US Immigration and Customs Enforcement paid $825,000 this year for surveillance tech that can spy on nearby mobile phones. TechCrunch identified the contract, which "provides Cell Site Simulator (CSS) ...
On June 27, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Bolstering Data Privacy and ...
The discovery came as part of federal testing last year and the department notified Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) of its findings on May 22. While the devices are used commonly by U.S. law enforcement, the ...
A large phone fraud used a fake base station to send phishing SMS and extract bank details from thousands of people, the investigation shows. Fourteen defendants, including a company, will face trial ...
Tear gas rises during a standoff with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jim ...