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Neo-Nazi Group The Base Is Recruiting Again, Despite FBI Takedown
The group's founder, a former Homeland Security employee who is living in Russia, has retaken a leadership position after briefly leaving the organization.
Biden Has a Plan to Stop Extremist Militias. Will It Work?
The new program is touted as a “preventative” approach.
'Cock.li' Admin Says He’s Not Surprised Russian Intelligence Uses His Site
A joint FBI-DHS-CISA report said that the SVR, the Russian foreign intelligence service behind the SolarWinds hack, uses Cock.li.
Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 to Encrypted App Wickr
Motherboard has found procurement records detailing Wickr's first public U.S. law enforcement contract.
Documents Show Agreements Between CBP and JetBlue for Facial Recognition Boarding
The documents provide more insight into the dynamics between DHS and airlines, which are increasingly deploying biometric boarding at their gates.
The ‘SolarWinds’ Hacks Show Supply Chain Attacks Are Business as Usual
We still don't know a lot about the extent of the damage from alleged Russian government hackers' intrusions against more than 18,000 victims. But it’s clear supply chain hacks are becoming more common.
DHS Believes Our Reliance on GPS ‘Poses a Risk to National Security’
A 2013 report, newly unearthed under access to information laws, shows how GPS is vulnerable to disruption.
The DEA Abruptly Cut Off Its App Location Data Contract
The DEA cancelled its contract with Venntel, which obtains granular location data from ordinary apps and sells access to law enforcement agencies.
How an ICE Contractor Tracks Phones Around the World
New documents show how Venntel, which sells some of its location data to ICE, CBP, and the FBI, obtains the information from ordinary apps.
Top DHS Official Debunking Trump's Election Lies Thinks He's About to Get Fired
He established the “Rumor Control” website, which outlined and cleared debunked claims of election interference often pushed by President Donald Trump and his allies.
Homeland Security Funded This Game About Destabilizing a Small U.S. Town
Researchers want players to utterly wreck the idyllic town of Harmony Square so they can understand how misinformation works and how to spot it.
Why I'm Suing DHS For the '14 Words' Emails It Refuses to Release
A DHS press release echoed an infamous white supremacist slogan. DHS says any connection is a "conspiracy theory" but is suppressing emails about it.