Posts Tagged ‘FBI’

FBI Plans to Catalog Everyone’s Physical Characteristics, and Bush Does Away With Privacy Oversight Board

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Here’s something scary…
I just saw a new CNN report that made me go, “Huh?!”
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping

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Don’t Let Your Folks Fall For This Scary Spam

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Today I got a death threat email message. This particular type of spam is not really new, but because they will be very scary for most people to get, many recipients will fall for them.
The address header and text of the message reads:

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“Over 1 Million Computer Victims” Can Lead To Some Interesting, Awareness-Raising, Discussions

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Here’s a great conversation starter for a nice chat with your business leaders, “The FBI has found over 1 million computers are controlled by criminal botnets.”
Be prepared to answer some follow-up questions from your business leaders after telling them this, such as…

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First Person Convicted Under CAN-SPAM Is Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison and Must Pay Over $1 Million

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

On June 11, Jeffrey B. Goodin was ordered to pay $1,002,885.58 to the victims of his phishing scheme.

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Government Compliance: FBI Director Says USA PATRIOT Act Doesn’t Need Changes; That FBI Is To Blame for Associated Problems

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Today U.S. FBI Director Robert Mueller appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testified that there are no problems with the USA PATRIOT Act, but that the FBI did not implement the Act appropriately.

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Privacy Breach: FBI Loses Laptops Each Month Despite 2002 Audit Telling Them To Improve Practices

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit” report.
As you can tell by my post title, this should be a very embarrassing report for the FBI.

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Privacy Breach: FBI Loses Laptops Each Month Despite 2002 Audit Telling Them To Improve Practices

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit” report.
As you can tell by my post title, this should be a very embarrassing report for the FBI.

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