crimes
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The FBI Just Snuck Into Computers All Over the U.S. to Stop a Hacking Campaign
In what may be a first-of-its-kind operation, the FBI recently accessed private servers across the United States, ostensibly to delete malware that had previously been installed by foreign hackers.
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What We Know About the Hackers Behind the Accellion Data Breach
It’s been a mystery as to who is responsible for the disastrous pummelling of Accellion, the global cloud provider that, in December, suffered through a large cyberattack. This week, researchers announced that the responsible party may have ties to two prominent hacker groups.
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Want To Do Crimes? Upgrade To 5G, Apparently
Europe’s police agency is worried that the 5G will interfere with law enforcement’s ability to track people.
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Home DNA-Testing Kits Can Help Catch Killers, But Who Decides Where We Draw The Line?
In recent years, police have increasingly used data from ancestry-testing companies to identify major crime suspects through the DNA of their family members. A new case, however, is reigniting the debate about when and where it’s appropriate to use this powerful crime-fighting tool.