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FBI hacking
The FBI Created a Fake FedEx Website to Unmask a Cybercriminal
In an attempt to identify someone tricking a company into handing over cash, the FBI created a fake FedEx website, as well as deployed booby-trapped Word documents to reveal fraudsters' IP addresses.
Joseph Cox
11.26.18
government
The FBI Hacked Over 8,000 Computers In 120 Countries Based on One Warrant
With upcoming changes to Rule 41, experts think this is only the beginning of worldwide hacking by law enforcement agencies.
Joseph Cox
11.22.16
Norway
FBI's Dark Web Child Porn Investigation Stretched to Norway
Norway is just the latest country to be linked to the FBI's massive investigation, and takeover, of dark web child pornography site Playpen.
Joseph Cox
11.21.16
security
Florida Man Found Guilty of Running Child Porn Site ‘Playpen’
The FBI took over the site, and ran it themselves for just under two weeks.
Joseph Cox
9.17.16
Hacking
Activists to FBI: Show Us Your Warrant for Mass Hack of TorMail Users
The American Civil Liberties Union is trying to unseal a docket sheet relating to FBI hacking.
Joseph Cox
9.6.16
crime
FBI Denies Making Dark Web Child Porn Site Run Faster
A defense lawyer had claimed that the FBI improved the performance of a dark web child pornography site during their operations.
Joseph Cox
9.2.16
The Hacks We Can't See
FBI's Mass Hack Hit 50 Computers in Austria
Revelations that the 'Operation Pacifier' child porn investigation extended to Austria too shows the extent of the FBI's reach overseas.
Joseph Cox
7.28.16
The Hacks We Can't See
Dozens of Lawyers Across the US Fight the FBI's Mass Hacking Campaign
Over 70 lawyers in cases related to the FBI's child porn sting are pooling their efforts in a “national working group.”
Joseph Cox
7.27.16
FBI
FBI: Our Malware Sends Unencrypted Evidence, and That's a Good Thing
In fact, it's good for the defendants in the Playpen case, FBI agent says.
Janus Kopfstein
6.5.16
Hacking
A Judge Just Made It Harder for the FBI to Use Hacking
A judge has thrown out evidence obtained by the FBI, because the agency refused to provide the malware code to the defense.
Joseph Cox
5.25.16
crime
Pressure Mounts on FBI To Reveal Tor Browser Exploit
More lawyers argue for information on an exploit the FBI used in a dark web child porn bust.
Joseph Cox
5.24.16
Hacking
It's Not ‘Malware’ When We Have a Warrant, FBI Says
The government is trying to downplay the hacking code it used to identify thousands of anonymous Tor users under a single warrant.
Janus Kopfstein
5.22.16
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