FBI hunts cyber saboteurs. fbi hunts cyber saboteurs....

FBI seeks author of Web attack tools. fbi seeks author of web attack tools. The FBI reportedly wants to question the hacker known as `Mixter', the author of one of the programs believed to be responsible for last week's Web attacks. The FBI reportedly wants to question the hacker known as `Mixter', the author of one of the programs believed to be responsible for last week's Web attacks....

FBI probes latest Web attack. fbi probes latest web attack. The FBI is investigating this week's attack on Internet service provider AboveNet Communications that shut down online business transactions for nearly 1,000 companies.Company officials said the assault was unlike the now-infamous distributed denial-of-service attacks that shut down several well-known Web sites in February, but the effects were the same.The San Jose, Calif. The FBI is investigating this week's attack on Internet service provider AboveNet Communications that shut down online business transactions for nearly 1,000 companies....

Tech group faults FBI. tech group faults fbi. The Computer and Communications Industry Association, with members that include top software and telecommunication companies, is criticizing the FBI's attempts to block the $5.5 billion sale of ISP Verio to a Japanese firm. The FBI says the sale will hinder its abilities to conduct Internet surveillance but the CCIA believes the FBI is threatening civil liberties and damaging international trade relations. The FBI has already successfully won the cooperation of the Internet Engineering Task Force in building wiretap capabilities into protocols. A spokesman for the FBI, which has opposed the use of strong encryption in the past, has speculated that the problem could be an incompatibility with the FBI's firewall and has expressed an interest in helping overcome the problem....

FBI defends eTap plans. fbi defends etap plans. As the FBI's email scanning and eavesdropping system, Carnivore, attracts increasing controversy, the U.S. As the FBI's email scanning and eavesdropping system, Carnivore, attracts increasing controversy, the U.S. agency has begun to lobby for their right to put permanent taps in major ISPs. To read about the FBI's public relations efforts, go to...

FBI ordered to unveil Carnivore. fbi ordered to unveil carnivore. A U.S. District Judge has ordered the FBI to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request, brought by a privacy group, for information concerning its controversial surveillance system Carnivore. The FBI is required, within 10 days, to outline exactly how it will deliver the information requested of it....

More FBI Carnivore docs released. more fbi carnivore docs released. According to privacy groups that have reviewed the latest batch of previously classified FBI documents on the Carnivore e-surveillance system, US government agents lied about the potential of the program. According to privacy groups that have reviewed the latest batch of previously classified FBI documents on the Carnivore e-surveillance system, US government agents lied about the potential of the program. Critics say Carnivore could be used to gather information on individuals not covered by warrants, though much may never be known about the system as the FBI is apparently not going to declassify a great deal of information about the program....

FBI uses keystroke recorder in "mob case". fbi uses keystroke recorder in. In what could be an important case for testing existing cybercrime legalities, the FBI has used evidence gathered using a small device agents planted in the computer of a man suspected of running a gambling business without government permission. In what could be an important case for testing existing cybercrime legalities, the FBI has used evidence gathered using a small device agents planted in the computer of a man suspected of running a gambling business without government permission....

FBI spy is tech whiz. fbi spy is tech whiz. Robert Philip Hanssen, the FBI counterintelligence specialist accused of causing the worst damage to the US spy community in decades, is a sophisticated techie. Robert Philip Hanssen, the FBI counterintelligence specialist accused of causing the worst damage to the US spy community in decades, is a sophisticated techie. Reportedly a Linux user, he used extremely technical means to pass information and once openly hacked into a colleague's system to demonstrate the FBI's vulnerability to such attacks....