The FBI warned the public Wednesday about a phone scam in which the caller claims to be an FBI agent, and the bureau’s real phone number in its Charlotte office appears on caller IDs.
The FBI has been unable to unlock the encrypted cellphone of the Texas church shooter, mirroring similar difficulties trying to access the locked phone of a San Bernardino mass shooter more than a year ago.
A Homeland Security leader who was warming the public about dangers of sexual predators passed out business cards for his desk, but there was only one problem: The phone number directed people to a 24-hour sex talk line.
A 45-year-old Oregon man is accused of calling the FBI phone line 752 times since December 2015 and leaving threats for agents is facing a federal criminal charge.
Sidd Bikkannavar, who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and is a natural-born U.S. citizen, was detained while trying to reenter the United States just as the President Trump’s controversial immigration ban took effect.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday exchanged his Android device for an unidentified locked-down phone. Included is a new phone number, which only a small group of people will know, the Associated Press reports. Because of hacking concerns, Barack Obama became the first president to use a phone approved by security agencies….
An undisclosed group of hackers received at least $1.3 million to help the FBI unlock an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
FBI officials are backing off earlier claims made by Director James Comey that “there was a mistake” made by investigators when they tried to gain access to an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
