Tag Archives: FBI

Halt!

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Carmelo

Due to a computer glitch and are supposedly unrelated, United Airlines flights were grounded this morning and at the same time the New York Stock Exchange halted all trading. Is foul play suspected? At this time, the answer is no, … Continue reading →

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Chris Roberts. Plane Hacker

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Carmelo

Chris Roberts tweeted what appeared to be a joke about “playing” with a United Airlines plane’s in-flight entertainment and crew-alerting system on April 15. Once he landed, he was questioned by the FBI for several hours. Some of his computer … Continue reading →

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NYPD Auxiliary Officer Hacking into NYPD Computer + FBI Database

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Carmelo

Yehuda Katz, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) Auxiliary Deputy Inspector assigned to the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, executed a scheme to hack into a restricted NYPD computer and other sensitive law enforcement databases. He was caught and brought … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg Interview with FBI Special Agent of Cyber Special Operations, Leo Taddeo

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Carmelo

The Cost of Security Breaches

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The Disgruntled and Passed Over

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Carmelo

The FBI reports that; Michael Meneses, a system manager and software programmer who was often passed over for promotions, created a program to pharm employee passwords, left his job at an unnamed Long Island High-Voltage Power Manufacturer, in January 2012. After … Continue reading →

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Mad Rambo is Mad… At the Sony Pictures Hack!

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Carmelo

Sony pictures was breached and several movies were leaked. Movies like Fury, Annie, etc, have been found on torrent download sites. It’s believed to be tied to North Korea and a Sony movie making fun of, and the assassination of, … Continue reading →

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Operation Onymous… 414 Onion sites Taken Offline/Seized

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Carmelo

Tor (The Onion Router) is an anonymizing program that allows access to the Dark Web, it works by basically routing packets through an anonymous proxy network. (See Searching the Deep Web) Europol, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security, … Continue reading →

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Privacy? Not in the US

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Carmelo

In a recent post from the FBI: The FBI and Congress have thus far failed to enact meaningful restrictions on what types of data can be submitted to the system, who can access the data, and how the data can … Continue reading →

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