Cybersecurity

FBI: Hackers Target 2 State Election Databases

An FBI bulletin warns of possibly linked attacks on two states' election databases.

Cybersecurity

Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort

The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.

Modernization

Help FBI Catch Bank Robbers With Your Phone

The bureau launched a mobile app that lets users send tips about robberies.

Cybersecurity

Clinton Email Saga Continues with 'Spillage' Request

Rep. Jason Chaffetz also asked the FBI for an inventory of electronic devices and documents obtained from Clinton’s aides containing classified government data.

Digital Government

Tips for the FBI (or Any Organization) For Hiring a Data Scientist

There are different types of data scientists, so agencies need to be clear on what their needs.

Digital Government

FBI ramps up IC3 visibility

The FBI wants to raise awareness about the Internet Crime Complaint Center among the public and local law enforcement agencies.

Cybersecurity

FBI Director: Time to Discuss Encryption Before 'Something Terrible Happens'

"At some point, encryption is going to figure into a major event in this country," Comey said.

Cybersecurity

IG slams FBI's 'subjective' approach to cyberthreats

In a new report, the Justice Department's inspector general says the FBI’s yearly process for prioritizing cyberthreats might not accurately identify the most pressing threats.

Digital Government

House Committee OKs Bill Letting the FBI Use Rapid DNA Profiling

The idea behind the technology is to swiftly clear innocents, detain criminals and free up technicians to clear rape kit backlogs, among other things, say Judiciary Committee members who advanced the bill.

Digital Government

FBI Head: 'No Reasonable Prosecutor Would Bring Such a Case'

Director James Comey said the agency had concluded its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server on Tuesday.

Cybersecurity

Wyden: Rule 41 changes represent another compromise of security and liberty

Government proposals to weaken encryption and expand hacking authorities are cut from the same cloth of uninformed or ill-considered policymaking in response to security threats, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Cybersecurity

Tech groups oppose expanding FBI hacking authority

A group of companies that includes Google and PayPal told Congress it is hard to imagine that a proposed federal rule change does not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Cybersecurity

GAO wants more privacy protections for facial recognition data

GAO said the FBI should take a careful look at the privacy issues involved with facial recognition technology and the hundreds of millions of images the bureau can access.

Emerging Tech

Watchdog: FBI Facial Recognition May Not Be Accurate

A new GAO report examined the Interstate Photo System, with more than 30 million photos, and the FBI’s face recognition capability.

Cybersecurity

FBI lax on facial recognition privacy, watchdog says

As law enforcement looks to tap advances in facial recognition, a government watchdog warns of the risks to privacy.

Ideas

The Essential ‘Soft Side’ of Running a Security Operations Center Investigation

Some of the best practices can be learned from other criminal, terrorism incidents and law enforcement organizations.

People

FBI names leader for investigative tech

Todd McCall has been tapped assistant director for the FBI's key investigative technology division.

Acquisition

FBI bullish on enterprise services

"It's a major change internally within the FBI [in] how we buy stuff," FBI Chief Acquisition Officer Paul Courtney said.

Emerging Tech

Privacy Groups -- and Uber -- Challenge FBI’s Attempt to Bypass Privacy Act

Under a proposed exemption, people whose information was stored in FBI’s massive biometric database would not be permitted to know.