Brazilian Judge Overturns 72-Hour WhatsApp Suspension

Following an appeal from WhatsApp’s lawyers, on Tuesday afternoon a Brazilian judge overturned a suspension previously handed down this week that would’ve blocked usage of the messaging app for 72 hours. According to Reuters, on Tuesday afternoon a “different judge from the state tribunal...

Journalist Matthew Keys gets 2-Year Prison term for helping Anonymous Hackers

Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys, who was convicted last year of helping the Anonymous group of hackers, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for computer hacking charges. Keys was found guilty last year in October of giving Anonymous login credentials that allowed the group to deface...

Kim Dotcom loses Fight Against Extradition to the US

Internet millionaire and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his three associates are eligible for extradition to the US to face criminal charges over massive copyright infringement on Megaupload now-shuttered, the court has ruled citing "overwhelming" evidence. On Tuesday afternoon, New Zealand...

Federal Court Rejects Lavabit's Contempt Appeal

A Federal court struck down Lavabit’s appeal today, affirming contempt of court sanctions against the now-shuttered secure email provider that was forced to release its SSL keys to the FBI last year. Those keys could have decrypted emails belonging to the company’s founder Ladar Levison along wit...

U.S. District Court Judge Rules NSA Metadata Collection Likely Violates Fourth Amendment

A United States District Court judge has ruled that the bulk metadata collection program maintained by the National Security Agency for years now likely is unconstitutional. The judge, ruling on a pair of law suits that claimed the NSA’s methods violated users’ privacy and civil rights, said that...

TJX Hacker Claims Uncle Sam Knew

Jailed hacker and data theft mastermind Albert Gonzalez is reportedly seeking to appeal his guilty plea, arguing that he committed his crimes at the behest of the Secret Service, according to a report by Wired. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to charges last year that he and his accomplices had hacked in...

Julian Assange Granted Bail

The New York Times reported that Julian Assange, founder, spokesperson, and editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, has been granted bail by a British court. The ruling comes as Assange and his attorneys continue to fight demands from Swedish prosecutors that he be extradited to Sweden. Assange remains in...