Who is Edward Snowden, the whistleblower granted Russian citizenship through decree? Read to knowWhistleblower Edward Snowden has recently got Russian Citizenship but he looks to get dual citizenship of Russia and the US to reunite with...
27 Sep, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
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Wisner felt a growing irritation, directed less at the song than at the man being serenaded. His name was Lanning 'Packy' Macfarland, and h...
04 Oct, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Germany admits police used controversial Pegasus spywareGermany's BKA federal police bought the software from Israel's NSO Group in late 2019, a closed-door parliamentary committee heard from gov...
07 Sep, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
United States spied on Angela Merkel and other Europeans through Danish cables: State broadcasterAccording to the investigation, which covered the period from 2012 to 2014, the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on senior officia...
31 May, 2021, 02.43 PM IST
CIA spied on countries including India, Pakistan through secretly-owned Swiss encryption firm: ReportThe company specialised in communications and information security and was founded in the 1940s as an independent firm. The CIA and the Nat...
12 Feb, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
British top spy agencies briefed Angela Merkel on ISIS threatGermany is not a member of the "five eyes" intelligence sharing community which comprises the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
24 Dec, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
German and Dutch intelligence agencies say they caught a physicist spying for MoscowThe German intelligence agency's suspicions were aroused when they noticed the physicist meeting with a Bonn-based Russian diplomat once a ...
29 Jul, 2015, 12.58 PM IST
German spy agency helped US track down Osama bin Laden: ReportGermany's foreign intelligence agency helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, before the al Qaeda leader was killed by US sp...
17 May, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Angela Merkel defends German intelligence cooperation with NSAMerkel defended Germany's BND intelligence agency on Monday against accusations it illegally helped the United States spy on officials and ...
04 May, 2015, 09.20 PM IST
US spied on Angela Merkel's predecessor after he opposed Iraq warDocuments leaked by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden showed that Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor Schroeder ...
05 Feb, 2014, 02.03 PM IST
National Security Agency spies on industry too: Edward SnowdenEdward Snowden alleged that US NSA not only collected massive telephone and Internet communications and spied on foreign leaders, but also ...
27 Jan, 2014, 05.41 PM IST
US intelligence to remain 'interested' in foreign governments: Barack ObamaObama defended the controversial spying programme as necessary to safeguard the security of America and its allies, including Germany.
19 Jan, 2014, 03.46 PM IST
Germany cooperated with NSA's partner firm for several yearsBerlin had cooperated with a partner firm of NSA, for several years and awarded it contracts worth around 300 million euros.
16 Nov, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
US assures UN its communications will not be monitoredUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters yesterday that the world body has been "in touch" with releva...
31 Oct, 2013, 10.17 AM IST
German intelligence denies spying from embassy in USThe head of German foreign intelligence denied today that Berlin was carrying out bugging operations from its embassy in the United States ...
30 Oct, 2013, 05.55 PM IST
European lawmakers to investigate spy accusations in WashingtonThe scandal over US intelligence agencies bugging phone calls of senior European leaders went ballistic on Friday.
26 Oct, 2013, 02.23 AM IST
- Deutsche Bank hired detectives to spy on staff: Report
Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, hired detectives to spy on its employees including a member of its supervisory board, managers and a...
05 Jul, 2009, 11.20 PM IST