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By on 27/10/2010
Keep abreast of the espionage threats facing your organisation.
Why Wiretap When You Can buy the Phone Company?
A proposed deal between Sprint Nextel, Cricket and two Chinese telecom companies has raised a few eyebrows, with some U.S. senators concerned about security.
The Hill reports a bipartisan group of legislators wrote a letter seeking reassurance about the deal from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.
The letter, signed by Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), contends the two Chinese companies, ZTE Corporation and Huawei, have ties to the Chinese military and are financed by the Chinese government.
The letter raised the specter of the Chinese government or military using the companies to spy on American communications. (more)
By on 25/10/2010
How to Solve a TSCM vs, CCTV Mystery
Chicago, IL – It may sound like cloak and dagger fiction, but FOX Chicago News has learned something very odd happened Wednesday night on the fifth floor of the Cook County building. The latest bizarre twist in the ongoing corruption scandal in Stroger’s office involves high-tech surveillance experts caught leaving the office of Cook County Board President’s office.
A deputy sheriff patrolling the building stopped a group of five men leaving Todd Stroger’s office around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
One of the men identified himself as the county’s Homeland Security Director David Ramos. The other four men were asked to provide identification.
They did, and at least three of them have experience in surveillance and counter-surveillance… (One of the men) would not comment on what they were doing in Stroger’s office, but there is rampant speculation at the County building they were sweeping the offices for electronic bugs.
Cook County Inspector General Pat Blanchard said his staff visited Stroger’s office Thursday afternoon and removed some evidence related to the ongoing investigation into sham contracts…
David Ramos, the county’s Homeland Security Director who escorted the men into the office, said through a spokesman they were simply scouting locations for placement of security cameras in the President’s office. (more)
Solution: Ask the Deputy if the “visitors” were leaving empty-handed. A sweep requires several cases of instrumentation. Conducting a CCTV design layout does not.
By on 25/10/2010
CSI – Who Poo’ed
What can property managers do when dog owners don’t pick up after their dogs? Under normal circumstances, not much, because there is no way of knowing who the violators might be. But now, with a new program called PooPrints that uses DNA to identify the dog in question, managers can catch the culprit (dog owner) in a matter of days.
PooPrints is a dog DNA identification program from BioPet Vet Lab built on a scientific foundation, providing communities with a means to enforce community regulations for pet waste clean-up. “The problem of pet owners not picking up after their pets is tearing apart communities,” says BioPet Vet Lab CEO Tom Boyd. Consumer Reports lists ‘dog poop’ as one of the nation’s top ten personal gripes. So BioPet Vet Lab used its research in animal DNA identification systems to help provide community leaders with a tool to bring peace back to the neighborhood. (more)
By on 22/10/2010
Ex-Chief Legal Counsel Pleads Guilty
OH – The former state lawyer behind an electronic eavesdropping scheme agreed yesterday to plead guilty to three misdemeanor charges and cooperate in other investigations, including one into an aborted operation at the Governor’s Residence.
Joshua Engel, the former chief legal counsel for the Ohio Department of Public Safety, faces three misdemeanor counts of intercepting and disclosing sensitive, confidential information from investigations by the state inspector general, the Ohio Ethics Commission and federal authorities. (more)
By on 22/10/2010