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Online scams cost $485 million in U.S. in 2011: survey
WASHINGTON — Online scams including identity theft schemes, “advance fee” and “romance fraud” cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday. The Internet Crime Complaint Center annual report said the number of complaints about online fraud rose 3.4 percent to 314,246. The most…
FBI: Five arrested in plot to blow up Ohio bridge
Five self-described anarchists have been arrested in a plot to blow up a bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, but the public was never in any danger, the FBI said Tuesday. The anarchists spent months planning several different attacks but did not realize that they were being closely monitored and had purchased…
FBI’s top cyber cop admits that hackers are winning
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is losing its battle with computer hackers, according to Shawn Henry, the agency’s top cyber cop. Henry said during a press conference Wednesday morning that over the course of numerous investigations, the FBI has obtained the private data of corporations that were targeted by…
Demand Progress: U.S. responded to blackout protest with the middle finger
The advocacy group Demand Progress condemned the Obama administration on Thursday after the FBI took down one of the most popular file sharing websites on the Internet, Megaupload.com. “Unbelievable: After history’s largest online protest, the U.S. Government nonchalantly responds with the middle finger,” the group said in an action alert.…
Black Friday gun sales hit all-time high
WASHINGTON — US firearms sales reached a record 129,166 during last week’s Black Friday that kicked off the holiday shopping season, a 32 percent increase from the previous all-time high, officials said. The FBI confirmed the jump from the last peak of 97,848 weapons sold during Black Friday of 2008,…
ACLU: FBI illegally spying on Muslim groups
NEW YORK — The FBI has spied and compiled information on Muslim community groups under the cover of holding outreach meetings with their representatives, a US rights organization said Thursday. The American Civil Liberties Union issued a report saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation had overstepped its authority and was…
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