I write about Internet security for VentureBeat, including enterprise security, cloud security, mobile security, your mom’s security, security policy, and cyber criminals. I also dig cultural stories, and startups dealing with non-tech-savvy markets.

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stories by Meghan Kelly

S.F. Mayor Ed Lee says mid-Market St. ‘thriving’ because of Twitter

The mayor San Francisco says 1,826 tech companies are in San Francisco, and he hopes more of them move to Twitter's neighborhood.

Email tells Senate staffers they should not access PRISM documents

Security is telling Senate staffers that they should not access or download any of the classified documents leaked in the last couple weeks despite the fact that they've likely already seen them.

NSA performed over 61K hacking operations around the world, says whistleblower

Edward Snowden came out of hiding today to reveal that the NSA has performed thousands of hacking operations, hundreds of which were aimed at China.

Funding Daily: Editors gone wild

There is so much news this week, and the funding isn't letting up either. Twelve companies raised money from small seed rounds to hundreds of millions of dollars and our editors are going nuts.

Google urges FBI to let it include secret FISA orders in its transparency report

Google sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General and FBI today asking for permission to include secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders in its transparency reports.