If you can’t trust law enforcement, who can you trust? Shaun Bridges, formerly part of the Baltimore Silk Road task force, has become the second agent to plead guilty to serious charges associated with his time investigating the shady online drug market.
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Hacker pleads guilty in Facebook malware and spam scheme
The cybercrook allegedly used a “Facebook Spreader” malware to infect victims via booby-trapped links in Facebook chat messages.
FBI catches swatter who said “you can’t catch a hacker”
A Texan teenager has pleaded guilty to one count of threats to kill, after an investigation by the FBI pinpointed him as the source of several hoax bomb threats and “swatting” calls to police in Minnesota, Ohio and Massachusetts.
ID thief who scooped data on 200 million Americans jailed for 13 years
Hieu Minh Ngo whose websites put personal information on over 200 million US citizens up for sale has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
DEA agent who lined his pockets with Silk Road bitcoins pleads guilty
Carl Force confessed to routing bitcoins into his own accounts while investigating the black market site.
Silk Road coupon forger charged with wire fraud
US law enforcement’s infiltration and takedown of the Silk Road underground marketplace has turned up yet another court case, with a New Orleans man charged with selling counterfeit shopping coupons through the site, and its successors, on an epic scale.
Obama signs executive order to sanction foreign hackers
Obama signed a new executive order on Wednesday (1 April 2015) authorizing financial sanctions against foreign hackers, and companies that knowingly benefit from cyberattacks against US interests.
FBI in tough competition for cybersecurity talent
The FBI is adding cyber special agent to the top of its most wanted list, as the US law enforcement agency grapples with a shortage of employees with cybersecurity training. 
Microsoft deluged with support in its email privacy battle against US government
75 amicus briefs show the industry’s fierce belief that the US is overreaching in its demands to get email off an Irish server.
Microsoft: US would be outraged if another nation ransacked its servers
That’s exactly what the US is doing, Microsoft says: trying to sidestep international law by demanding a customer’s email from servers in another country. 