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Sabu to continue aiding FBI
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-02-27 10:28
The founder of hacking group Lulzsec, Sabu, has had his sentence postponed in order to continue working with the FBI.
Sabu - real name Hector Xavier Monsegur - encouraged Lulzsec members to hack websites including those of the CIA, Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sony Pictures Europe and News International during the summer of 2011. But little did the group's members know that at that time Sabu was a double agent, working with the FBI.
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Facebook helps FBI take down $850M botnet crime ring
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-02-13 10:21
Facebook helped the FBI take down an international crime ring that used a botnet to infect 11 million computers and steal more than $850 million, one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history.
The FBI announced today that with the social-networking giant's assistance, it had arrested 10 people from countries around the world who it said used the Yahos malware and Butterfly botnet to steal victims' credit card, bank account, and personal information.
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FBI intent on sniffing out those who leaked possible US Stuxnet role
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-01-30 08:27
Federal investigators in the US are tightening the screws on former senior government officials who might have leaked info about the Stuxnet worm, according to The Washington Post.
Last June, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. started the inquiry into loose lips.
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'Gozi' Virus Creators Charged By FBI With Stealing Millions From Online Bank Customers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-01-24 00:07
Federal authorities announced Wednesday they had disrupted a massive cybercrime ring, charging three alleged hackers with using "one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history" to steal millions of dollars from banks around the world.
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FBI to ACLU: Nope, we won't tell you how, when, or why we track you
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-01-17 02:42
Back in August 2012, we reported on how the American Civil Liberties Union was compelling the FBI to fully disclose how it interprets the results of the United States v. Jones case—a unanimous Supreme Court decision establishing that law enforcement does not have the authority to put a warrantless GPS tracker on a suspect’s car.
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