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FBI and Justice Department can’t find their drone privacy reports
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2015-02-13 04:10
Six months ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation refused to release its plans to tackle privacy risks posed by drone surveillance. Now the agency claims it can’t track them down at all. So does the one Justice Department office responsible for making sure such reports get filed in the first place.
FBI Director Says 'Sloppy' North Korean Hackers Gave Themselves Away
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2015-01-08 02:26
FBI Director James Comey, today, said that the hackers who compromised Sony Pictures Entertainment usually used proxy servers to obfuscate their identity, but "several times they got sloppy."
Speaking today at an event at Fordham University in New York, Comey said, "Several times, either because they forgot or because of a technical problem, they connected directly and we could see that the IPs they were using ... were exclusively used by the North Koreans.
FBI Investigates Hacking of Computers at Sony Pictures
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-12-01 23:25
The FBI has joined the investigation of the cyber attack that crippled computers at Sony Pictures and led to the theft of some new movies.
“The FBI is working with our interagency partners to investigate the recently reported cyber intrusion at Sony Pictures Entertainment,” the bureau said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.
FBI's most wanted cybercriminal used his cat's name as a password
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-11-12 23:41
When he was arrested at his Chicago home in 2012 for hacking the website of security think tank Stratfor, the dreadlocked Jeremy Hammond was the FBI's most wanted cybercriminal.
Authorities tracked him down with the help of top LulzSec member Hector Xavier Monsegur. But it has never been known how they managed to shut the lid of him computer, effectively encrypting the contents of Hammond's hard drive, which the hacker was able to encrypt as agents armed with assault rifles were raiding his home.
FBI Pays Visit to Researcher Who Revealed Yahoo Hack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-10-08 11:55
Jonathan Hall was trying to help the internet. Earlier this week, the 29-year-old hacker and security consultant revealed that someone had broken into machines running inside several widely used internet services, including Yahoo, WinZip, and Lycos. But he may have gone too far.