Developer of Anonymous Tor Software Leaves Country to Avoid FBI
One of Tor’s core software developers has left the United States because she doesn’t want to expose users to potential spying.
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Government Technology: Stop Letting Cybercriminals Hide from FBI
Imagine that a criminal investigator has identified one or more computers that are part of ongoing criminal activity.
To Capture Pedophiles Downloading Child Pornography, FBI Agents Turn into Hacker Spies
FBI agents are turning into to hacker spies to capture pedophiles who hide anonymously on the Internet.
FBI Hacked More Than 1,000 Computers to Go After Online Child Pornography
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested two men on charges of online child pornography after agents were able to hack into their computers to identify their true IP addresses that were hidden by Tor, Hacked.com reports. The FBI hacked thousands of computers as part of a “bulk hacking campaign” to fight child pornography. “In…
FBI Seeks New Authority to Hack into Computers, Spy on Users Anywhere
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is seeking new authority to hack into computers and spy on their users, the Guardian reports. The Justice Department is requesting that an obscure regulatory advisory board change the rules of searches and seizures. The two will meet Nov. 5. Civil liberties groups claim the new rules would violate…
ProPublica: Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
By by Julia Angwin and Mike Tigas ProPublica Last week, German journalists revealed that the National Security Agency has a program to collect information about people who use privacy-protecting services, including popular anonymizing software called Tor. But it’s not clear how many users have been affected. So we did a little sleuthing, and found that the NSA’s targeting list corresponds with the list…
How FBI Agents Tracked Down Harvard Student Accused of Making Bomb Threats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI had a crisis on its hands. Several bomb threats were sent via email to Harvard University, causing the school to close buildings during final exams. The student accused of sending in the threat, sophomore Eldo Kim, took steps to hide his identity using two anonymity tools – the routing service Tor…
Federal Indictments for Massive Online Drug Ring are First of a Kind
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com In a brave new high-tech world, the federal indictment of eight online drug traffickers is the first of its kind. The BBC reports that the feds busted up a $1million-plus illegal drug operation online on a marketplace called “The Farmer’s Market” using the TOR network, which allows emails and websites to hide…