A U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led him to leave the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Friday pardoned Sae Joon Park, a 57-year-old who was born in South Korea and had lived in the U.S. since he was 7, erasing two convictions he had in the state. She also pardoned five other individuals in the state. “Today, I am granting clemency to six individuals who have displayed positive changes in their lives and will dedicate themselves to bettering their communities—they earned their second chance…

Graphite is a powerful commercial spyware product capable of entering a smartphone without its owner clicking a link, opening an attachment or knowingly downloading anything. Developed by Paragon Solutions, the technology has been connected to surveillance targeting journalists and immigration activists in Europe. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also holds a $2 million contract with Paragon, raising questions about how American authorities may use the technology. How Graphite Secretly Compromises Phones Graphite belongs to the same category of commercial surveillance technology as Pegasus, the better-known spyware developed by NSO Group. Both are classified as mercenary spyware, meaning private companies develop…

Last week, the ATF confirmed the agency was the target of a cyber attack. That’s not good, even if the system penetrated was about the targets of investigations, rather than gun purchase records or anything of the sort. Still, it happened. The ATF admitted it, but would not confirm if the ransomware outfit known as Qilin was responsible. That’s still up in the air.However, Qilin did release a bunch of data that it claims it got from the hack, and sure enough, they’re the targets of past investigations.A likely Russian-speaking cybercriminal gang on Monday leaked…

More than half a century after the F-15 Eagle first took off, the Pentagon is preparing to spend as much as $131.23 billion keeping the legendary fighter in production, upgrading the aircraft in service and supporting flights around the world. The Boeing Co. received the massive contract Monday for the F-15 Eagle Crest program, according to the Department of War contract announcement. The agreement covers all portions of the aircraft, including the maintenance of every part needed to keep it functional. Government-operated depot maintenance capabilities are intended to preserve critical F-15 weapons system capabilities for the Air Force, Air National…

A wave of public backlash is pulling Flock’s license plate reader cameras off streets nationwide. But in many communities, surveillance isn’t ending and cameras are actually just changing brands. As cities cancel their contracts with Flock Safety, more are hiring Axon instead. They are another law enforcement technology company that installs cameras that scan and track passing vehicles much as Flock cameras do, and they lack the public attention that Flock has received over the course of the past few months. That trend has even reached the Florida Department of Transportation. They ordered all license plate readers removed from state…

As someone who was raised as the son of a police officer, I feel a pain upon any officer’s death in the line of duty. I remember when someone I looked up to, Officer Randy Brown, was killed in the line of duty when I was a child. That comes back every time. I don’t give cops a pass, but I do respect the job they do, and I mourn them being killed, which is what happened to an officer in Las Vegas recently.Now, people are asking questions about how the killer was armed, but…