Latest Federal Bureau of Investigation Stories
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued another warning to computer owners to check their desktops and laptops for a piece of malware that could cause them to lose Internet access in a few months if the problem is not addressed. According to the Daily Mail, the DNSChanger malware is the result of an advertising scam launched by hackers last year, and many people still have the program on their computers without even realizing it. The FBI set up a system several months ago...
The FBI has seized a server used by an anonymous remailing service provider and several progressive service organizations as part of an ongoing investigation into anonymous bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh -- a move which has reportedly drawn criticism from digital anonymity advocates. The server was seized Wednesday from a co-location facility located in New York after FBI officials presented a warrant, Wired's Kim Zetter wrote on Friday. The server was used by Mixmaster, a...
The FBI's former head of cybersecurity, Shawn Henry, announced on Wednesday that he is joining CrowdStrike, a “stealth-mode security startup” that protects corporate customers targeted by hackers and foreign intelligence services. Henry will be President of CrowdStrike’s newly-formed services division, which will focus on assessing and responding to targeted threats to the intellectual property and trade secrets of major Western companies. Henry, who retired from the FBI last...
Oregon man now seeks asylum in Sweden because of fear of U.S. actions WASHINGTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division to investigate whether an American Muslim citizen detained last year in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was tortured at the behest of the FBI. In its letter to the DOJ, CAIR cites an exclusive report by Mother Jones magazine about the case...
Hector Xavier Monsegur-also known as Sabu-was absent for his Manhattan criminal court case on Thursday, after his lawyer Peggy Cross-Goldenberg said he couldn’t attend due to concerns for his personal safety, making references to “security concerns and physical threats” The Manhattan criminal court judge waived his arraignment on Thursday and agreed to dismiss the impersonation charges, providing Monsegur is able to stay out of trouble for 6 months. Monsegur-Sabu is an out-of-work...
Brett Smith forRedorbit.com U.K. police arrested two teenagers on Thursday evening for allegedly making hoax phone calls to a hotline set up to report suspicious terrorism-related activity. The arrests also appear to be linked to a series of hacker-recorded calls among staff manning the anti-terrorist hotline and the illicit callers. The two males, ages 16 and 17, were arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of violating the country’s Malicious Communications Act and Computer...
An upstart telecom and Internet service provider seeks to give customers something very rare in an age of growing surveillance: the complete protection of privacy from government spying, wiretapping, and other unconstitutional anti-privacy measures. The non-profit company, which is still in its planning stages, was founded by Nicholas Merrill, a 39-year-old former telecom engineer who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider. Speaking with CNET on Tuesday, Merrill said he wants...
Counterterrorism experts from the FBI and the New York Police Department (NYPD) are investigating an image posted on multiple Arabic-language websites which appears to suggest that New York may once again be the target of a terrorist attack. According to Jana Winter of FoxNews.com, the "mysterious" image resembles a Hollywood-style movie poster and includes the phrase, "Al Qaeda Coming Soon Again in New York." Law enforcement officials are concerned enough about the graphic that they have...
Epic Games announced a long-term deal with Advanced Research Associates to license the Unreal game engine for use in government agencies including the FBI and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The IARPA Sirius program, a $10M multi-year contract, will use the software to, “develop serious games that result in better decision-making by teaching participants to recognize and mitigate the effects of their own biases when analyzing information used to make...
Revelations of intelligence gathering by FBI at 'outreach' events prompts policy suggestions WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered mosques and other Muslim institutions a model "Law Enforcement Engagement Policy." The policy comes in the wake of revelations by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that FBI agents have gathered intelligence on constitutionally-protected activities at mosques during...
