#FBI: US lost record $16.6 billion to #cybercrime in 2024
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-us-lost-record-166-billion-to-cybercrime-in-2024/
#FBI: US lost record $16.6 billion to #cybercrime in 2024
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-us-lost-record-166-billion-to-cybercrime-in-2024/
"#FBI raids in three Southeast #Michigan cities are stirring up reaction after multiple pro-Palestinian student organizations posted videos of the raids saying some of their members were targeted." #AnnArbor #Ypsilanti #Canton #USPol #Palestine #Gaza #TahrirCoalition #DanaNessel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ejL8L-R50Y
Developing story out of Michigan, the FBI was conducting raids this morning at the homes of Pro-Palestine protest organizers who attend the University of Michigan.
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/3-arrested-released-in-fbi-raid-on-ypsilanti-home.html
"Early this morning around 8:00 am, #FBI agents, the #Michigan State Police, and local police officers in unmarked vehicles arrived at the homes of University of Michigan pro-Palestine activists across #AnnArbor, #Ypsilanti, and #Canton." #USPol #Palestine #Gaza #TahrirCoalition https://tahrirumich.org/statements/fbi
The #FBI Can't Find ‘Missing’ Records of Its Hacking Tools
https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-cant-find-missing-records-of-its-hacking-tools/
The #FBI Can't Find ‘Missing’ Records of Its #Hacking Tools https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-cant-find-missing-records-of-its-hacking-tools/
#Hegseth had annual OPSEC, INFOSEC, LOAC, Insider Threat training as a member of the Army National Guard. As an infantry officer (Major), he claimed to have held a Top Secret clearance.
If the #SECDEF can’t follow basic training on handling classified information, then he shouldn’t have a security clearance!
A good #FBI background check would have discovered his alcoholism, sexual harassment and assault charges, disqualifying him, but the #GOP didn’t want to upset Trump.
FIRE HEGSETH ASAP!
FBI questions leader of Oak Harbor punk band over lyrics
https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/fbi-questions-leader-of-oak-harbor-punk-band-over-lyrics/
Portnow, a longtime defender of artists’ free speech rights, said he asked the agent to see a court order. Since there was none, he declined to take the video down.
“They picked the wrong guy to start a First Amendment fight with,” he said.
The Next #Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
Timothy #Snyder Apr 19, 2025
I don't want us to be more frightened than we should be. But I do want us to be ready, so that a moment of predictable shock does not become a lifetime of avoidable subjugation.
As I will try to show, the present government invites a terror attack. ...
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-terrorist-attack
#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#USA #America #Trump #Musk #Vance #Gabbard #Assad #Putin
#TrumpAdministration
#CIA #FBI #DHS #NSA
The usual Friday evening document dump - #RFK #assassination files released by #Trump administration. Records from the State Department and #FBI have been unsealed; #Gabbard says 50,000 more pages are still to come. #govdocs #foia #assassination #research #government #politics #FBI https://www.archives.gov/research/rfk scroll down - each document is is in #pdf
The #FBI has shut down its #ForeignInfluence task force. #CISA has ended its efforts to expose #disinformation. And this week the #State Dept put employees who tracked global disinformation on leave, shutting down the effort that had publicized the spread of #Chinese & #Russian #propaganda.
Almost 3 months into #Trump’s 2nd term, the guardrails intended to prevent #NationalSecurity missteps have come down as the new team races to anticipate & amplify the wishes of an #unpredictable president.
In the past, US #cybersecurity agencies would counter such campaigns by calling them out to raise public awareness. The #FBI would warn #socialmedia companies of inauthentic accounts so they could be removed. And, at times, #US #CyberCommand would try to take #Russia #TrollFarms that create #disinformation offline, at least temporarily.
But #Trump fired Gen Timothy D. Haugh, a 4-star general w/years of experience countering Russian online #propaganda, from his posts leading #CyberCom & the #NSA.
Today in Labor History April 18, 1977: Native American activist Leonard Peltier was found guilty of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. However, he was actually framed by undercover FBI agents who were conducting counterintelligence on the reservation. During the trial, some of the government’s own witnesses testified that Peltier wasn’t even present at the scene of the killings. In 2017, President Obama denied Peltier's application for clemency. He was still in prison in 2025 and his health has deteriored. On June 7, 2022, The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Peltier’s imprisonment violates the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Biden, as one of his final acts as president, commuted his sentence to indefinite house arrest. In February 2025, he was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.
…last Sept #US authorities charged 2 #RT employees w/ allegedly funneling $10M to bankroll *unknowing* pro-#Trump #influencers to publish thousands of videos that pushed #Kremlin #propaganda. Dual Russian-American citizens Dimitri Simes & his wife, Anastasia, were charged w/ violating economic sanctions, in part for his paid work for another #Russia state television network.…
…AG #PamBondi shut down the #FBI task force investigating #ForeignInfluence….
Alarm on US campuses after #FBI raid on Chinese cybersecurity professor’s home in #Indiana - he was fired after raid
“On the same day of the home raids, Wang was fired from his longstanding post at Indiana University over email – a move that goes against the university’s own policy.
But Wang hasn’t been charged with any offence, and his lawyer says no criminal charges are pending.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/chinese-professor-bloomington-indiana
Russ Handorf, who served in the #FBI for a decade in various #cybersecurity roles, also reviewed Berulis' extensive technical forensic records & analysis….
"All of this is alarming," he said. "If this was a publicly traded company, I would have to report this [breach] to the Securities and Exchange Commission…."
For #cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin & contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards & Technology [#NIST] & the #DHS's #CISA, as well as the #FBI & the #NSA.
"That was a huge red flag," said Berulis. "That's something that you just don't do. It violates every core concept of security & best practice."
The #whistleblower believes that the suspicious activity warrants further investigation by agencies w/more resources, like #CISA or the #FBI.
#Labor #law experts…fear that if the data gets out, it could be abused, including by private companies w/cases before the agency that might get insights into damaging testimony, #union leadership, #legal strategies & internal data on competitors — #Musk's #SpaceX among them….
#DOJ seeks release of ex-#FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who admitted fabricating Biden claims, while they reinvestigate
This is Trump/#GOP rewriting history to clean up their legacy, cover up another of their many crimes, #Disinfo.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-seeks-release-ex-fbi-informant-who-admitted-fabricating-biden-claims-2025-04-11/
Rob Malley Cheers Trump Nuclear Talks With Iran https://www.byteseu.com/913625/ #BidenAdministration #China #DonaldTrump #FBI #Iran #Israel #NationalSecurity #Nuclear #RobMalley