Hacker News with Generative AI: FBI

Ransomware scum bilked victims out of a 'staggering' $16.6B last year, says FBI (theregister.com)
Digital scammers and extortionists bilked businesses and individuals in the US out of a "staggering" $16.6 billion last year, according to the FBI — the highest losses recorded since bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) started tracking them 25 years ago.

Cybersecurity, Crime, Data Breaches, FBI

9 points by LinuxBender 2 days ago | 0 comments

Cyber Forensic Expert in 2k Cases Faces FBI Probe (krebsonsecurity.com)
A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry could be grounds to reopen a number of adjudicated cases in which the expert’s testimony may have been pivotal.

Cybersecurity, Forensics, Law, Investigations, FBI

22 points by todsacerdoti 22 days ago | 1 comments

FBI searches two homes belonging to IU Luddy professor and library analyst (idsnews.com)
The FBI searched homes in Bloomington and Carmel belonging to an IU professor and an IU Libraries analyst Friday. The agency declined to comment on the nature of the search.

FBI, Indiana University, Law Enforcement

8 points by MaysonL 27 days ago | 0 comments

The FBI Seized This Woman's Life Savings–Without Telling Her Why (reason.com)
Almost four years ago to the day, the FBI entered U.S. Private Vaults (USPV), a storage business in Beverly Hills, and raided the safe-deposit boxes there, pocketing tens of millions of dollars in cash, valuables, and personal items.

FBI, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Money, Crime

251 points by pseudolus 36 days ago | 120 comments

The FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network (theregister.com)
Nick Lawler, general manager of the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), was at home one Friday when he got a call from the FBI alerting him that the public power utility's network had been compromised. The digital intruders turned out to be Volt Typhoon.

Cybersecurity, China, Government, FBI

7 points by rntn 45 days ago | 0 comments

Kash Patel Wants to Work from Home for FBI (newrepublic.com)
Kash Patel’s appointment as FBI director seems to be coming with conditions: He wants to live part-time in Las Vegas and work remotely, far away from FBI headquarters in Washington.

FBI, Remote Work, Politics

62 points by xnx 53 days ago | 16 comments

FBI Says Backup Now–Advisory Warns of Dangerous Ransomware Attacks (forbes.com)
The FBI warns organizations to backup now.

Cybersecurity, Ransomware, FBI, Data Backup

6 points by CharlesW 63 days ago | 1 comments

FBI turns over details of 5000 employees who worked on January 6 cases (cnn.com)

FBI, January 6th, Politics, Law Enforcement, Government

103 points by belter 80 days ago | 62 comments

Cointelpro (wikipedia.org)
COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations that the FBI perceived as subversive.[3][4][5][6]

Government Surveillance, FBI, History, US Politics

91 points by georgecmu 86 days ago | 22 comments

Court rules FBI's warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment (arstechnica.com)
It's official: The FBI's warrantless searches of communications seized to protect US national security have at last been ruled unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Law, Privacy, Surveillance, Fourth Amendment, FBI

63 points by pitwin 92 days ago | 23 comments

FBI shares photos of pieces of drone that damaged super scooper aircraft (abc7ny.com)
The FBI released new photos of a damaged water-dropping super scooper firefighting aircraft that collided with a drone over the Palisades Fire.

FBI, Drones, Aviation Safety, Wildfires

6 points by cratermoon 101 days ago | 0 comments

FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history found in Virginia (thehill.com)
The FBI arrested a Virginia man it says had the largest stockpile of explosives recovered in the agency’s history.

FBI, Explosives, Virginia, Law Enforcement, Crime

246 points by domofutu 115 days ago | 465 comments

The FBI's WofMD Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists (theintercept.com)
The FBI has been collaborating with the meat industry to gather information on animal rights activism, including Meat the Victims, under its directive to counter weapons of mass destruction, or WMD, according to agency records recently obtained by the nonprofit Animal Partisan through Freedom of Information Act litigation.

FBI, Animal Rights, Activism, Law Enforcement, Meat Industry

27 points by blueoysterbar 145 days ago | 27 comments

FBI raids home and seizes phone of Polymarket founder (theguardian.com)
The FBI raided the home of the chief executive of the predictive betting site Polymarket and seized his phone late on Wednesday.

FBI, Politics, Law Enforcement, Cryptocurrency

14 points by bookofjoe 163 days ago | 2 comments

FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home, seizing phone, electronics (yahoo.com)
Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Wednesday, seizing his phone and electronics, the company confirmed.

FBI, Law Enforcement, Crypto, Business, New York

8 points by marban 163 days ago | 1 comments

FBI seizes Polymarket CEO's phone, electronics (nypost.com)
The FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s win, The Post has learned.

FBI, Politics, Elections, Law Enforcement

45 points by elsewhen 164 days ago | 44 comments

Brazil Arrests 'USDoD' Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach (krebsonsecurity.com)
Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members.

Cybersecurity, FBI, Hacking, Law Enforcement

45 points by codewiz 186 days ago | 10 comments

FBI revises 2022 crime statistics – 4.5% increase, not 2.1% decrease (realclearinvestigations.com)
When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime.

FBI, Crime Statistics, Politics, News, Data

23 points by gjsman-1000 192 days ago | 2 comments

The 727 That Vanished (smithsonianmag.com)
Seven years after her brother disappeared from Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport in Angola, Benita Padilla-Kirkland is trying to persuade the FBI to re-open his case.

Missing Persons, Aviation, FBI

18 points by belter 201 days ago | 2 comments

FBI raids HQ of US govt IT giant Carahsoft (theregister.com)
Virginia-based public sector IT services giant Carahsoft was raided Tuesday by US government agents.

FBI, Government, IT, Security, Virginia

5 points by LinuxBender 213 days ago | 0 comments

FBI boss says China 'burned down' 260k-device botnet when confronted by Feds (theregister.com)
China-backed spies are said to have tore down their own 260,000-device botnet after the FBI and its international pals went after them.

Cybersecurity, China, FBI, Botnets

6 points by LinuxBender 219 days ago | 0 comments

The FBI spent decades tracking mathematician Paul Erdős (2015) (muckrock.com)
The FBI spent decades tracking mathematician Paul Erdős, only to conclude that the guy was just really into math

FBI, Mathematics, History, Surveillance

18 points by signa11 228 days ago | 6 comments

Americans lost $5.6B last year in crypto scams, FBI says (apnews.com)
Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022.

Cryptocurrency, Crime, FBI, Finance, United States

53 points by anigbrowl 228 days ago | 6 comments

Facebook Helped the FBI Exploit Vulnerability in a Secure Linux Distro (2020) (gizmodo.com)

Security, Facebook, FBI, Linux

60 points by paravirtualized 246 days ago | 23 comments

He Was an FBI Informant–and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists (wired.com)

FBI, Extremism, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Information

5 points by Teever 267 days ago | 5 comments

FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone (bloomberg.com)

FBI, Law Enforcement, Software, Security, Politics

11 points by colinprince 277 days ago | 0 comments

Shoe prints lead FBI to suspect couple involved in multiple New Mexico wildfires (nbcnews.com)