Siobhan Gorman
NSA has expensive problem with the power supply at its secretive Utah Data Center
The NSA’s massive Utah Data Center isn’t really even open yet and it’s already having problems. The building’s computers are being zapped, to the tune of $100,000 per incident, by power surges. And crews are having trouble figuring out why.
NSA Declares ‘Anonymous’ a Threat to National Security
In Anonymous’s move away from denial of service attacks and toward real-world interactions – such as recent threats against the Los Zetas Cartel – the hacktivists have attracted the attention of the National Security Agency. In private meetings at the White House, NSA director General Keith Alexander warned that in a year or two the group could […]
CIA Makes Concessions to Drones Program
After numerous complaints from military and State Department officials, the Central Intelligence Agency has agreed to concessions in the way it runs its covert drones program. Military and diplomatic officials complained large drone strikes were undermining the already fraught relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. A White House review came out in favor of the […]
