SEOUL – Allegations of bugging involving the state-run broadcaster KBS have sparked criticism over “unethical journalism,” with others denouncing the ongoing investigation into the claims as an infringement on press freedom.
The suspicion is that on June 23, a 33-year-old KBS reporter, surnamed Jang, bugged a closed-door meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party in which its key members discussed strategies against the move to raise the broadcaster’s viewing fees.
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Vodafone’s Sure Signal femtocells can be adapted to listen to mobile phone calls and to intercept text messages made by the operator’s customers, according to a group of researchers.
Researchers have claimed Vodafone’s Sure Signal femtocells can be adapted to listen to mobile phone calls and to intercept text messages made by customers.
Intruders can also use the femtocells to hijack a number and make calls and send SMS messages from that number, The Hackers Choice (THC) said on Wednesday.
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Beijing, July 9 (KCNA) — An official of the Press Secretariat of the Chinese Defense Ministry at a press conference on July 7 denounced Japan’s espionage.
He accused aircraft of the Japan Air “Self-Defense Force” of steadily expanding the scope of espionage against China in its East Sea and Japan’s warships and planes of monitoring and watching the normal activities of the Chinese side.
This may arouse misunderstanding and misjudgment of both sides, he said, urging Japan to stop such dangerous actions so that accidents might not occur in the seas and sky.
Adrian Chen
In the weeks before the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, the CIA had a prominent doctor organize a fake vaccination drive, in an attempt to secretly collect DNA from him and his family.
The CIA recruited a local surgeon to run the phony drive. (The doctor has since been arrested for his role.) From the Guardian:
The doctor went to Abbottabad in March, saying he had procured funds to give free vaccinations for hepatitis B. Bypassing the management of the Abbottabad health services, he paid generous sums to low-ranking local government health workers, who took part in the operation without knowing about the connection to Bin Laden. Health visitors in the area were among the few people who had gained access to the Bin Laden compound in the past, administering polio drops to some of the children
Apparently one nurse was able to gain access to the compound, though it’s unknown if she was actually able to get DNA. Authorities were after DNA in the United States, too: A report claimed agents actually subpoenaed OBL’s sister’s brain after she died in a Boston hospital. Pakistan, as you can imagine, is absolutely thrilled that the US has been snooping around their citizens’ genetic material without telling them.
“Tapping and bugging is order of the day in this government. The government is operating under the shadow of suspicion, doubt and conspiracy,” said BJP senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
He said Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee “does not trust the Home Minister [ P Chidambaram] and he writes to the Prime Minister on this.”
After ten months the secret letter is released, said Prasad.
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