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NSA contractor sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing classified US data
•The list of pilfered documents also included an NSA user's guide for an intelligence-gathering tool
NSA's controversial mass surveillance program could reportedly be coming to an end
Tech2 News Staff •NSA could legally obtain call log data not only on foreign surveillance targets but also on Americans.
UAE hacked into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders
•The cyber tool allowed the small Gulf country to monitor hundreds of iPhone targets beginning in 2016
Donald Trump denies claims that China, Russia monitor his personal calls, calls NYT report 'fake news'
Ians •President Donald Trump on Thursday denied that China and Russia have tapped his personal cellphone, a report made public by The New York Times, which said that the president continues to use that device despite warnings from the intelligence services.
Super Micro Computer to review its hardware for any proof of alleged malicious chips
•A recent report claimed that Chinese spies had placed computer chips inside Super Micro equipment.
Apple, Amazon deny claims that their servers contained harmful Chinese chip
•The report said Chinese spies had placed computer chips inside equipment used by 30 companies.
US intelligence contractor Reality Winner, who leaked NSA top secret report, sentenced to five years in jail
•A federal judge sentenced former US intelligence contractor Reality Winner on Thursday to more than five years in prison after she admitted leaking to a media outlet a top secret report on Russian interference in US elections
NSA is deleting more than 685 million call records obtained since 2015
•The NSA's bulk collection of call records was curtailed by Congress after Edward Snowden's reveal.
Damage caused by Edward Snowden leak will increase in years to come, say US counterintelligence officials
•The US Government believes that information leaked by Edward Snowden in 2013 will have a impact on surveillance and security measures for years to come.
NSA collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans in 2017: Report
•The sharp increase from 151 million occurred during the second full year of a new surveillance system established at the spy agency after US lawmakers passed a law in 2015 that sought to limit its ability to collect such records in bulk.