Snowden Archive
The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
A never-before-published NSA manual makes it clear that malware released by a hacker group this week came from the spy agency.
Micah Lee
Micah Lee is The Intercept's Director of Information Security. He's a security engineer and an open-source software developer who writes about technical topics, leaked datasets, and the far right. Micah is the author of Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Datasets, a hands-on book that teaches journalists, researchers, and activists how to download, research, analyze, and report on datasets.
Contacts:
- micah.lee@theintercept.com
- +1-201-357-0796 on Signal
- @micahflee on Keybase
- @micahflee@infosec.exchange on Mastodon
- @micahflee.com on Bluesky
- @micahflee on X
- SecureDrop
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Snowden Archive
Iraqi Insurgents Stymied the NSA and Other Highlights from 263 Internal Agency Reports
The Intercept is releasing a batch of articles from the NSA's internal news website, SIDtoday, for the second time. Here is a look at the most interesting revelations.
Edward Snowden's New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones From Betraying Their Owners
Working with famed hacker "Bunnie" Huang, the NSA whistleblower wants to help imperiled journalists and activists fully silence their mobile devices, including iPhones and eventually Android devices.
Security Tips Every Signal User Should Know
Here’s how to maximize the security of your most sensitive conversations — the ones that could be misinterpreted by an employer; be of interest to snooping governments; or allow a hacker to steal your identity.
Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: How Signal Beats WhatsApp
Both Signal and WhatsApp are encrypted, but Signal takes extra steps to keep your chats private.
Snowden Archive
The Most Intriguing Spy Stories From 166 Internal NSA Reports
We combed through more than 160 internal NSA documents and found disclosures about interrogations at Guantánamo, the Iraq War, satellite-communications monitoring, the challenges of spying on the internet, and much more.
Upgrade Your iPhone Passcode to Defeat the FBI's Backdoor Strategy
Here's why a random 11-digit passcode will probably protect your iPhone against snoops.
Lawyers Speak Out About Massive Hack of Prisoners’ Phone Records
An anonymous hacker provided <em>The Intercept</em> with millions of call records belonging to prison telecom giant Securus. Now, lawyers are speaking up about apparent violations of attorney-client privilege.
Recently Bought a Windows Computer? Microsoft Probably Has Your Encryption Key
New Windows devices have disk encryption turned on by default. But what happens to your recovery key?
Edward Snowden Explains How To Reclaim Your Privacy
The NSA whistleblower sat down with <em>The Intercept</em>’s Micah Lee in Moscow.