Russia has a stash of scary malware? We're shocked Register Kettle Wrecking foreign infrastructure? But that's Team America's job! Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 10
Serendipitous discovery nets security researcher $70k bounty In brief Also, a phishing gang goes Royal, while another employee at Snowden's old haunt gets caught nabbing data Security20 Nov 2022 | 10
NSA super-leaker Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship He always wanted to fight in the military – are his draft papers on the way? Bootnotes26 Sep 2022 | 77
CIA illegally harvested US citizens' data, senators assert We're shocked, shocked to find unjustified collection and access is going on in here Security11 Feb 2022 | 41
Snowden was right, rules human rights court as it declares UK spy laws broke ECHR Says privacy and freedom of expression breached, but upholds sending surveillance product to foreign countries Security25 May 2021 | 80
Ed Snowden doesn’t need to worry about being turfed out of Russia any more Immigration reforms allowing more skilled workers to stay seem to have resulted in permanent residency Security23 Oct 2020 | 52
US govt wins right to snaffle Edward Snowden's $5m+ book royalties, speech fees – and all future related earnings Big blow to big whistleblower Security02 Oct 2020 | 55
Snowden was right: US court deems NSA bulk phone-call snooping illegal, possibly unconstitutional, and probably pointless anyway Privacy campaigners cheer ruling 7 years in the making Security03 Sep 2020 | 45
Ed Snowden has raked in $1m+ from speeches – and Uncle Sam wants its cut, specifically, absolutely all of it How much d’you reckon Trump wants to grant a pardon? Bootnotes18 Aug 2020 | 49
Super-leaker Snowden punts free PDF* of tell-all NSA book with censored parts about China restored, underlined * In Simplified Chinese Bootnotes10 Feb 2020 | 48
The NSA's own bastard operator from Hell, aka Edward Snowden, puts out memoir next month Definitely going on his Permanent Record Bootnotes02 Aug 2019 | 46
Just in time for the Wiki-end: Chelsea Manning released from prison Might be back inside soon Security10 May 2019 | 58
Dutch cops hope to cuff 'hundreds' of suspects after snatching server, snooping on 250,000+ encrypted chat texts BlackBox IronPhones' IronChat app convos intercepted Security07 Nov 2018 | 77
The Reg takes the US government's insider threat training course No, sir, we didn't spill beer on the laptop, sir! Security13 Sep 2018 | 47
NSA sought data on 534 MILLION phone calls in 2017 Compared to 151 million in 2016, perhaps due to dupes rather than spy boom Security07 May 2018 | 22
Planned Espionage Act could jail journos and whistleblowers as spies Exclusive Hasty and botched consultation by UK government advisors revealed by El Reg Legal10 Feb 2017 | 130
CIA boss: Make America (a) great (big database of surveillance on citizens, foreigners) again! New spymaster Pompeo ponders massive metadata collection, death for Snowden Legal20 Jan 2017 | 85
Snowden: Donald Trump could get pal Putin to kick me out of Russia Ex-NSA geek is trying not to let extradition possibility worry him Security13 Dec 2016 | 32
No spoilers! Norway won't tell Snowden if US will snatch him on a visit Attempt to have Foreign Ministry rule before he lands dismissed by Supreme Court Legal28 Nov 2016 | 23
Snowden investigator slams leaker-detector background checks Testing reveals the past, not what someone will do once you make them bitter and twisted Security12 Oct 2016 | 33
Edward Snowden's 40 days in a Russian airport – by the woman who helped him escape Interview Sarah Harrison on Ed's exile, Assange’s future – and the privacy fight ahead Legal12 Sep 2016 | 58
Committees: Wait! Don't strap on the Privacy Shield yet Two working parties, ministers galore... but data transfer law remains in limbo Channel24 May 2016 | 10
Edward Snowden sues Norway to prevent extradition Leading leaker wants to visit Oslo trip to pick up freedom prize without being picked up Legal22 Apr 2016 | 44
Daft Punk: Snowden goes electronica Jean Michelle Jarre taps whistleblower for latest EDM outing Legal15 Apr 2016 | 28
Snowden 'more helpful than dangerous' says ex-Colin Powell aide But he has ruined his own life Security25 Mar 2016 | 51
Snowden WAS the Feds' quarry in Lavabit case, redaction blunder reveals One tiny little reference missed in massive censoring effort Legal17 Mar 2016 | 102
Snowden is a hero to the security biz – but not for the reason you'd expect RSA 2016 Whistleblower's revelations mean vendors make bank Security04 Mar 2016 | 15
Let Europeans sue America for slurping their data – US Senate Judicial Redress Act passes Security10 Feb 2016 | 30
Future Snowden hunt starts with audit of NSA spooks' privileges No more sudo cp -R * /dev/DVD Security12 Jan 2016 | 40
