Tag: FBI

How Microsoft handed U.S. NSA, FBI, CIA access to users’ encrypted video, audio, and text communications

Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:14 pmThursday, July 11, 201329 Comments

Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted,,,

Judge orders Google to comply with FBI’s secret NSL demands

Friday, May 31, 2013 11:58 am45 Comments

A federal judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI’s warrantless requests…

Ex-Rochdale broker pleads guilty in Apple stock buy case

Monday, April 15, 2013 4:29 pmMonday, April 15, 20134 Comments

A former Rochdale Securities LLC trader pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy…

Mac Flashback trojan hacker may have been identified, researcher says FBI will likely investigate

Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:02 pmThursday, April 4, 20137 Comments

The Flashback trojan is one of the most successful attacks on Mac computers…

The Google Tax: Android phones hit by cyber thieves’ spamming malware

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:55 pm18 Comments

Cyber-thieves are using games to turn Android phones into spam-sending drones…

Former Rochdale Securities trader arrested in fraud scheme involving Apple stock

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 4:39 pmTuesday, December 4, 20128 Comments

The FBI arrested a former trader at the Connecticut firm Rochdale Securities on Tuesday…

FBI’s Android security warning means Apple’s iPhone beats Android for BYOD enterprise

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:08 amTuesday, October 16, 201210 Comments

Apple already leads the mobile enterprise with its iOS device…

Apple IDs posted by hacker group stolen from Florida company, not FBI

Monday, September 10, 2012 3:43 pmMonday, September 10, 201212 Comments

A little-known tech company claimed it, and not the FBI, was hacked and mined for one million now-stolen Apple IDs…

Apple, FBI deny hacker claim of breach of Apple iOS device user data

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:32 pmWednesday, September 5, 201215 Comments

Apple Inc. and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation denied claims by hackers…

Hackers reveal FBI is tracking 12 million Apple users

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:06 pmWednesday, September 5, 201230 Comments

Does the release of one million Apple UDIDs (Unique Device Identifiers)…

Steve Jobs served in George H.W. Bush administration

Friday, February 10, 2012 9:17 am46 Comments

FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs…

Steve Jobs’ FBI file released

Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:30 amThursday, February 9, 201227 Comments

The FBI has released, and posted on its web site, Steve Jobs’ 191-page FBI file…

U.S. feds’ use of fake cell tower violate Fourth Amendment provision against unreasonable search?

Monday, November 7, 2011 9:24 am6 Comments

Federal authorities used a fake Verizon cellphone tower to zero in on a suspect…

FBI arrests suspected LulzSec and Anonymous hackers

Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:31 pmThursday, September 22, 201140 Comments

The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous…