Everybody's got their grand plans to put an end to piracy -- ISPs are blocking The Pirate Bay, and as for the FBI, they like to take down sites like MegaUpload. But that doesn't mean they don't torrent themselves. TorrentFreak dug up a little list of what's been being pirated from FBI IPs. Read More >>
Featured comment by macmann:
"Hey, you've convinced me. Let's shut down the FBI, the Met Police and every other governmental body because they're all rotten to the core.
Or... may..." More »
Because of recent "sextortion" cases that involved using the ol' Justin Bieber Ruse (that's a real thing), the FBI decided that it should put out a few official tips to inform the online collective on how to avoid sexual extortion. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"Meh, for the first one, if they take topless pics of themselves, they deserve what they get tbh. That's not to say that it isn't fucked up." More »
Twitter has moved far beyond just being a service you tweet about your lunch on, and along with the many useful services it's a platform for, it can also be a tool for terrorism and violence. At least that's how bits of the US government see it, and that's why they're asking the FBI to shut down Hamas-related Twitter accounts. Read More >>
Featured comment by My Pseudonym:
"When does a terrorist become a freedom fighter? I'd say the argument about banning terrorists from twitter is pretty hollow and could arguably drop th..." More »
How would you feel if the government could easily track your movements by automatically identifying your face on images captured by the ever-growing network of CCTV cameras? The FBI will be able to do just that soon, with its one-billion-dollar Next Generation Identification program. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Quite right, but the validity of that statement rests on the assumption that this system will be used to restrict liberty. While it may be naive to sa..." More »
Featured comment by otaviokz:
"I don't think a NBC "exclusive report" is much more of a reliable font then the site which states anonymous is responsible for the hack." More »
Do you know how the FBI justified the insane raid of Kim Dotcom's mansion? By saying that it suspected that Kim Dotcom had a 'doomsday' device that could "wipe out evidence of internet piracy around the world." No, seriously. Read More >>
Featured comment by ilae4e:
"Wouldn't it just be easier to blow them up, much quicker and cheaper.
One thing that has bugged me, if they thought he could do this, why not let h..." More »
Steve Jobs thought someone might kidnap his daughter in order to blackmail him, according to a newly released Department of Defense document that was filled out in the 1980s when Jobs underwent a background check for a Top Secret security clearance. Read More >>
Following a Freedom of Information request, the FBI has just released its records on Richard Feynman. Celebrated as an incredible intellectual, the Nobel prize-wining physicist was also a wonderful speaker, writer and, according to the files, a target which the FBI wanted to out as a communist sympathiser. Read More >>
This week, an internal FBI report was leaked, detailing the Bureau's concern about the virtual currency Bitcoin and its potential to be exploited by criminals for money laundering and other scams. Read More >>
Cops. Defense contractors. The FTC. Military attorneys. FBI conference calls. Some of the most striking hack-attacks of the past year were executed under the middle finger banner of #AntiSec. But what if this "movement" was a gigantic trap all along? Read More >>
In what's looking more and more like LulzSec's Waterloo, six top-ranking members of the notorious hacking collective were arrested today. Here, in their entirety, are their full indictments. It's a fed's-eye view of the organisation that wreaked unfettered havoc for months last year. Read More >>
Featured comment by Zancudo:
"Bravo!
Someone I don't like should get tortured.
"I don't do what he did so according to my values he should get the worst possible. My view wo..." More »
Gawker has unearthed Steve Jobs' FBI file for us all to lay eyes on. Contained within are things most of us knew (or at least suspected). He had enemies? Duh. Drugs? Of course! But there are a few gems that managed to catch our eye. Read More >>
Featured comment by Cortez:
"You're right. Gates has so far given over $40 billions of his own money to feed and educated poor people around the globe." More »
I can’t believe it’s quite this easy, but apparently Scotland Yard and the FBI converse over those crappy call-in conferencing systems, which let Anonymous log-on to check-out what they were yakking about. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"I agree, put I got to thinking what you you hear if you hacked the hackers.
And don't forget this North disrespect ain't a police issue it is a iss..." More »
Since the feds shut down Megaupload, there's been concern about what would happen to the user data stored using the service. Turns out that it may just be deleted, as early as this Thursday. Read More >>
Featured comment by Southern:
"Regardless of consumer rights, which of course should be considered here, surely the lawyers of both parties are going to need this data in court to p..." More »
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