French counterterrorism investigators believe that the men suspected in last month's Paris attacks used widely available encryption tools to communicate with each other, officials familiar with the investigation said, raising questions about whether the men used U.S.-made tools to hide the plot from authorities. Investigators have previously said that messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram were ...
Despite the lack of evidence, the Obama Administration has revived the encryption debate, pointing to encryption as an aid to the terrorists behind the Nov. 13 Paris attacks. Investigators from France and the U.S. have conceded that there has been no evidence backing up their conclusion that the terrorist behind the attacks relied on the ...
WASHINGTON — Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris have revived the debate over whether U.S. tech companies should be required to build "backdoors" into encrypted phones, apps and Internet sites to let law enforcement conduct surveillance of suspected terrorists. There has been widespread speculation among law enforcement authorities and the media that the Islamic State terrorists ...
