FBI: China-Based Hackers Stole Information on 4 Million Federal Workers
U.S. investigators believe China-based hackers stole identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers across virtually every agency.
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David Laufman To Oversee Justice Department’s Increased Counterespionage Efforts
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com David Laufman, an experienced former federal prosecutor, will take over the Justice Department’s counterespionage efforts as part of a larger restructuring to put more of a focus on cyber attacks, Reuters reports. Laufman is expected to begin his job today as chief of the counterespionage section of the Justice Department’s national…
The FBI, Recording Devices and Ford’s World Headquarters
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Exciting things are happening at Ford Motor Company’s world headquarters in Dearborn besides talk of the Mustang the future of electrical cars, and it involves potential corporate espionage and the FBI. John Snell and David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports that the FBI searched the headquarters while investigating…
NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Lands Job in Russia Working for Website
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of America’s most wanted men is making ends meet working for a website in Russia, Reuters reports. Edward Snowden, who is on temporary asylum after escaping arrest in the U.S. for revealing confidential documents, landing a job at a “large Russian site.” Snowden is wanted by the U.S. for disclosing secret…
FBI Asked Father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden to Meet Son in Russia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has urged the father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden to visit his son in Moscow, BBC reports. But Lon Snowden said he’s not going anywhere until the FBI divulges its intentions. Speaking to Russian state TV, Snowden said he’s worried his son won’t get a fair trial in the U.S….
Brazilian Official Seeks Protection from U.S. Secret Surveillance of Phone, Email Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top Brazilian official has expressed anger over the U.S.’s secret surveillance of telephone and email conversations in his South American country, The USA Today reports. Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said he’d learned that the NSA has subjected Brazilian residents to espionage through the widespread surveillance of phone and email records. The…
Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Massachusetts man has copted a plea to trying to spy for Israel. Elliot Doxer, 43, an employee of a high-tech company, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Boston federal court to foreign economic espionage for providing trade secrets over an 18-month period to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence…
Ex-Justice Dept. Analyst Judith Socolov Who was Convicted of Espionage Dies at Age 88
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Judith Socolov, a former Justice Department political analyst in the 1940s, who fell in love with a Soviet agent and was convicted of espionage, died over the weekend in Manhattan, the New York Times reported. She was 88. Judith Coplon, who later became Judith Socolov, was arrested by the FBI in…