By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chinese cyber-thieves penetrated an alarming number of FBI agents’ personnel files during several bold breaches that Newsweek reports have “potentially dangerous national security implications.” The FBI is now tasked with investigating the massive breach of federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers and will be assisted by Homeland Security. It’s not…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Evidence n0t only points to China as the culprit behind “the most significant breach in U.S. History,” but the hackers may have been sponsored by the Chinese government, The Hill reports. House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said all indications are that hackers were motivated espionage because of the target,…
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 warning that hackers claiming to be ISIS sympathizers are attacking websites with security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins. PC World reports that some of the plugins were providing an easy back door for some hackers to gain access and inject scripts or install malware. The hackers targeted news organizations,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The alarming increase in computer attacks has prompted the FBI to create a cyber crimes task force in Louisville, WDRB.com reports. To combat the sophistication, the FBI is recruiting computer-savvy people. “There’s a changing in the F.B.I. for sure,” said Michael Russo Jr., a Supervisory Special Agent with the F.B.I. Russo…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This isn’t J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI. A new criminal – a far more elusive one – is attacking companies, governments and personal computers. The rising number of cyberattacks has prompted the FBI to look for more computer-savvy agents who can “keep pace with the evolving threat” of hackers, the Boston Herald…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com These bank robbers don’t wear masks or slip notes to a teller. “We’re in a day when a person can commit about 15,000 bank robberies sitting in their basement,” said Robert Anderson, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Cyber Response and Services Branch. The FBI and Secret Service warned companies…
