Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department boasted Monday that it captured one of the most prolific cyber criminals in the world in the continuing effort to crack down on the evolving cybercrime threat, the Associated Press reports. Federal officials said 30-year-old Evgeniy Bogachev of Russia was the ringleader of a band of backers who infected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the FBI conducted a “more thorough assessment” of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the bureau may have been able to prevent the attack, according to an Inspector General report, The Los Angeles Times writes. The report concludes the FBI should have done a better job handling Russian intelligence that suggested…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Russian authorities warned the FBI in 2011 about one of the would-be Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Reuters reports. A congressional report to be released as early as this week is expected to show that Russian intelligence alerted the FBI to concerns in March 2011 about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Chechen brothers…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What is the likelihood of an explosive attack at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia? According to the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Sunday, there’s a “high degree of probability” of an explosion or bomb attack, CBS DC reports. “There’s a high degree of probability that something will…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone is welcoming of U.S. law enforcement authorities. At the Sochi Olympics, a restaurant billboard indicated, “We do not serve FBI and CIA agents,” Ground Report writes. Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong spotted the wooden billboard outside an eatery in Sochi. Another sign read, “We remember the Cold War.” The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The dangers at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia can’t be overlooked, a former FBI agent warned. NBC Charlotte reports that Chris Swecker, who led security efforts at the Olympics in Salt Lake City following the Sept. 11 attacks, said the large world stage is a magnet for terrorists. “It’s the largest world…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Air carriers flying to the Winter Olympics in Russia are being warned to look out for toothpaste tubes containing material for a bomb, Bloomberg reports. The warning comes just days before the start of the Olympics, where officials are on extra alert. It’s unclear what prompted the warnings, and Homeland Security would…
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