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Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook discusses the iPhone7 during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 7, 2016. Beck Diefenbach, Reuters

How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone

by Nicole Perlroth | Sep 9, 2016 | Business

San Francisco- Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location? That will cost you $650,000, plus a $500,000 setup fee with an Israeli outfit called the NSO Group. You can spy on more people...

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Tools used by the Cate family at its welding shop in Belleville, Wis.- Lauren Justice for The New York Times

The Chinese Hackers in the Back Office

by Nicole Perlroth | Jun 13, 2016 | Technology

Drive past the dairy farms, cornfields and horse pastures here and you will eventually arrive at Cate Machine & Welding, a small-town business run by Gene and Lori Cate and their sons. For 46 years, the Cates have welded many things — fertilizer tanks,...