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.
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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.
Women posed as fake brides to scam ISIS out of $3000
Even if you pull one over on the world’s most fearsome terrorist army, it’s still illegal.
Twitter shuts down 10,000 ISIS-linked accounts in one day
Twitter confirmed that its violations department had suspended some 10,000 accounts on 2 April “for tweeting violent threats”.
New anti-terrorism unit will tackle extremist content on the web
European security officials have proposed a new online counter-terrorism unit to help combat increasing online extremism.
Lizard Squad moves on from Xbox and PlayStation, hacks Malaysia Airlines
The Malaysia Airlines website was defaced by hackers claiming to represent Lizard Squad and the ‘Cyber Caliphate’.
Rugby team’s site defaced to read ‘i love you isis’
Counter-terrorism police in the UK are investigating cybervandalism of a local UK rugby team’s website.