How FBI Foiled Domestic Terror Plot in California to Avenge New Zealand Shootings
Federal law enforcement agents announced Monday they had foiled a domestic terror plot by an Army veteran to detonate bombs at multiple Southern California locations.
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Homeland Security Details Takedown on Web Exploitation Ring That Victimized 250+ Children
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Homeland Security Department helped bring down an international child exploitation ring involving as many as 27,000 people victimizing at least 251 children online, the New York Daily News reports. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson called the bust “one of the largest-known online child exploitation operations in history.” Authorities alleges that a Louisiana…
Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom, Fighting Extradition to the U.S., to Start a New Political Party
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is busy these days. In addition to trying to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges of massive copyright infringement, Dotcom is hatching a new political party in New Zealand, where he lives, the Washington Post reports. Dotcom said he’s confident he’ll stay in New Zealand, saying copyright…
Judge Rules FBI Must Release Dotcom Evidence
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. federal authorities cannot extradite the founder of the Megaupload online file-sharing site without evidence supporting charges of copyright breaches and internet piracy, a New Zealand court ruled Thursday, Reuters reports. “Without access to materials relevant to the extradition hearing phase, the person sought will be significantly constrained in his or her…
FBI’s Global Crackdown on Music, Movie Sharing Hits a Snag
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New Zealand court delivered a blow to the FBI’s global crackdown on copyright theft, ruling Thursday that a search warrant used to raid the mansion of the suspected kingpin of an Internet piracy ring was illegal, Reuters reports. The FBI accuses Megaupload.com operator Kim Dotcom, of Germany, of netting $175 million…