In advancing a criminal case against a former Twitter worker accused of helping Saudi Arabia spy on critics, a federal judge rejected arguments that private user data is not considered “property” under California state law.
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The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service apologized Friday to gay spies and aspiring agents who were fired or denied jobs because of their sexuality.
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A Stanford University researcher faces fraud and obstruction of justice charges for an alleged scheme to hide her status as a member of the Chinese military.
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An Iranian-American has been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on spying charges, despite his family alleging he never had a trial or an opportunity to defend himself.
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Iranian authorities have convicted an American-Iranian businessman on spying charges, U.S. media has reported, in a recently revealed case which comes amid high tensions between the two countries.
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A former Twitter employee accused of helping Saudi Arabia spy on its critics argued in court Wednesday that he cannot be prosecuted for wire fraud because Twitter’s private user data is not considered property under California law.
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A Russian court on Tuesday handed a 15-year prison sentence to a former manager of an energy company for spying for Moldova, the latest in a string of high-profile espionage trials.
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A prominent Moroccan journalist and activist appeared before an investigating judge in Casablanca on Thursday to face charges of spying in a case that has raised concerns over press freedoms in the North African kingdom.
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Swiss politicians have voiced outrage and demanded an investigation after revelations that a second Swiss encryption company was allegedly used by the CIA and its German counterpart to spy on governments worldwide.
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British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrived back in Australia on Friday and will soon reunite with her family after more than two years in an Iranian prison.
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China sentenced a Taiwanese professor to four years in jail for spying, officials said Wednesday, as tensions between Beijing and Taipei deteriorate further.
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A New Zealand soldier has been charged with spying and will face up to 14 years in prison if found guilty.
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A Russian citizen who worked on naval ships was found guilty of high treason for passing on military secrets to the CIA, Russia’s security services said Friday.
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A man who worked in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s press office has been charged with spying for Egypt, prosecutors said Monday.
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German media report that a fugitive former top executive of payment company Wirecard was an informant for the Austrian spy agency BVT.
Read moreTwo American citizens are among the five people arrested Wednesday morning, on the east and west coasts, charged with conspiring to help the Chinese government stalk, threaten and extradite a New Jersey resident.
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Hundreds of Soviet spy tools and assorted Cold War-era relics will be sold at auction next year.
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Espionage in Australia had eclipsed Cold War levels, the country’s spymaster told parliament on Tuesday, in a speech warning that citizens were being monitored and harassed by foreign powers.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have to wait until after the U.S. election to find out whether he will be extradited to face espionage charges there, the British judge presiding over his hearing said Friday.
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A Budapest court on Thursday acquitted a former Hungarian opposition politician of spying on the EU for Russia while he was a member of the European Parliament, but found him guilty of lesser charges.
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