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Elasticsearch new features: 2020 year in review Itamar Syn-Hershko Now that 2020 is (finally!) over, we highlight the changes and additions Elasticsearch received during the year, that we believe could make a big difference to you - a developer working with Elasticsearch. What a year 2020 has been! Social distancing and a lot of very weird situations. For some it was a year full of difficulties, and hopefully a lot of growth and some good things too. It has definitely been an interesting year for Elasticsearch. Many things happened, new features added and the product evolved signi...

Spying devices known as stingrays. the goal the former officials tell politico was to spy on top white house staff and the president who is known to often use a cell phone whose security has been repeatedly questioned. >> if i'm a foreign intelligence officer in washington, i would want to listen in to his calls and his closest aides'. >> reporter: in april 2018, the department of homeland security confirmed to oregon democratic senator ron wyden that they found stingray-like activity in washington but did not say who was behind it. >> that can really be an entry point. a glide path for people...

>> reporter: in 2018, it was confirmed to senator joau ron w that they found stingray activity but did not say who was behind it. >> that can really be an entry point, a glide path for people who represent an extraordinary danger to our country. >> reporter: the stingray is technically known as an ims catcher, is signals cell phones to connecting to them. the stingray can capture location, calls, text and other data streams. extremely valuable information on potentially very serious subjects. u.s. security officials say it's possible that israel could buy these devices anonymously and use them...

>> absolutely not. we have a directive. i have a directive. no intelligence collection in the united states. no spying and it's rigorously enforced without any exceptions. it's complete fabrication. >> reporter: joining me right now is the reporter who broke this story, daniel litman, white house reporter who broke the story. good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> why are government officials confident this is likely the work of israel. >> these are the type of devices called sting rays, cell phone surveillance devices where it can capture the contents of calls, and data streams and they'...

Re-create cell phone towers. so a cell phone will latch on to it and whoever's using the device will then be able to track that cell phone. listen in on calls read text messages and surveil other data streams. now, in reaching out to former officials about the possibility that israel did carry this out, they say absolutely. despite the fact that the u.s. has a lengthy and productive intelligence sharing relationship with israel, it is highly possible that israel not only uses these stingray devices here in the united states but does continue to carry out espionage here in the united states. we...