Tag: FBI
Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline...
The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private sector cyber experts working...
FBI, Hawks net R100 million internet scam suspects
Eight foreign nationals, aged between 33 and 52, were on Tuesday morning arrested for their links to an alleged R100 million internet scam during...
Musk confirms Tesla Nevada factory was target of ‘serious’ cyber attack
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc’s factory in Nevada was a target of a “serious” cyber security attack, confirming a media report...
NSA, FBI expose Russian intelligence hacking tool – report
The US National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have exposed a sophisticated Russian hacking tool, they said on Thursday in a rare...
More than 1 000 people at Twitter had ability to aid...
More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings...
US, Kenya launch first overseas Joint Terrorism Task Force
The United States Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation have partnered together to assist Kenya in creating the first Joint Terrorism Task...
Threats from drones in US escalating
FBI director Christopher Wray told a US Senate panel the drone threat "is steadily escalating" even as Congress gives agencies new tools...
FBI experts to investigate Ethiopia blast
The United States will send experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to Ethiopia to investigate a blast during a weekend rally,...
FBI helping South Sudan in murder and rape trial
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation official is helping South Sudan to prosecute suspects in the murder of a South Sudanese aid...
Niger says fugitive wanted by FBI arrested in northern Mali
A Malian man wanted by the United States for killing a U.S. diplomat in Niger in 2000 and convicted for a deadly...
US cyber arrests seen leading to more hackers
The FBI's arrest this week of 16 people who allegedly participated in high-profile cyber attacks is providing a treasure trove of information...
Rwandan opposition seek FBI help over Nyamwasa attack
The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda has come out ahead of other opposition parties to condemn the attempted assassination last weekend in...
Two NJ men arrested at JFK bound for terror group
Two New Jersey men were recently arrested at a New York airport trying to catch flights for meetings with militant groups in...
FBI warns of growing cyber threat
Militant groups, foreign states and criminal organisations pose a growing threat to US security as they target government and private computer networks,...
Afghan admits NYC bomb plot, al Qaeda training
An Afghan immigrant pleaded guilty yesterday to plotting a suicide bomb attack on New York City subways with al Qaeda training for...
US defends interrogation of airplane bomb suspect
US Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday rebuffed criticism that intelligence was lost by giving a lawyer and other legal rights to the...
Senators urge bomb suspect face US military charges
Two senior US senators urged the Obama administration to hand over to the US military the man accused of trying to blow...
US officials defend handling of airline bomb case
The US Justice Department defended its decision to charge a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a US passenger jet in...
