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Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals’ movements...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Stealing Source Code From Federal Reserve
A 33 year-old Chinese man pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court to stealing proprietary source code used by the U.S. Federal Reserve to help track billions of dollars in government transfers that occur...
View ArticleDOJ Launches New Cyber Unit, Claims Privacy is Mission Critical
The United States Department of Justice yesterday announced the creation of a new cybercrime unit within its Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
View ArticleApple Counters FBI’s Backdoor Demand as Unconstitutional
Apple's latest court filing in its ongoing legal tussle with the FBI challenges the constitutionality of the government's demands that Apple help unlock Syed Farook's phone.
View ArticleAttention Turns to FBI’s ‘Outside Party’
Experts speculate on who the mystery "outside party" coming to the aid of the FBI may be, and what is their means of cracking a terrorist's iPhone.
View ArticleFBI Breaks into Terrorist’s Encrypted iPhone
The FBI has cracked the encryption on the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone and told the court it no longer needs Apple's help.
View ArticleDept. of Justice Makes Plea for Mass Surveillance, Hacking
The Department of Justice is countering a growing chorus of privacy advocates who are against a rule change that will greatly expand law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers located around the...
View ArticleDOJ Dismisses Playpen Case to Keep Tor Hack Private
Prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice dropped their case against a suspect who visited the dark web site child pornography site Playpen.
View ArticleThreatpost News Wrap, March 10, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week including a rash of new IP camera backdoors, James Comey's talk at Boston College, hacking back vs. active defense, and the DOJ dropping one of...
View ArticleFSB Officers, Criminal Hackers Indicted in Yahoo Breach
The Department of Justice indicted four individuals, including two Russian FSB officers, for their roles in the Yahoo breach.
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