By Tom Espiner ZDNet Daily Newsletters Businesses are not taking Anonymous and hacktivism seriously enough, according to an FBI special agent. The youth of alleged Anonymous hackers, who are often teenagers or in their early twenties, has lead a number of businesses to dismiss the hacking group without taking into account the ramifications of a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com At a time when Iran is not a very popular nation around the world, the feds have indicted an Australian man and his company on charges of conspiring to export sensitive military technology from the U.S. to Iran. Fed authorities in D.C. on Wednesday indicted David Levick, 50, an Australian national,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com More than 100 people were busted for a host of gun, drug and burglary charges in an operation run by ATF and local Macon, Ga. authorities known as “Operation Smoke Screen”, reports reports WJBF. The federal indictments charged 24 individuals with firearms offenses and another 85 defendants with with burglary, theft,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New rules have been outlined by the Obama administration regarding when the FBI, as opposed to the military, can retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement agents, reports the Associated Press. The new rules from the White House came about…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There’s apparently no shortage of snitches on Wall Street. The FBI said Monday that it plans to continue investigating alleged insider trading using its current “stable of informants” for the next five years, reports ValueWalk.com. The FBI has been running “Perfect Hedge” since 2009, an operation that has resulted in charges…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Wichita federal judge has granted more time for motions related to charges that a federal firearms sting was racially motivated, reports LJWorld.com. Defense lawyers are seeking to drop charges against black defendants charged in the ATF investigation, claiming the charges were racially motivated. At least 43 of 51 defendants in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has backed off a little on its plans and will keep open its La Crosse, Wisc. office, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl announced Tuesday. Kohl had been fighting to get the FBI’s plan to close half of its office in the western district of Wisconsin. The original plan called for…
Holder Tackles Hot Button Issues Before Congress (Main Justice)
