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FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.
Florida skips gun background checks for a year after employee forgets login
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services stopped using the FBI’s crime database in February 2016 because an employee couldn’t log in.
WannaCry hero sinks deeper into trouble as new malware charges filed
The young Briton who emerged as the reluctant “WannaCry hero” in 2017 now faces yet more criminal charges over making and selling malware.
FBI issues VPNFilter malware warning, says “REBOOT NOW” [PODCAST]
The FBI just issued a VPNFilter malware warning saying, “Reboot your routers now!” But why? And will it help?
FBI admits to inflating number of crime-related devices it can’t crack
Investigators can’t get into 7,775 devices? Nah, the FBI admits: it’s more like 1,200… or 2000… pending an audit, it’s not really sure.
Push for legal mandate to unlock phones revived by DOJ
The Feds have been meeting with security researchers who are working on “a safe enough way” to unlock data on encrypted phones.
Anonymous “unhoods” alleged KKK members but innocents are smeared
Members of the loose hacker collective Anonymous followed through with their pledge to release the names of members of the Ku Klux Klan, but #OpKKK was flawed from the get-go by uncoordinated document dumps and erroneous information.
Hacker detained for giving US service members’ personal info to ISIS
A hacker detained in Malaysia now faces extradition to the US to face charges that he provided material support to the Islamic State, which US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are calling a “first of its kind” case.
Obama opts for “good cop” approach with encryption backdoors
The Obama administration won’t seek legislation to force technology companies to decrypt communications, FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a public hearing on Thursday.