James Clapper has found another reason why he lied about NSA spying Yep: he had actually forgotten about the storing of all Americans' phonecalls Legal07 Dec 2015 | 33
Tor Project: Anonymity ain't free, folks. Pony up Privacy network passes around the hat Security25 Nov 2015 | 19
The Edward Snowden guide to practical privacy NSA whistleblower talks turkey about personal surveillance Security12 Nov 2015 | 119
European Parliament votes to grant Snowden protection from US Put down the suitcase, Ed – you're not going anywhere Legal29 Oct 2015 | 86
Edward Snowden denies making a deal with the Russian secret service ‘I burned my life to the ground to work against surveillance’ Security06 Oct 2015 | 71
'Can you hear me now? Oh Peeple, you're so mean *sad face*. It's a leftist agenda!' QuoTW Plus: VW boss Lies on emissions cheat fogginess Bootnotes04 Oct 2015 | 25
Swooning MEPs go all Directioner over Edward Snowden The People's Whistleblower up for Euro Parl's human rights prize, again Legal14 Sep 2015 | 14
End mass snooping and protect whistleblowers, MEPs yell at EU Lest we pass another legally unenforceable resolution Legal09 Sep 2015 | 15
Ed Snowden crocked cloud, says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger VMworld 2015 Oh no! Biz needs cross-cloud abstraction to move data across borders Channel01 Sep 2015 | 23
Surprise! World stunned to learn that AT&T is in the NSA's pocket US telco shows 'extreme willingness to help' Security17 Aug 2015 | 24
Want Edward Snowden pardoned? You're in the minority, say pollsters More than half of America leans toward criminal charges for Fast Eddy / hero whistlebower Security12 Aug 2015 | 97
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras sues US for years of border security harassment Snowden's pal SSSSick of getting TSA shakedowns Legal14 Jul 2015 | 59
'No evidence' Snowden was working for foreign power says ex-NSA boss And claims Uncle Sam would have hacked China's personnel database 'at the speed of light' Security18 Jun 2015 | 35
Sunday Times fires off copyright complaint at Snowden story critics Whacked hacks face flack, slap back in article scrap Legal15 Jun 2015 | 73
'Snowden risked lives' fearfest story prompts sceptical sneers Analysis Anon murmurs fool few serious infosec watchers Legal15 Jun 2015 | 79
Ed Snowden should be pardoned, thunders Amnesty Int'l Campaign launched to get Obama to drop espionage charges SaaS05 Jun 2015 | 77
Why did Snowden swipe 900k+ US DoD files? (Or so Uncle Sam claims) Secret memos snaffled using Freedom-of-Info law reveal govt official talking points Security05 Jun 2015 | 44
Latest Snowden leak: NSA can snoop internet to catch 'hackers' – no warrants needed And it all depends on what you call a hacker Networks04 Jun 2015 | 30
Snowden latest: NSA planned sneak attacks on Android app stores Agencies also hid major flaws in UC Browser Security22 May 2015 | 10
Snowden scandal latest: NSA, GCHQ lingo-spies replaced by unstoppable RHINEHART robots If you lost your job to software, you can sympathize Networks06 May 2015 | 53
Don't be stiffed by spies, stand up to Uncle Sam with your proud d**k pics – says Snowden Vid TV funnyman John Oliver gives whistleblower a hard time SaaS06 Apr 2015 | 65
Snowden didn't scare many out of US clouds says Forrester A quarter of CIOs bail from US clouds, but only a third of those leave for fear of spooks Security02 Apr 2015 | 24
Snowden dump details Canadian spies running false flag ops online Not cool, eh Networks24 Mar 2015 | 29
Snowden tells tech bigwigs: It's up to you to thwart mass surveillance SXSW 2015 'I'm helping to improve lives' says NSA whistleblower Channel16 Mar 2015 | 30
UK says comms metadata can kill personal privacy Post-Snowden Parliamentary inquiry calls for tighter safeguards on spooks' access to metadata Legal12 Mar 2015 | 3
Kaspersky claims to have found NSA's 'space station malware' Super-complex code collection had 116 spooky plug-ins Security12 Mar 2015 | 61
Snowden 'ready to return to US', claims lawyer But only if he’s promised a 'legal and impartial trial' Security03 Mar 2015 | 81
Iran hacks America where it hurts: Las Vegas casinos Digital Pearl Harbour debunked by US director of national intelligence Security27 Feb 2015 | 24
Snowden's favourite Linux - Tails - rushes sec-fix version to market Sweeping up the dead bugs Software25 Feb 2015 | 4
I wish I'd leaked sooner says Edward Snowden in post-Oscar chinwag Poitras promises more technical film on NSA spying is in production Security24 Feb 2015 | 36
Hawking thesp Eddie Redmayne and Snowden doc Citzenfour win Oscars Rise of the nerds Legal23 Feb 2015 | 14
Babar the Elephant: Another malware plague with a cute name Tor-friendly nasty records Skype & Yahoo! chats Security19 Feb 2015 | 1
Snowden leaks LEGALISED GCHQ's 'illegal' dragnet spying, rules British tribunal +Docs Before we knew, it was illegal. Now we know, it's not Legal06 Feb 2015 | 69