DOJ Creates Online Tool to Make It Easier to Report Civil Rights Violations
The Justice Department has created a new online tool for the public to report a civil rights violation.
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DEA Agent Sentenced to 6.5 Years for Stealing Digital Currency from Drug Site Silk Road
DEA Agent Carl M. Force, 46, went undercover as a drug dealer with ties to hit men.
Bill Would Give FBI More Resources to Fight Online Harassment
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that would give the FBI more resources to tackle cybercrime, especially online harassment, the Washington Post reports. The bill by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., would give the FBI 10 new agents whose sole jobs would be tackling threats made online. They would…
Feds Investigate Online Posting of Personal Information about U.S. Military Members
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are trying to determine whether an Islamic group illegally obtained personal information of 100 U.S. military members before posting it publicly. A group called the Islamic Hacking Division posted the information online, urging its “brothers residing in America” to attack, The USA Today reports. One investigator said it appears…
Top Assistant New Orleans U.S. Attorney Retires Amid Controversy
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jan Mann, the first Assistant U.S. Attorney in the New Orelans office, who was embroiled in controversy, has retired from the office, along with her husband, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Gordon Russell of the Times-Picayune reports: Jan Mann was demoted from her dual management posts last month — she had…
FBI: More Than 300,000 Could Lose Web Access in July
By CNN In the wake of a multi-million-dollar online scam, more than 300,000 computer users worldwide could find themselves without Web access this summer. Luckily for them, it will only take a few clicks to clean things up. The FBI announced that it’s created a website where users can check whether they’re infected with malware…
Justice Dept. Gives the Nod to Online Gambling
By KAJA WHITEHOUSE New York Post NEW YORK — The Obama administration just gave Donald Trump and other casino titans a big, wet Christmas kiss. In a stunning decision, the Justice Department has removed a major hurdle that kept states from legalizing online gambling, by maintaining that a key federal law applies to sports betting…
Google Pays Justice Dept. $500,000 for Running Canadian Pharmacy Ads
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Google, the 800-pound gorilla in the cyber world, is going to to be a little lighter in the pocket as a result of some wrongdoing. Google has agreed to forfeit to the Justice Department $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to illegaly pedal prescription drugs, authorities announced Wednesday. The Justice…
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