NSA Spied on Al Jazeera Communications: Snowden Document
Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera was spied on by the National Security Agency, according to documents seen by SPIEGEL. The US intelligence agency hacked into protected communication, a feat that was...
View ArticleNSA Targeted French Foreign Ministry
Espionage by the US on France has already strained relations between the two countries, threatening a trans-Atlantic trade agreement. Now a document seen by SPIEGEL reveals that the NSA also spied on...
View ArticlePrivacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
SPIEGEL has learned from internal NSA documents that the US intelligence agency has the capability of tapping user data from the iPhone, devices using Android as well as BlackBerry, a system previously...
View ArticleHow the NSA Spies on Smartphones Including the BlackBerry
The US intelligence agency NSA has been taking advantage of the smartphone boom. It has developed the ability to hack into iPhones, android devices and even the BlackBerry, previously believed to be...
View ArticleGerman Helicopter Searched For NSA Listening Post In Frankfurt
Under orders from Germany's domestic intelligence agency, a federal police helicopter conducted a flyover of the US Consulate in Frankfurt, the government in Berlin has confirmed. Officials were...
View ArticleNSA Spying: European Parliamentarians Call for SWIFT Suspension
Revelations the US is spying on international bank transfers have angered European parliamentarians. Some are calling for the suspension of the SWIFT deal between the EU and US. "Washington must make...
View ArticleNSA Scandal: Berlin Restricted By Close Relationship with US Intelligence
Chancellor Merkel might be furious about the NSA's unscrupulous surveillance activities, but reluctance to anger her partners in Washington prevents her from imposing sanctions. Trade issues aside,...
View ArticleInterview with John McCain on NSA Spying on Angela Merkel
In an interview, former presidential candidate and Republican Senator John McCain discusses fall-out from the US spying scandal, why he believes the NSA director should go and his understanding for...
View ArticleGHCQ Targets Engineers with Fake LinkedIn Pages
Elite GCHQ teams targeted employees of mobile communications companies and billing companies to gain access to their company networks. The spies used fake copies of LinkedIn profiles as one of their...
View ArticleHow the NSA and GCHQ Spied on OPEC
America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ are both spying on the OPEC oil cartel, documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal. The security of the global energy supply is one of the most important issues...
View ArticleGerman Government Moves to Beef Up Mobile Phone Security
After learning that Angela Merkel's phone was spied on, the agency responsible for information security is checking the mobile phones used by government officials. Some are already using new devices...
View ArticleDeclassifed Documents: NSA Sought To Collect Mobile Location Data
The White House had to declassify NSA documents once again this week. The papers show that the NSA also wanted to collect and save mobile phone location information domestically and may already be...
View ArticleThe NSA Uses Powerful Toolbox in Effort to Spy on Global Networks
The NSA's TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency's top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping...
View ArticleCatalog Reveals NSA Has Back Doors for Numerous Devices
After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices.
View ArticleNSA Reportedly Spied on Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
It wasn't only Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone that was on the NSA's target list. New German media reports claim the US spy agency also tapped Gerhard Schröder's phone calls in the run-up to...
View ArticleNSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm Huawei
According to documents viewed by SPIEGEL, America'a NSA intelligence agency put considerable efforts into spying on Chinese politicians and firms. One major target was Huawei, a company that is fast...
View ArticleSPIEGEL Interview with Former NSA Director Michael Hayden
In a SPIEGEL interview, former NSA director Michael Hayden, 69, discusses revelations of US spying on Germany made public in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, surveillance against German leaders and...
View ArticleHead of German Counterintelligence Reviews SPIEGEL NSA Book
The head of Germany's agency in charge of counterintelligence reviews the new book by the reporters behind SPIEGEL's NSA coverage. He says many fears raised are overplayed, but also warns people need...
View ArticleGerman Interior Minister Warns US Spying Has No Boundaries
In an interview, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, 60, warns that American spying has become "boundless" and expresses sorrow that approval ratings for the United States have plummeted in...
View ArticleGerman Parliament Divided over Snowden Subpoena in NSA Investigation
Berlin has insisted it wants to scrutinize NSA spying in Germany. But actually inviting Edward Snowden to testify before a paraliamentary investigation is proving delicate. Some in Chancellor Merkel's...
View ArticleHead of Parliamentary NSA Investigation Mulls Questioning of Snowden
The head of a parliamentary committee investigating the NSA spying scandal, Patrick Sensburg, is critical of proposals to bring Edward Snowden into the country -- but he's exploring his options. He...
View ArticleSnowden Lawyer Expresses Doubts About Testimony in NSA Probe
Speculation has been brewing for weeks over whether Edward Snowden will testify against the NSA from Moscow or Germany. In a letter to a parliamentary investigative committee, his lawyer has said he...
View ArticleGerman Snowden Lawyer Says Whistleblower Negotiating with US
Is it still possible that whistleblower Edward Snowden will testify in Berlin? His German attorney Wolfgang Kaleck, 53, says it is. In an interview with SPIEGEL, he also discusses negotiations over...
View ArticleGermany Expected To Open Investigation into NSA Spying on Merkel
After extensive review, Germany's federal prosecutor has announced he is launching formal investigative proceedings into allegations that the NSA monitored Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. The...
View ArticleInterview with NSA Experts on US Spying in Germany
In a SPIEGEL interview, Edward Snowden's lawyer, Jesselyn Radack, and former NSA contractor Thomas Drake discuss the reasons behind the American spying agency's obssession with collecting data.
View ArticleHillary Clinton Interview On German US Ties and Presidential Plans
In an interview, Hillary Clinton discusses the growing gap between the rich and poor that threatens democracy, Americans' discontent with politics, her regrets over NSA spying on Chancellor Merkel's...
