# csec (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover csec. Page: Feed: --- ## [New details from the Snowden files found by the Libroot collective](https://www.electrospaces.net/2026/06/new-details-from-snowden-files-found-by.html) _2026-06-04 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: August 6, 2026) More than 12 years after the start of the Snowden revelations in June 2013, there are still new details to be found in the ca. 1200 highly classified documents that have been released to the public. The latest finds are the result of mostly technical analysis conducted by a collective called Libroot. Since December last year, they are publishing the results in a series of… ## [Trump risked a compromise of his strike against Venezuela](https://www.electrospaces.net/2026/01/trump-risked-compromise-of-his-strike.html) _2026-01-08 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: January 14, 2026) On January 3, 2026, the United States conducted a remarkable strike against Venezuela , during which president Maduro and his wife were captured and exfiltrated to New York. At his private residence Mar-a-Lago , US president Trump monitored this operation from a room that looks hardly secure enough to prevent adversaries from eavesdropping. Left to right: Hegseth,… ## [AT&T's very rare Security-Plus Telephone](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/10/an-interesting-advertisement-for-stu.html) _2025-10-28 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ Since 1987, AT&T advertised a new secure telephone that operated according to the STU-III standard of the NSA. This was the Security-Plus Telephone , which is probably one of the rarest devices from the STU-III family. Already in 1992, AT&T replaced the Security-Plus Telephone by a completely different model that became more commonly used. Advertisement from 1987 for AT&T's Security-Plus Telephone… ## [Preventing telephone manipulation: the TSG standards](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/08/preventing-telephone-manipulation-tsg.html) _2025-08-31 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: September 10, 2025) Telephone conversations can be intercepted by tapping cables, but the telephone set itself can also be manipulated in order to secretly turn it into a listening device. To prevent the latter, the US Telephone Security Group (TSG) published several standards to enhance the security of landline/desktop phones. Read more » ## [The American secure phone of Canadian prime minister Trudeau](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/06/the-american-secure-phone-of-canadian.html) _2025-05-31 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ In my series about the phones of government leaders I will now look at Canada, where former prime minister Justin Trudeau had a rarely seen telephone on his desk: the vIPer Universal Secure Phone , which is manufactured by the American defense contractor General Dynamics. Former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau with a vIPer secure phone, December 2020 (photo: Ottawa Catholic School Board -… ## [How US defense secretary Hegseth circumvents the official DoD communications equipment](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/04/how-us-defense-secretary-hegseth.html) _2025-04-30 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: June 10, 2025) US defense secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have a private computer in his office that is linked to the public internet. He wanted this computer to use the messaging app Signal , which is the preferred method of communication among Trump's government officials. Here I will look at the secretary of defense's official communications equipment and the SecDef Cables… ## [The equipment that Trump's national security team should have used](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/03/the-equipment-that-trumps-national.html) _2025-03-30 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: May 2, 2025) Recently, the editor in chief of The Atlantic found himself in a group chat on Signal, in which president Trump's national security team discussed a military operation in Yemen. This immediately became SignalGate . Here I present the secure government equipment and networks that Trump's team should have used instead of an app on their (personal) smartphones. It will also… ## [Interesting topics from the NSA's 2009 Presidential Transition Book](https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/01/interesting-topics-from-nsas-2009.html) _2025-01-17 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: April 8, 2025) In the period between the election and the inauguration, a new US president prepares to take over the administration and gets briefed by numerous officials and agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA). Here I will present some interesting topics from the extensive 2009 Presidential Transition Book (pdf), which the NSA had prepared for Barack Obama after he… ## [Treaties on the exchange and protection of classified information](https://www.electrospaces.net/2024/12/treaties-on-exchange-and-protection-of.html) _2024-12-30 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: February 6, 2025) According to parliamentary records from The Netherlands, almost all western countries have signed, or plan to sign treaties on the exchange and protection of classified information. While many of them are public now, they replace secret agreements which date back to the 1960s. Sources For The Netherlands these treaties can easily be found via a new open source viewer… ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/B6eVR3sYs0ZB) _2024-12-30 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [The phones of the new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte](https://www.electrospaces.net/2024/12/the-phones-of-new-nato-secretary.html) _2024-11-29 · P/K · Electrospaces.net_ (Updated: January 13, 2025) Since October 1, former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is the new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), succeeding Jens Stoltenberg from Norway, who had held this office since 2014. In his new function, Mr. Rutte has telephone sets for secure and non-secure calls and even a hotline with the White House. He also has a somewhat odd switch to…