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more about #fbi more comments → gemcosta: Someone doesn't use GMail... more » dimsum4u: Is he getting an email from Zimbabwe to? I've been trying to help the prince of ghana transfer money over, but I need to send him money to do it. I do... more » Hello Mister Walrus: He looks like a old Luke Wilson. more » Intelext: If i was him, i'd go after the dude who scammed me. Kid would piss in his pants. more » infmom: I used to know a bunch of phone phreaks in the 80s, met them through online contact on Viewtron and PlayNet. Fortunately, the leader liked me. I can... more » fuchikoma: This reminds me a lot of John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper. Though I don't think Draper took it nearly as far in terms of abuse, and in Draper's time you wer... more » The5thElephant: This kid has very useful skills. He absolutely put people in danger, and he should serve time for that, but not a full 11 years. Instead he should b... more » Saboth: Despite his crimes, I still have serious problems with hard jail time for non-violent offenders. Jail is meant to keep citizens away from rapists, mur... more » AlphaUltima: sick fuck. no better than hitler or the columbine kids. thank god he's blind otherwise he might've learned how to use a gun. more » Benguin: It kinda reads like that that "moon rock theft" story from a few months back. Sounds kinda implausible, but definitely a great read regardless. more » seriously, saycarramrod: The extent of my phone phreaking was when I was 4 and accidentally hit the 911 button on our phone. Such a badass. more » JoeLikesRamen!: That was an immensely entertaining read. more » FuturePastNow: How? According to the story, by not quitting before he turned 18. The FBI agent as much as told him they weren't going to prosecute him while he was a... more » finalxnoodles: he should have seen it coming... more » Bos'un's Mate: When I was in college 20+ years ago, EVERYTHING was tracked by SS number. We thought it was stupid at the time; how right we were. more » -
#crime
Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed himself as an internet newbie yesterday when he admitted to nearly being duped by an email phishing scam. More » -
#crime
How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
Matt Weigman, "a fat, lonely blind kid," received an 11-year jail sentence at age 19 for using the phone service to harass and attack his enemies (including the FBI!). But how does a kid come to such a fate? More » -
#crime
Hackers Break Into UC Berkeley's Database, Steal Nearly 100,000 Social Security Numbers
An unknown number of hackers broke into UC Berkeley's database and were able to access the personal and health information of over 160,000 students and former students. They're still at large. More » -
#crime
FBI Agents Accused of Spying on Teen Girls Trying on Prom Dresses
In a surprising display of perviness, two agents in West Virginia are accused of aiming their surveillance cameras at a dressing room where teenage girls tried on prom dresses for a charity function. More » -
#bushleague
The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
With all this talk about Obama's BlackBerry and weekly YouTube addresses, we tend to assume there was no governmental tech before him. But there actually were some impressive advances in the last eight years. More » -
#security
The Fancy Security Gear the FBI Busted Out for the Inauguration
An event like the inauguration is a great excuse for the FBI to roll out all of its super-expensive security gear, like a truck you can explode a live bomb in without hurting anyone. More » -
#stolensecrets
AMD Employee Stole $1 Billion In Secrets From Intel
Former-Intel employee, current-AMD employee, and probable future-Federal prison resident Biswamohan Pani is the guy who stole a whole bunch of confidential information from Intel, according to the FBI. Now, Federal prosecutors have officially charged the 33-year-old engineer for stealing more than one billion dollars in trade secrets from Intel. One billion, with B of "Bloody Hell This Dude Is Nuts". More » -
#ciaspytech
CIA Inflatable Sex Doll Experiment: "Blow Up" Gets New Meaning
You know how, when KGB agents are tailing you, all you want to do is roll out of the car while your driver keeps going? Only those agents aren't dumb: If they suddenly see one fewer head inside the car, they're gonna know something's up. Spytechs at the CIA figured that if you brought along something compact yet inflatable, you could quickly blow it up as you exited the vehicle, and nobody would see any difference. It was the early '80s so, naturally, the researchers thought of sex dolls. More » -
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#spying
House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos
In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]
