Articles about FBI

Cryptocurrency extortion scheme targeted Seattle startup StormX, report says

Earlier this week, two men were arrested in Brooklyn and Rhode Island and charged in federal court with extorting an… Read More

Search warrant links evacuation at solar observatory to child porn investigation

A federal search warrant indicates that the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico and surrounding homes were evacuated this month… Read More

Feds apprehend three international hacking suspects for stealing millions of credit card records

Three top members of an international cybercrime ring have been arrested, U.S. District Attorney Annette Hayes said Wednesday from her… Read More

Congressional Democrats not impressed by Facebook and Twitter answers about whether Russians helped spread #ReleaseTheMemo

In a letter sent Wednesday, Congressional Democrats scolded the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter for failing to adequately investigate whether… Read More

Fearing Trump administration’s reach, Seattle City Council fights FBI and SPD’s ‘warrantless surveillance cameras’

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the ACLU, and privacy advocates are championing an effort to regulate and remove surveillance cameras… Read More

Police seek Amazon Echo data in Arkansas hot tub murder

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is an astute listener, and police in Bentonville, Ark., are seeking her help to build a… Read More

FBI won’t recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over email probe, but calls her ‘extremely careless’

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that it won’t recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her e-mail investigation. FBI… Read More

How Washington state became the ‘Wild West’ for drone use by law enforcement

Last year, the FBI flew a fleet of small airplanes over Seattle and other cities. They were equipped with cameras… Read More

FBI unlocks terrorist’s iPhone, withdraws from case against Apple in encryption battle

The FBI has officially unlocked the iPhone used by a terrorist during the December attack in San Bernardino after Apple consistently refused to… Read More

FBI asks to postpone hearing in Apple case, says it may have found another way in

With Apple refusing to help the FBI in unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone, the government has turned to someone else. In a filing… Read More

Apple’s Tim Cook speaks out on FBI case at iPhone event: ‘We will not shrink from this responsibility’

Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke out on the company’s dispute with the FBI at a media event where Apple is expected… Read More

FBI investigating growing number of ransomware cases, report says

Ransomware, the name given to a form of online extortion, is becoming a bigger threat in the United States. Ransomware… Read More

Apple lawyer claims latest FBI brief is “intended to smear” iPhone maker as court date nears

The FBI filed another brief today in its ongoing fight to get Apple’s help in unlocking an iPhone belonging to San… Read More

Public universities don’t reveal how student data is shared with local law enforcement and feds

Apple’s refusal to unlock an iPhone for the FBI has sparked a legal war, and a nationwide debate over law… Read More

Woz dumps on FBI over encryption fight with Apple: ‘They picked a lame case’

Steve Wozniak has often been a vocal critic of Apple, the company he helped found. But not now, not with… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, Google among tech firms supporting Apple in FBI encryption fight

The tech world is standing behind Apple almost unanimously in its fight against the FBI over unlocking the San Bernardino… Read More

Apple and FBI grilled by House Judiciary Committee in encryption case

Apple and the FBI presented their arguments on unlocking the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone to lawmakers today in a wide-ranging,… Read More

Apple vs. FBI on Capitol Hill today: Company must convince lawmakers a hacked iPhone is as threatening as terrorists are

At a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee later today, Apple must convince lawmakers and the public that a privacy… Read More

Amazon prepares to join Microsoft, other tech giants backing Apple in FBI encryption fight

After initially offering support through press releases and a smattering of tweets, some of the nation’s largest tech companies are now… Read More

Guest Commentary: I’m with Bill Gates on the Apple debate — we need to talk

Last week was a big week in the world of cyber security news, with a potentially landmark bombshell dropping. Apple… Read More

Microsoft to back Apple with ‘friend of the court’ brief in FBI case over terrorist’s iPhone

In the week since Apple went head to head with the FBI over encryption and hacking, people from across the tech… Read More

Apple to argue Congress, not courts, should decide fate of terrorist’s iPhone

Apple plans to argue that a judge doesn’t possess the power to compel a company to create new software code… Read More

In Apple vs. FBI, the U.S. public sides with law enforcement

Those worried about the U.S. government finding ways to disable encryption in consumer technologies have a lot more explaining to do. The American… Read More

Bill Gates is skeptical of Apple’s arguments for refusing to hack terrorist iPhone

Update Turns out Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and one of the all-time tech-industry greats, has not taken the FBI’s side… Read More

Apple’s moral dilemma: Help FBI break into terrorist’s phone or protect users’ privacy

Apple is in a tight squeeze. The FBI and a federal district court demanded on Tuesday that the company help… Read More

Hacker embarrasses US by releasing contact info for 20,000 FBI personnel

A hacker has extracted contact information belonging to 20,000 FBI employees and published via the Internet on Monday, according to… Read More

Check out real X-Files from the CIA and FBI

The FBI denies having a secret collection of X-Files like the ones that Mulder and Scully are investigating in “The X-Files”… Read More

FBI investigating Cardinals baseball team for hacking rival Astros database

Your typical “hack” story doesn’t typically involve two Major League Baseball teams, but that’s exactly what the FBI and Justice… Read More

Feds arrest ‘key player’ managing Silk Road 2.0 illicit Internet drug market in Bellevue

A Bellevue man who allegedly helped run the anonymous black market site Silk Road 2.0 was arrested by federal agents and… Read More

FBI arrests alleged Silk Road 2.0 kingpin Blake Benthall

The FBI announced today that it has arrested Blake Benthall, who it alleges is the man behind the Silk Road… Read More