruled that Google must limit its data collection practices, the latest in a series of actions in Europe against the search giant. …
US aggressively threatened to ‘cut off’ Germany over Snowden asylum – report
Washington reportedly threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Berlin if it offered asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, or arranged for him to travel …
Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report
Up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an “unprecedented cyber robbery”, claims a new report. Computer security firm Kaspersky …
Obama To Germans Worried About NSA Surveillance: ‘Hey, Trust Us!’
It’s often been said that trust is something that you earn — or that you completely destroy in irredeemable ways. So it’s a little …
Pro-Russian Hackers Take Down German Government Websites
The CyberBerkut hacker group recently claimed responsibility for a series of DDoS attacks that took down German government websites for several hours on January …
Hacker steals fingerprint from photo, suggests politicians wear gloves in public
A German computer hacker has demonstrated how easy it is to foil biometric fingerprint security by using nothing but commercial software and a couple …
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