President Trump’s Cyber Security Plan Diminishes FBI’s Role
President Trump’s cybersecurity plan diminishes the role the FBI played in protecting the nation’s digital infrastructure.
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To Combat Hackers, Homeland Security Hires New Experts in Cybersecurity
Homeland Security is facing an increasing threat from hackers.
FBI Investigating Potential Hack of Cell Phones Used by Democratic Party Staffers
The FBI is investigating a possible hack of cell phones used by Democratic Party staffers.
Alleged Hackers Who Dumped Data about CIA, FBI Were Arrested
A hacking group that called itself “Crackas With Attitude” bragged earlier this year about hacking the CIA, FBI and Justice Department, gaining access to thousands of names, phone numbers and email addresses.
Why FBI Should Change How It Prioritizes Cybercrime Investigations
The FBI should restructure how it prioritizes and catalogues cybersecurity investigations, according to a new report from the Justice Department inspector general.
Wanted By the FBI: A New Chief Information Officer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is hunting for a new chief information officer, according to a listing on the bureau’s jobs website. Billy Mitchell of fedscoop reports that the FBI is looking for an American citizen who can obtain a Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance to report to the deputy director and associate deputy director on…
DOJ Report: FBI Struggles to Hire Enough Cyber Security Experts Because of Low Pay
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has struggled to hire enough computer scientists to crackdown on cyber security threats because of low pay, according to a Justice Department report. Reuters reports that the FBI has hired just 52 of 134 computer scientists authorized under the Justice Department’s Next Generation Cyber Initiative that began in 2012….
FBI Pulls Cybersecurity Expert from Plane After Blowing Whistle on Vulnerabilities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cybersecurity expert who recently exposed vulnerabilities in airplane technology systems is now a target of the FBI, Fox News reports. Chris Roberts, of the Colorado-based security firm One World Labs, said two FBI agents and two uniformed cops removed him from a commercial flight after landing in Syracuse on Wednesday…