By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey said on Wednesday that he has no doubt that North Korea was behind the devastating cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures, the New York Times reports. Comey said the hackers were easily trackable because they made a critical error by failing to conceal their location, sending messages and attacks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said he’s unwilling to pledge an end to agents posing as reporters, but emphasized that such a tactic should be rare and “done carefully with significant supervision, if it’s going to be done,” the Seattle Times reports. The comments at a round-table discussion with reporters came after…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com During a visit to the FBI’s Jacksonville field office, Director James Comey delivered a warning about social media. “You have a feeling you’re safe and alone in your kitchen, when you’re actually out wandering all over the world,” Comey said about the availability of personal information on social media, First Coast…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI steps up its crackdown on cyberattacks, the FBI is changing how it assigns agents to handle the crimes. The Hill reports that the bureau will stop assigning agents to cyber crimes based on the location of the victim. Instead, the most talented FBI divisions will handle the most…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is monitoring nearly 150 Americans who traveled to Syria recently and may have joined armed groups, Reuters reports. FBI Director James Comey said he’s worried that Americans may return to the U.S. with training and connections to launch a terrorist attack on the homeland. “We have tracked coming up…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI went further than creating a bogus news site to capture a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. An FBI agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter in 2007 and asked the suspect to review a bogus AP article about threats directed at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ORLANDO, Fla. — FBI Director James B. Comey delivered the key note address Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Orlando, warning of the potential dangers of the “travelers” from around the world who are joining ISIS in battle. He also raised concerns domestically about the challenges…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that there’s no evidence that terrorists are trying to weaponize Ebola, The Hill reports. Comey had a one-word response when asked whether there was credible evidence of an Ebola threat from terrorists: “No.” Comey didn’t elaborate after a speech at the Brookings Institute. Some Republicans…
