CIA

CBS’s “60 Minutes” Casts Its Eye on Stuxnet Worm

Arik Hesseldahl in Media on March 3 at 7:23 pm PT

The popular TV news show revisits the subject of cyberwar with a profile of the worm that is said to have damaged Iran’s nuclear program.

At the Height of Their Infamy, LulzSec Hackers Call It Quits

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 25, 2011 at 7:37 pm PT

On its 50th day of activity, the hacking group LulzSec calls it quits, but not before dropping one more collection of hacker booty. Why quit now? Probably because the heat is on.

LulzSec Shrugs After Scotland Yard Nabs Hacking Suspect (Updated)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 21, 2011 at 11:21 am PT

Scotland Yard’s arrest of a 19-year old on computer crime charges has some wondering if the infamous LulzSec hacking troupe — which has attacked entities as varied as Sony, Nintendo and the CIA — is about to be broken. The group itself doesn’t sound worried. Update: Now LulzSec has acknowledged a tie to the person arrested.

CIA Web Site Goes Down; LulzSec Takes Credit

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 15, 2011 at 3:27 pm PT

Extended its “lulz” to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the LulzSec group appears to have hobbled the agency’s Web site with a denial of service attack.

Facebook Actually a CIA Surveillance Program, Says the Onion

Liz Gannes in Social on March 21, 2011 at 12:55 pm PT

Facebook is a “massive online surveillance program run by the CIA,” conceived as part of the Patriot Act and so successful at information gathering that Congress recently reauthorized its funding, reports the Onion News Network.

2010 Was the Year the Internet Got Scary. Get Used to It.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

The year just ending started with an attack on Google by China and ended with the WikiLeaks affair. In the meantime, the Stuxnet worm showed the way toward a world where skilled hackers can cause serious real-world damage. Scared yet?

Voices

Technology Is Central To CIA's Strategic Plan

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 27, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The CIA announced a five-year strategic plan that would invest heavily in new technologies to combat non-traditional threats like cyber attacks from overseas and gain better intelligence on rogue states like Iran.

Fiorina’s First Act as Senator: Merge California and Nevada

John Paczkowski in News on November 4, 2009 at 7:46 am PT

Her dreams of heading up the World Bank dashed, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, the architect of one of the worst tech mergers in history, has turned her attention to California politics. After months of speculation, she officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate today.

Cue Anti-Ullyot Facebook Groups in 3 … 2 … 1

John Paczkowski in News on October 1, 2008 at 6:52 am PT

“Ted has extremely strong connections with the Republican party, and we think that’s a good thing.” That’s what Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s vice president of communications and public policy, had to say about Ted Ullyot, who joins the company as its vice president and general counsel this month.