# Spying

Last year

2022

Swedish spy and his sibling face life term over Russian allegations

The case is mainly taking place behind closed doors given the “extremely sensitive material” allegedly divulged by the brothers.

24.6k

Dec 19th 2022, 10:20 PM

# Silicon Valley

Ex-Twitter worker gets prison time for giving user information to Saudi regime

The man’s defence claimed he did nothing more than accept gifts from free-spending Saudis for simply doing his client management job.

12.3k

Dec 15th 2022, 9:31 PM

All time

# Espionage

Italian navy captain arrested for passing on 'confidential documents' to the Russians

The Italian foreign affairs ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident.

14.1k

Mar 31st 2021, 9:42 AM

# IKEA

Ikea's French subsidiary goes on trial over illegal spying claims

Trade unions reported the furniture and home goods company to French authorities in 2012.

13.5k

Mar 22nd 2021, 1:51 PM

# Spain

Spanish court to examine claims Julian Assange was spied on

It is claimed that a Spanish company carried out surveillance on the WikiLeaks founder while he was in Ecuador’s embassy in London.

8.0k

Jul 27th 2020, 12:30 PM

# Social Media

Former Twitter employees recruited as spies for Saudi Arabia, US court heard

Prosecutors allege the Saudi government was behind the recruitment of the spies.

6.9k

Nov 7th 2019, 7:29 AM

# Focus

Hansen laughs off Jones' spying comments as 'a distraction and clickbait'

‘Eddie needs to work out what England are going to do about the pressure they’re under.’

3.8k

Oct 24th 2019, 7:25 AM

# stirring the pot

Jones claims England were spied on and calls Kiwi media 'fans with keyboards'

The England boss said all the pressure is on New Zealand ahead of Saturday’s World Cup semi-final.

28.3k

Oct 22nd 2019, 8:00 AM

# Deported

North Korea claims released Australian student was 'spying'

Alek disappeared in June but was later freed and deported from North Korea.

13.1k

Jul 6th 2019, 3:13 PM

# deep cover

Beluga whale found in Norwegian waters 'may have been trained by Russian navy'

The whale was wearing a harness bearing the words “Equipment of St. Petersburg”.

46.7k

Apr 29th 2019, 1:52 PM

# Showdown

Spying, Connect 4, Vunipolas and kicks - Ireland and England prep for a rugby war

Ireland are keen to avoid looking towards the World Cup before a big game in Dublin on 2 February.

18.1k

Jan 24th 2019, 8:00 AM

# Arrest

Huawei employee arrested in Poland on suspicion of spying for China

The Chinese foreign ministry told AFP it was “highly concerned” by the arrest.

12.0k

Jan 11th 2019, 3:04 PM

# death by spies

The price of betrayal: Who did the British pay for info on Irish rebels and how much did they pay?

A old manuscript currently on display has those answers.

28.1k

Mar 19th 2017, 12:52 PM

# Purge

North Korean spy chief sacked and officials executed over 'abuse of power'

Kim Won-Hong had survived repeated purges since Kim Jong-Un took power in 2011.

22.7k

Feb 3rd 2017, 8:58 AM

# Russia Today

US Senate planning probe into Russian spying, Trump planning to end Russian sanctions

Meanwhile, the President-Elect says he may scrap sanctions of Russia recently put in place by President Obama.

11.0k

Jan 14th 2017, 9:43 AM

# Clapper

John McCain says 'every American should be alarmed' by Russian interference in election

The US intelligence community has said Moscow interfered to help Republican Donald Trump win.

13.2k

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Jan 5th 2017, 4:34 PM

# cover up

The FBI's director says we should all cover up our webcams

“It’s not crazy that the FBI director cares about personal security as well”

27.3k

Sep 15th 2016, 11:57 AM

# Courts

Teacher claims she was 'spied on' after bringing legal action against insurance company

Bridget Majella Daly claims she was placed under surveillance by a private investigator.

25.2k

Sep 15th 2016, 11:46 AM

# Iran Nuclear Programme

Iran executes nuclear scientist accused of spying for the US

Shahram Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in June 2009 and resurfaced a year later in the United States.

