The new recruit showed off to a colleague, calling the gift-card tinkering “research”. We’ll see what Homeland Security thinks about it after they scour the electronics they seized from his house. 
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Buzzkill: FBI director says he was joking about hiring weed-smoking hackers
FBI Director James Comey says he was being “funny” when he made a comment that the FBI should consider loosening drug policies for its job applicants, but FBI recruitment to fight cyber crime is a serious problem. Should the FBI hire pot smoking hackers?
Cybercrime boss offers a Ferrari for best online scam
A top cybercrime boss has offered up a sports car to the hacker who comes up with the best online scam, according to the head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
87 arrested in the Philippines in bust of sextortion ring
Three men, out of some 87 arrested, are allegedly behind the blackmailing of Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old Scottish boy who killed himself last year. 