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This Is the Modern Manhunt: The FBI, the Hive Mind and the Boston Bombers

Boston shows a new model manhunt emerging: one reliant on the FBI embracing crowd-submitted data and rapid feedback.

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Judge Allows Evidence Gathered From FBI’s Spoofed Cell Tower

An Arizona judge has denied a motion to suppress evidence collected through a spoofed cell tower that the FBI used to track the location of an accused identity thief.

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Senator demands DOJ, FBI seek warrants to read e-mail

Democratic Sen. Mark Udall says the Justice Department should not allow FBI agents to peruse Americans’ private communications without obtaining a search warrant from a judge. [Read more]     

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FBI Kills Ex-MMA Fighter Tied to Boston Bombing Suspect

An FBI interview with an Orlando man believed to have known Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev took a deadly and unclear turn early this morning.

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FBI Kills Ex-MMA Fighter Tied to Boston Bomb Suspect

An FBI interview with an Orlando man believed to have known Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev took a deadly and unclear turn early this morning.

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Judge orders Google to comply with FBI’s secret NSL demands

A federal judge tells the company to comply with the FBI’s warrantless National Security Letter requests for user details, despite ongoing concerns about their constitutionality. [Read more]     

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Google ordered to turn over data to FBI

A US judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data.

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Microsoft, feds disrupt massive Citadel botnet

The software giant teams with the FBI and financial services industry groups to slow down a cybercrime ring that is allegedly responsible for roughly $500 million in losses. [Read more]     

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Microsoft, FBI targets cybercrime ring

Microsoft teamed with the FBI to disrupt armies of hacked computers used to commit financial fraud around the world.

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NSA Is Wired Into Top Internet Companies’ Servers, Including Google and Facebook

The NSA and FBI directly tapped central servers belonging to nine U.S. internet firms, in order to get a constant feed of audio, video, photos, emails and documents as well as connection logs,...

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FBI Admits It Surveils U.S. With Drones

FBI Director Robert Mueller said today the bureau was surveilling the United States with drones. The revelation came during a bureau oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and comes as...

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WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI

Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson served two masters, working for the secret-spilling website and simultaneously spilling its secrets to the U.S. government in exchange for $5,000.     

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New slides reveal greater detail about PRISM data collection

Slides published by The Washington Post appear to confirm that the NSA and FBI have the ability to perform real-time surveillance of e-mail and stored content. [Read more]     

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Microsoft ‘helped’ NSA, FBI on spying

Microsoft worked closely with US intelligence services to help them intercept users’ communications, including letting the National Security Agency circumvent e-mail encryption, the Guardian has...

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Samsung said to be near deals to supply devices to FBI, Navy

Formerly the territory of BlackBerry, the contracts would be Samsung’s first U.S. government deals since winning Pentagon security approval earlier this year. [Read more]     

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Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys

Whether the FBI or NSA have the legal authority to obtain the master keys that companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn’t stopped the U.S. government from trying. [Read...

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Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys

Whether the FBI or NSA have the legal authority to obtain the master keys that companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn’t stopped the U.S. government from trying. [Read...

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Feds demanded Web companies’ master encryption keys

Whether the FBI or National Security Agency has legal authority to obtain master keys companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn’t stopped the U.S. government from trying....

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FBI said to be taking a hacker approach to spying

Using tools to remotely record conversations on Android devices and laptops, the FBI is allegedly taking a cyber tack on surveillance. [Read more]     

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FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software

CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom “port reader” software to intercept Internet metadata in real time. And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use the software. [Read...

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