Tag: bugging

Bugging equipment found in room where Polish government was to meet

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Bugging devices were found in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet on Tuesday, an official said. The Cabinet ministers were meeting in Katowice, a southwestern Polish city where Tusk was attending an economic conference. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson for the head of […]

Taxman bugging you for more info? Here’s what to do

Apr. 1—Anyone who’s already filed their taxes by now should be basking in the glow of a job done early. But the taxman might not be done with you yet. New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department spokesman Charlie Moore said it’s not unusual for the agency to request taxpayers to resubmit information like W-2s — […]

Bundestag official calls for counterintelligence efforts to be stepped up in wake of bugging scandal

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair of the Bundestag Defence Committee, has called for a response after Russia released a recording of Bundeswehr officers’ conversations. Source: German news channel n-tv, as reported by European Pravda Details: The official stated that espionage has always been one of the tools of Russia’s hybrid warfare. “It’s not surprising that conversations are […]

Ukraine’s Security Service officers reportedly involved in bugging Bihus.Info project’s staff were to be rewarded, security service responds

The investigative journalism project Bihus.Info has submitted a request to Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) regarding the awarding of the Order of Danylo Halytskyi to Roman Semenchenko, Head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood, who was later fired after spying on journalists, and to Ihor Kravchenko, an SSU officer involved in the surveillance. […]

Illegal bugging on Bihus.Info: Police opens 4 cases

The police have registered four cases under the article on violation of privacy due to covert filming and bugging of Bihus.info project employees. Source: Ivan Vyhivskyi, Head of the National Police, at a briefing at the Ukraine-Ukrinform media centre on 22 January Quote: “The Security Service has one case. The second case… Well, not even […]