View ArticleGermany Asks Top CIA Official To Leave Country
In what amounts to a diplomatic earthquake, Berlin has asked the country's top CIA official to leave Germany. The measures comes in response to the second allegation in a week of a German government...
View ArticleExpulsion of CIA Head A Sign of Tougher German Response to Spying
The latest revelations of US spying on Germany have unleashed unprecedented levels of distrust in Berlin. The government has already expelled the CIA's chief here and may soon be planning additional...
View ArticleGermany Increases Counterintelligence in Response to US Spying
Officials in Berlin were long in denial that their closest allies were spying on Germany. Now, ministries are undertaking measures to improve security and counterintelligence. They're anticipating...
View ArticleDocuments Show NSA and GCHQ Spied on Partner Turkey
Documents from the archive of whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal wide-scale spying against Turkey by America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ. They also show the US worked closely with Ankara to battle...
View ArticleInside the NSA's War on Internet Security
US and British intelligence agencies undertake every effort imaginable to crack all types of encrypted Internet communication. The cloud, it seems, is full of holes. The good news: New Snowden...
View ArticleSecret Docs Reveal Dubious Details of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan
Combat operations in Afghanistan may be coming to an end, but a look at secret NATO documents reveals that the US and the UK were far less scrupulous in choosing targets for killing than previously...
View ArticleNew Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for Cyber Battle
The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning. Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency is arming America for future digital wars -- a struggle for control of the Internet...
View ArticleRegin Malware Unmasked as NSA Tool after SPIEGEL Publishes Source Code
Just weeks ago, SPIEGEL published the source code of an NSA malware program known internally as QWERTY. Now, experts have found that it is none other than the notorious trojan Regin, used in dozens of...
View ArticleRamstein Base in Germany a Key Center in US Drone War
The US Air Force base in Ramstein is a central and indispensible element in Barack Obama's controversial use of drones in the war against terror. New documents are creating pressure for both Washington...
View ArticleBND Intelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place
Germany's latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country's foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly...
View ArticleGabriel Speaking Out On BND Scandal Shows Merkel In Bad Light
While Chancellor Angela Merkel remains tight-lipped about the German intelligence scandal, her second-in-command is casting her in an increasingly unflattering light by opening up.
View ArticleThe NSA and American Spies Targeted SPIEGEL
Revelations from WikiLeaks published this week show how boundlessly and comprehensively American intelligence services spied on the German government. It has now emerged that the US also conducted...
View ArticleEditorial: Merkel Must End Devil's Pact with America
Following the latest revelations about surveillance by the United States on the German government and media, it is high time for Chancellor Angela Merkel to take action against the systematic spying.
View ArticleBerlin Goes After Journalists to Protect State Secrets
In recent months, Germany's government and intelligence agencies have gone after journalists and parliamentarians in an effort to keep classified information secret. Now, their efforts have resulted in...
View ArticleBerlin Deceived Public for Months in NSA Investigation
For months, the German government sought to create the impression it was still waiting for an answer from the US on whether it could share NSA target lists for spying with a parliamentary...
View ArticleLetter from Washington: How America Lost Its Identity
Reporter Holger Stark spent the past four years as DER SPIEGEL's Washington correspondent during a time in which the country changed radically enough to elect Donald Trump as its president. What led...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Data Dump on CIA Spying Vault 7
WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents pertaining to CIA efforts at global surveillance, including a tool to transform smart-TVs into a powerful spying device. The documents indicate that some...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Richard Grenell wird neuer Geheimdienstkoordinator von...
Richard Grenell gilt als glühender Fan von Donald Trump - und war als US-Vertreter in Deutschland immer wieder heftig angeeckt. Nun bekommt er einen neuen Posten in Washington.
View ArticleNSA: Deutschland und Frankreich kritisieren Dänemarks mutmaßliche Spionagehilfe
Dänemark half dem US-Geheimdienst NSA offenbar beim Ausspähen der Bundesregierung und weiterer europäischer Politiker. Das Land hat den Vorfall inzwischen selbst verurteilt – doch der internationale...
View ArticleUSA und EU werfen China Hackerangriffe vor
Die Regierungen werfen dem chinesischen Staat vor, »Auftragshacker« einzusetzen, um den Westen zu destabilisieren. Vier mutmaßliche Täter werden nun in den USA angeklagt.
View ArticleLog4j-Schwachstelle: »Leider machen auch Hacker Überstunden«
Deutschlands IT-Sicherheitsbehörde warnt auf höchster Stufe, sogar die Arbeit der NSA war zeitweise gefährdet. Im Netz tobt gerade ein Rennen zwischen guten und bösen Hackern. Grund ist eine schwere...
View ArticleDänemark: Chef des Geheimdienstes Lars Findsen muss in Haft bleiben
Der Skandal erschüttert Dänemark: Der hochrangige Beamte Lars Findsen soll geheime Informationen weitergegeben haben. Ebenso unter Verdacht: ein ehemaliger Verteidigungsminister und mehrere Mitarbeiter...
View ArticleViasat: NSA untersucht Hacker-Angriff auf Satellitennetzwerk
Zeitgleich mit Russlands Angriff fiel ein von der ukrainischen Armee genutztes Satellitennetzwerk aus. Inzwischen prüft die NSA, ob russische Hacker im Staatsauftrag dahinterstecken.
View ArticleUSA: Hacker aus China hatten offenbar fünf Jahre Zugriff auf kritische...
Die Angreifer hätten wohl großen Schaden anrichten können: Laut NSA und FBI hat die chinesische Hackergruppe »Volt Typhoon« Zugriff auf wichtige Versorgungsnetze gehabt. US-Behörden befürchten weitere...
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