surveillance

U.S. investigators believe China-affiliated hackers penetrated the FBI's Digital Collection System Network, which manages FISA warrants and wiretap surveillance, by exploiting a commercial ISP vendor relationship.

Internal documents reveal DHS has deployed over 200 AI use cases across immigration enforcement while privacy assessments have dropped to zero in 2026, alarming civil liberties groups and a federal judge who found ICE violated 96 court orders in one month.

Senators Lee and Wyden introduce the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close warrantless search loopholes and ban government data broker purchases, with Section 702 set to expire on April 20, 2026.

The European Parliament voted 458 to 103 on March 11 to restrict scanning of private communications to judicially authorized, targeted investigations, rejecting years of pressure for blanket surveillance of encrypted messaging platforms.

Google and iVerify reveal Coruna, a 23-exploit iOS framework that moved from a surveillance vendor to Russian spies to Chinese cybercriminals in months.

Caitlin Kalinowski left OpenAI after the company signed a classified Pentagon agreement without sufficient deliberation on safeguards against domestic surveillance and lethal autonomy.