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French minister visits U.S. Internet firms about militants’ messaging

February 20, 2015 creative government, internet, intruders-had, islamic-state, microsoft, microsoft-corp, ministerial, such-as-islamic

France's chief internal security official is traveling to California's Silicon Valley to discuss his government's concerns about violent jihadist social media messaging with leading tech and Internet companies. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told a Washington news conference on Thursday that “all the Internet operators were welcoming me,” including Twitter Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc.

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NSA, British spies hack Gemalto to tap mobile calls: Intercept

February 19, 2015 publisher 450-wireless, agencies, digital, intercept, islamic-state, microsoft-corp, ministerial, mobile-phones, national

(Reuters) – Digital security company Gemalto NV was hacked by American and British spies to steal encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications, news website Intercept reported, citing documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The hack by the National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) allowed the agencies to monitor a large portion of voice and data mobile communications around the world without permission from governments and telecom companies, according to the report. NSA could not be immediately reached for comment.