19.4k

Aug 7th 2016, 1:10 PM

# i spy

What are the chances someone is spying on you through your laptop camera?

It might be an unlikely situation, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be careful.

55.2k

Jun 8th 2016, 4:26 PM

# Not so super spy

German agent spied for the CIA and Russia because he wanted to do 'something exciting'

We don’t think it’s meant to work like that.

11.8k

Mar 17th 2016, 11:43 AM

# bad apples

Apple bans hundreds of iPhone apps that secretly spied on users

The ad software used by these apps was able to gather personal information without anyone, even the app developers themselves, knowing.

16.8k

Oct 20th 2015, 12:01 PM

# back to the ussr

Former KGB employee gets €8,000 after being sacked from his job as a lawyer

Lithuania’s KGB Act prevents former KGB employees obtaining employment in various sectors.

8.9k

Jun 24th 2015, 6:10 AM

# Accused of spying

American journalist accused of spying

He is accused of espionage and collaboration with hostile governments.

6.9k

May 26th 2015, 2:18 PM

# Cables

'The UK respects Ireland's privacy, there is no question of any mass surveillance'

Documents previously showed that UK authorities had access to opitcal fibre cables that carry a range of data, from internet traffic to telephone calls.

8.7k

Dec 18th 2014, 8:44 AM

# lee rigby

UK spies can't handle all of the data they collect

This was disclosed by GCHQ during an inquiry into the investigation of Lee Rigby’s murder.

5.9k

Nov 25th 2014, 12:28 PM

# Spying

Windows flaw allowed Russian hackers to spy on NATO

The flaw, dubbed ‘Sandworm’, allowed spies to gain access to computers using all versions of Windows for PCs and servers during the past five years.

2.9k

Oct 14th 2014, 4:12 PM

# Voyeurism

Man jailed for eight months for spying on woman with police camera

The PSNI said it is carrying out an internal review into the use of CCTV by staff and officers to try to ensure this never happens again.

19.1k

Sep 26th 2014, 8:39 PM

# Listening In

Germany spied on John Kerry and Hilary Clinton "by accident"

The pair were both accessed while serving as US Secretary of State.

8.6k

Aug 16th 2014, 4:11 PM

# Spying

CIA chief apologises to US Senate intelligence committee for agents hacking its computers

The agency’s director had previously dismissed allegations of CIA spying on committee investigators.

5.4k

Jul 31st 2014, 7:14 PM

Voices

Opinion: American policy is moving ever further from European interests

Under the Obama administration the NSA has continued to grow and Libya has slipped into chaos, meanwhile relations with Russia are reaching crisis point.

Jul 13th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Double Agent

Criminal proceedings on the table as Germany weighs how to hit back in US spying row

The row has damaged US-German ties, with no resolution in sight just yet.

8.4k

Jul 8th 2014, 9:08 PM

# eavesdropping

Friction after US double-agent arrested for 'spying' in Germany

The US ambassador has been summoned to Berlin to help clarify the situation.

9.5k

Jul 5th 2014, 1:43 PM

# spooks

A suspected US double-agent has been 'arrested for spying' in Germany

It is likely to further strain US-German relations following previous revelations that the NSA spied on Merkel’s phone calls.

14.8k

Jul 4th 2014, 9:32 PM

# Privacy

Major victory for Irish online rights group as ECJ strikes down EU mobile surveillance rules

Digital Rights Ireland hard argued that the rules requiring operators to keep call details were against fundamental rights.

5.5k

Apr 8th 2014, 10:23 AM

# Spying

Spy agency captures millions of Yahoo users' webcam images

In one six-month period in 2008, the British spy agency collected webcam imagery from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts around the world.

12.4k

Feb 27th 2014, 5:19 PM

# Garda Ombudsman

Taoiseach: Details of bugging controversy should be made available for ‘public analysis’

Justice Minister Alan Shatter is meeting GSOC today following reports that a surveillance operation was used to hack into the police watchdog’s emails, wi-fi and phone systems.

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Feb 10th 2014, 5:30 PM