Tag: FBI
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Facebook says attackers stole details from 29m users
Facebook Inc said attackers in the mass security breach it announced late September accessed the accounts of about 30 million people in total and stole name and contact details for 29 million. Facebook found no theft of highly personal messages or financial data, and saw no use of Facebook logins to access other websites, all…
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Trump contradicts self over Comey firing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not fire James Comey because of the phony Russia investigation, contradicting his 2017 statement that he ousted the FBI director in 2017 over the probe. “Both of those things can’t be true,” Comey said in response when asked about the president’s comments on ABC, adding that…
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Trump ‘morally unfit’ to be president – Fired FBI director says
U.S. President Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president, former FBI director James Comey charged in an interview broadcast on Sunday night. Comey said anyone who can see “moral equivalence” in protests by white supremacists and people who oppose them, who treats women like “pieces of meat” and who “lies constantly” and insists Americans…
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FBI raids offices of Trump’s personal lawyer
Federal agents on Monday raided the New York offices of President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who made a $130,000 payment to an adult film actress who says she had an affair with the former real estate magnate. Cohen’s own attorney Stephen Ryan said agents seized “privileged communications” between Cohen and Cohen’s own…
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Trump hails sack of FBI deputy chief, Andrew McCabe
U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed the firing of outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by Attorney-General Jeff Sessions two days to retirement after two decades of service to the bureau. McCabe announced his retirement from the bureau abruptly in January and it was to take effect on Sunday. His dismissal, just days before he…
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FBI warns of emerging Internet threat, SamSam
American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of a new cyber threat known as SamSam ransomware. SamSam ransomware like WannaCry, is a lethal malware which locks infected systems, encrypts files and demands payments towering $44,000 in return for decryption. Without access to core networks and systems, many firms and organizations will pay up rather…
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FBI’s IC3 reports $1.3 billion heist
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center, IC3 has reported a heist of about $1.3 billion by cybercriminals in the United States of America (USA) only, saying it also received about 300,000 complaints in 2016. The 2016 Internet Crime Report published on Thursday, the FBI’s cybercrime office said all the FBI’s Internet Crime…
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Hackers ‘to leak’ emails of UAE ambassador to US
A computer hacking group that calls itself “GlobalLeaks” has reportedly said it plans to release emails taken from the inbox of Yousef al-Otaiba, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. The Daily Beast reported on Friday that it had been approached by the hackers, who offered a sample of the emails…
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Kushner, Trump’s adviser sought bug-proof line to Moscow
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof communications line with the Kremlin, the Washington Post reported Friday evening. Kushner, then and now a close adviser to Trump, went so far as to suggest using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States to…
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US intelligence chiefs doubt Kaspersky potency after WannaCry ransomware attack
Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about global cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia. Six leading intelligence officials told a Senate hearing on external threats to the United States of their concerns over the firm’s broad presence, without specifying any particular threat. Asked if he was aware of…