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Secret rules make it pretty easy for the FBI to spy on journalists — The Intercept

Secret FBI rules makes it easy for the FBI to obtain journalists' phone records, writes Cora Currier of The Intercept. The classified rules allows...

Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Pleads Guilty To Computer Hacking Crimes

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker 'Guccifer,' has pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a protected...

Kids, This Is Why You Don’t Send Bomb Threats To Get Out Of Exams

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof shares the FBI affidavit outlining how the Feds caught a Harvard student accused of sending a bomb threat...

Microsoft, FBI, Europol Signficantly Disrupt ZeroAccess Botnet

The digital crimes unit at Microsoft disrupted the ZeroAccess botnet, also known as Sirefef, in collaboration with Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, the Federal Bureau...

New Jersey Woman Streaming Live Assault Sentenced

A New Jersey woman was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison for producing child pornography through the sexual exploitation of a five-year-old girl...