Despite news of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden accepting a job offer at the social networking site VKontakte, founder Pavel Durov said that no job offer or hiring of Snowden took place.
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US security firm FireEye picks up Mandiant in massive $1B deal
California, US-based security company FireEye purchased Virginia-based firm Mandiant for $1 billion in the biggest security deal of 2013.
Private messaging app Wickr redesigns amid fundraising
California-based private messaging app Wickr had redesigned and is in the middle of a USD7.4 million fundraising, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today.
Zuckerberg says U.S keeps disappointing with regards to privacy matters
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his thoughts about NSA surveillance techniques in an episode of 'This Week on ABC today.' Zuckerberg thought that the government failed regarding its actions on privacy matters and calls for more transparency.
Shareholders pressure AT&T, Verizon and other companies over NSA spying activities
AT&T, Verizon Communications, and even tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo had been pushing for the US government to allow them to publish surveillance orders to appease shareholders in light of the revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Lavabit LLC founder Ladar Levison posted in Facebook his detailed account of how he had put up a fight with the US government in lieu of the company's to National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Malaysian Minister Paul Low said that the government would soon utilize phone tapping and employ internet monitoring devices to eradicate corporate and government corruption.
Forrester Research Inc said concerns regarding the Prism spy project of the US National Security Agency could cost US companies USD180 million worth of business in the IT service market.
Shanghai Securities News said the Ministry of Public Security and a cabinet-level research center of China were preparing to investigate on EMC Corp, IBM Corp and Oracle Corp over security concerns.
US SEC was put under pressure for improper contractor vetting. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was placed in a "hot seat" for failing to do a proper background check on 40 to 70 contractors.
WikiLeaks donations declined in the past 2 years. "Development of donations over the past two years has declined substantially and is no longer able to provide the earlier levels of support for the project," according to Wau Holland Foundation's annual report.
