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Following NSA’ Footsteps: CIA collects records of money transfers’ for its secret database
Iran Has Built a Drone That Actually Save Lives (With Video)
Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak.

Following NSA’ Footsteps: CIA collects records of money transfers’ for its secret database

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:27 AM PST

If you think its just the National Security Agency (NSA) that pokes its nose in your privacy then you are wrong. American Intelligence Agency CIA is following NSA's footsteps by collecting information from money-transfer companies especially Western Union, building a database of international money transfer data. CIA collects such information under the shadow of same provision of the Patriot Act that allows the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect personal information and phone records of every American citizen. The collected data includes personal and financial details of millions of Americans. Last month the spokesman at Western Union said that company is spending about 4% of its annual revenue in 2014 on compliance with rules under the Patriot Act, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and other anti-money-laundering and terrorist-financing requirements. Dan Díaz who is Western Union's spokesman told the media that it collects personal information of customers in order to comply with the US laws and Bank Secrecy Act. During this process we make sure that customers' privacy is protected and all kinds of consumer frauds are prevented. Follow @HackRead

Iran Has Built a Drone That Actually Save Lives (With Video)

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 04:01 PM PST

We have always heard about drones killing people in Afghanistan and Pakistan or most of the times used for surveillance purposes. But now there is a drone that can actually save lives. Iranian engineers at RTS Lab in Tehran have successfully tested their first ever Pars Rescue Robot Drone with amazing ability to quickly locate drowning victims in the ocean and launch life-preserver floats to them, The Verge reports. [video width="600" height="300" id="c0BOq2Y0Ngk" type="youtube"] The RTS Lab conducted thirteen successful drone robot's tests in August 2013 over the Caspian Sea, in a period of four days in which Pars was able to fly with the maximum speed of 10 m/s [sic] for ten minutes with its current design, hence proving its capability and eligibility of being used in missions with a 4.5 kilometer radius range. The main purpose of developing this drone is to save lives, especially in places and situations where a drowning victim outnumber the available lifeguards, it drops multiple flotation devices. Other then helping a drowning victim, this drone can also help find unconscious victims and throw aid at them till the lifeguard reaches the point. The RTS Lab claims that all tests were successful, hoping to create more accurate version in future before commercializing the life-saving drone. Follow @HackRead

Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak.

Posted: 15 Nov 2013 11:58 AM PST

Jeremy Hammond, 28, was convicted of hacking Strategic Forecasting also known as Startfor Intelligence in December 2011.

Anonymous Hacker Jeremy Hammond Jailed for 10 Years-1

Chicago based Jeremy Hammond linked to the online hacktivist group Anonymous and has been sentenced on Friday to ten years in prison for cyber attacks against various government agencies of the U.S. government and financial giants, including Strategic Forecasting, Inc., more commonly known as Stratfor. Jeremy Hammond, 28, was convicted of cyber attacks on he conducted on Stratfor in December 2011, which his lawyers claim to have been motivated by concerns about the role of private companies in collecting intelligence information at home and abroad. Prosecutors said the attack on Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, resulted in the theft of 60,000 credit card numbers and data from 860,000 customers, which were later posted on the Internet. In March 2012, FBI had changed AntiSec's Jeremy Hammond with information equals $700,000 in Startfor hacking. It all started with a ex-anonymous and a snitch SABU who sold out the personal details of Jeremy Hammond to FBI in 2012. Follow @HackRead