FBI

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Tech

Hacker Grabs FBI No Fly List Off Of Unprotected Server

B. Simmons January 23, 2023

Not featured: salacious images of J. Edgar Hoover A 23-year-old Swiss hacker, one maia arson crimew, apparently found the U.S. No Fly List on an unprotected server. This news comes from the Daily Dot....

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Tech

Scammers Are Interviewing For Jobs Using Deepfakes, Says FBI

B. Simmons June 29, 2022

Mostly directed at IT companies for obvious reasons. According to the FBI, scammers have been using Deepfakes to interview for jobs. These scammers are mostly targeting IT companies, creating personas with a fusion of...

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Random Access

Ponzi Scheme Suspect Escapes FBI By Diving Into Lake, Using Submersible

B. Simmons November 19, 2020

I’m not sure which I prefer: the Bolivian army ending, or this. Ponzi scheme suspect Matthew Piercey, 44, of Shasta County led the FBI on an unusual chase on Monday. Piercey, who owns two...

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Video Games

Two Team Xecuter Members Arrested By U.S.

B. Simmons October 2, 2020

Related to their activities leading the console hacking group. Team Xecuter has had a storied history when it comes to hacking consoles; notably, the original Xbox (hence the name). But apparently, their actions recent...

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Video Games

World of Warcraft DDoS Attacker Gets Prison Time

B. Simmons May 9, 2018

All that glitters is not WoW gold. A 38-year-old Romanian man is about to find out what U.S. prisons are like. Calin Mateias launched a series of DDoS attacks on the World of Warcraft...

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Tech

FBI paid over $1 Million to get inside San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone to find nothing

J. Luis April 21, 2016

The back and forth between Apple and the FBI has been making news for several weeks. The FBI demanded that Apple create a “backdoor” so that they could get inside the iPhone of one...