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.
View ArticleJudge 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.
View ArticleSenator 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]
View ArticleFBI 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.
View ArticleFBI 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.
View ArticleJudge 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]
View ArticleGoogle 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.
View ArticleMicrosoft, 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]
View ArticleMicrosoft, FBI targets cybercrime ring
Microsoft teamed with the FBI to disrupt armies of hacked computers used to commit financial fraud around the world.
View ArticleNSA 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,...
View ArticleFBI 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...
View ArticleWikiLeaks 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.
View ArticleNew 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]
View ArticleMicrosoft ‘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...
View ArticleSamsung 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]
View ArticleFeds 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...
View ArticleFeds 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...
View ArticleFeds 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....
View ArticleFBI 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]
View ArticleFBI 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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