By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing the St. Louis Cardinals’ front office of illegally gaining access to another team’s computer to steal information about players and potential trades. But there’s one problem, the New York Times reports: Agents are having trouble determining who specifically did the deed. The investigation has narrowed in on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The St. Louis Cardinals are under investigation by the FBI for allegedly hacking the computer network of the Houston Astros to steal player information, The Washington Post reports. A federal law enforcement official said the investigation is “ongoing” and that there is “a lot of working going into” it. It would…
U.S. investigators believe China-based hackers stole identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers across virtually every agency.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether a purported hacker was able to control a plane mid-flight, The Washington Post reports. Chris Roberts, who’s with a security intelligence firm called One World Labs, tweeted on April 15 that he was able to manipulate the in-flight and crew-alerting system of a United Airlines plane….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering some serious cash for information leading to the arrest of the bureau’s most wanted cyber criminal. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, 31, is accused of hacking 1 million computers in the U.S. and internationally. Newsweek reports that the FBI is offering $3 million for information on capturing Bogachev, who…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of questions have been raised about how the FBI managed to gain access to an encrypted computer by one of the FBI’s most wanted cybercriminals. Turns out, Jeremy Hammond, who was savvy enough to hack the website of think tank Statfor, used a very simple password: “Chewy 123.” “Chewy”…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is looking for help identifying suspects in its largest “sextortion” case ever prosecuted. WJXX-TV reports that a Northeast Florida man was asking for sexually explicit photos and videos of girls as young as 13 years old. “He pretended to be a young boy the same age,” said McCarley. “He…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents acted against the recommendation of an assistant U.S. attorney and impersonated repair technicians at a Las Vegas hotel to investigate online sports betting, the Associated Press reports. The agents shut off the Internet at a Las Vegas hotel to make it appears as though the computer and hardware needed…
