Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. The US Department of Justice said Andrew Otto Boggs and Justin Gray Liverman were part of the “Crackas With Attitude” group blamed for the attacks. Email accounts of the CIA’s director, the chief of National Intelligence and many others, […]
A bipartisan bill has been introduced to combat a judicial rule change that took place recently, one that would allow US judges to issue search warrants permitting remote access to computers in any jurisdiction, including overseas, once it comes into force. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY) presented the one-page bill, one that […]
Mozilla asked a court to order the FBI to disclose a vulnerability the agency has been using to hack the Tor browser, which is based on Mozilla’s Firefox code. Mozilla believes the same vulnerability could be used by bad actors to attack potentially hundreds of millions of users. Mozilla seems to take issue especially with […]
Seemingly backing off on statements before Congress, FBI Director James Comey suggested that more court action seeking to circumvent smartphone encryption is likely coming. Speaking with reporters at the agency’s Washington DC headquarters yesterday, Comey also claimed that the agency is trying to figure out how to re-utilize the tool that the agency used San […]
Possibly belying the two-day-old claim that the process the FBI used to penetrate the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c would only function on that one device, the law enforcement agency has agreed to assist Arkansas investigators unlock a pair of iOS devices. Earlier today, and less than 24 hours after the request was made by […]
The FBI said it has unlocked the iPhone involved in the San Bernardino shooting case without Apple’s help. An outside organization offered to help open the locked iPhone for the FBI last week after Apple refused to help. The FBI put its case against Apple on hold pending the viability of the third-party’s claim. After […]
The FBI is reportedly seeking help from an Israeli firm to crack open the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone. Cellebrite, a company that provides mobile forensics services, is working with the FBI to unlock Syed Farook’s iPhone 5c, according to Reuters, which cites Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Apple and the FBI have been locked in a […]
If FBI Director James Comey did himself and his agency a great public good by striking a conciliatory tone about the FBI’s dispute with Apple under oath at the recent congressional hearings, recent filings and public comments by the Department of Justice — in particular, it’s latest brief with the court, which ratcheted up the […]
Apple is not the only tech company that the Department of Justice is attacking over encryption, as prosecutors are setting their sites on WhatsApp, according to a report. It is claimed government officials are in discussions over how to deal with a wiretap order for a criminal case that applies to the Facebook-owned service, one […]
Under oath during a Congressional hearing on Thursday to answer questions about the FBI’s battle with Apple over encryption, FBI Director James Comey was forced to admit that the outcome of the court challenge will “guide how other courts handle similar requests” from law enforcement, conceding that the agency’s demands would have on impact beyond […]
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