Latest Federal Bureau of Investigation Stories
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arista Power, Inc. ("Arista Power" or the "Company") (OTCBB: ASPW) announced today that it has received an order for a Mobile Renewable Power Station (MRPS) on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Audio Technology Deployment Unit Power Sources Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/NY18505LOGO ) The MRPS for the FBI includes a patented, ducted WindTamer wind turbine, best in class solar cells, fuel cells, and...
New Data Show Twenty-Five States Have Submitted Fewer than 100 Mental Health Records; Six Have Reported Zero NEW YORK, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New government data show that most states are still failing to send records about seriously mentally ill people to the gun background check database five months after the Tucson shootings exposed serious gaps in the national do-not-sell list. According to FBI documents describing the composition of the database on April 30, 2011, a...
InfraGard Atlanta Members Alliance said Sunday that about 180 passwords belonging to members of the FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet. Paul Farley, president of the organization, told The Associated Press (AP) that the logins belonged to members of the local chapter of InfraGard, a public-private partnership devoted to sharing information about threats to U.S. physical and Internet infrastructure. "Someone did compromise the website," Farley told...
Cybersecurity Experts Share Thoughts on Growing Threats, Solutions UTICA, N.Y., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Cyber Summit presented by Utica College and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) stressed a growing need for law enforcement to be savvy when it comes to growing cyber threats on regional, national and global security. "Understand that you are a target for the hacking community," said Patrick Gray, senior security strategist for Cisco Systems. "You're on the Internet;...
VIENNA, Va., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- INDUS Corporation (INDUS), a leading Federal Information Technology (IT) solutions provider, today announced several recent additions to strengthen the Corporate Business Development and Growth organization to better serve its Federal customers. Terry Fitzpatrick Mr. Terry Fitzpatrick has been appointed as the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Growth and is responsible for business development, growth, account management, and...
Serco is proud to announce that Maureen Baginski, Vice President of Serco's Intelligence Services, received the FBI Intelligence Analysts Association (IAA) Award. Reston, VA (PRWEB) May 02, 2011 Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services to the federal government, is proud to announce that Maureen Baginski, Vice President of Serco's Intelligence Services, received the FBI Intelligence Analysts Association (IAA) Award. The first annual event and ceremony...
Roughly one in three FBI agents investigating national security-related computer intrusions lack the required technical skills to perform their jobs, according to a government report released on Wednesday.Furthermore, agents are often transferred or diverted to other cases, preventing them from investigating cyber attacks involving national security. Of the 36 agents interviewed during the review, 13 were deficient in at least some of the critical skills needed to do their job, read the...
Unveillance, a new data leak intelligence organization recently announced the launch of their new cloud-based botnet intelligence platform. In the wake of the recent high profile takedown of the Coreflood botnet by the FBI, the Unveillance Intelligence Platform is aimed at providing real time intelligence to the corporate and government sectors to aid with identification and ultimate remediation of infections resulting in botnet participation. Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) April 15, 2011 Today...
The FBI and Justice Department announced Wednesday they have disabled a huge network of virus-infected computers used to steal passwords and financial data by cyber criminals. In a joint statement, the agencies said the network, operating as the "Coreflood" botnet, is believed to have been in operation for nearly ten years and could have been behind infections of more than two million computers worldwide. Charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and illegal interception of electronic communications...
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team is beginning to fully develop and deploy a capability that will enhance the FBI's latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce palm print matching to the system. Development efforts began after a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the system's Increment 3. The milestone came just weeks after the FBI declared Initial Operating Capability on NGI's...
