2013 scandals

PRISM is a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA) collects internet communications from various U.S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD . PRISM collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies such as Google and Apple under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms. Among other things, the NSA can use these PRISM requests to target communications that were encrypted when they traveled across the internet backbone, to focus on

industrial building collapse in Savar, Bangladesh

XKeyscore (XKEYSCORE or XKS) is a classified computer system used by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for searching and analyzing global Internet data, which it collects in real time. The NSA has shared XKeyscore with other intelligence agencies, including the Australian Signals Directorate, Canada's Communications Security Establishment, New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau, Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters, Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst, and the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, the latter of

German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian

food scandal in Europe

tax haven leak and financial scandal unveiled in April 2013

criminal investigation that involves several key people in the Turkish government

US surveillance program

Dropmire is a surveillance program by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) aimed at surveillance of foreign embassies and diplomatic staff, including those of NATO allies. The program's existence was revealed in June 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden in The Guardian. The report alleged that at least 38 foreign embassies were under surveillance, some of them as far back as 2007.

massive admission and recruitment scam in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh

financial scandal in India

2010s political scandal in India

Russian law forbidding the adoption of Russian children by American citizens

2013 death of army specialist Hung Chung-chiu

Ding Jinhao

Government crisis resulting in resignation of the prime minister

Moroccan political scandal

2013 baseball doping scandal