Attacks on Fiber Networks in California Continue to Baffle Investigators
Investigators continue to struggle to determine who was responsible for more than a dozen attacks on fire optic infrastructures San Francisco’s Bay Area.
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FBI Warns U.S. Companies of Increasing Dangers of Chinese Hack Attacks
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is alerting U.S. companies of the increasing dangers of Chinese hack attacks. The Daily Beast reports that the bureau sent out warnings to companies Wednesday to be aware of a malicious computer program that has been tied to the bold hack of the Office of the Personnel Management. The…
FBI Investigates Spate of Attacks on Internet Cables in California
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are worried about a spate of attacks on high-capacity Internet cables in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past year, including one early Tuesday morning, USA Today reports. The latest attack, which involved breaking into an underground vault and cutting fiber-optic cables, cut off Internet service for businesses and…
Border Patrol Agents Attacked by Swarms of Bees; 1 Hospitalized
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have grown accustomed to dodging rocks and other projectiles. But bees? Action 4 reports that Border Patrol agents and other local law enforcement were stung by an untold number of bees this week. Some agents were stung dozens of times, and one was airlifted to the hospital from…
FBI: Suspect in Muhammad Cartoon Contest Shooting Planned a Super Bowl Attack
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man accused of helping attack a Muhammad drawing contest in Texas also planned to attack the Super Bowl, investigators said. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 43, who was arrested last week on charge connected to the Garland attack, is being held in jail without bond, Cleveland.com reports. He is accused of…
Army National Guard Specialist Accused of Plotting Attack for ISIS Terrorists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Army National guard specialist is accused of trying to join ISIS overseas while his cousin planned to attack a U.S. military insulation. Huffington Post reports that 22-year-old was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday while authorities say he was en route to join the extremists overseas. His cousin Jonas Edmonds,…
FBI: Unemployed Ohio Man Planned to Attack U.S. Capitol with M-15 Rifles
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has monitored 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell for months because of troubling posts he made on social media about violent jihad. Then agents swept in Wednesday, arresting him in Cincinnati on allegations that he was about to hatch a horrifying attack at the U.S. Capitol, detonating pipe bombs and then…
FBI Maintains North Korea Was Mastermind Behind Sony Hack Despite Other Evidence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is not backing down on its claim that North Korea was the mastermind behind the disruptive Sony studio hack, the New York Post reports. The bureau’s insistence comes after a growing number of private cyber-security firms are saying there is no evidence to conclude North Korea was the mastermind….