Cybersecurity

Justice, DHS Probe Hack Allegedly Made Possible By DOJ Help Desk

A hacktivist claims a help desk aided his intrusion into a computer containing contact information on some 9,000 DHS personnel and 20,000 FBI employees.

Cybersecurity

Computer Scientists in Short Supply at FBI, Watchdog Warns

Cyber teams at five FBI field offices across the country don't have a single computer scientist on staff.

Modernization

Justice Department to Require Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking Technology

The new policy does not apply to state and local police departments that have used cell-site simulators to track criminals

Cybersecurity

DOJ Refuses to Release Secret Cybersecurity Memo

Sen. Ron Wyden says the memo is crucial to the Senate's upcoming cybersecurity debate.

Emerging Tech

Justice Department Plans Major Office Tech Upgrade

DOJ envisions an “office of the future,” which would revamp much of the technology agency employees use.

Digital Government

Eric Holder: The 'Possibility Exists' Edward Snowden Could Come Home

“I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with,” the former attorney general said.

Cybersecurity

3-year Prison Sentence for Hacker Who Fraudulently Ordered $1M Worth of Agency Office Supplies

The Nigerian had faced up to 20 years in prison for phishing feds at EPA, the Census and other agencies.

Digital Government

How 1990s DEA Surveillance Became Blueprint for NSA Spying

By exposing the NSA’s spying regime, Snowden forced the Justice Department to shut down a separate phone-surveillance operation.

Cybersecurity

Federal Agents Charged With Stealing Bitcoin

A former DEA official and a former Secret Service agent are accused of using Bitcoin to launder money during an investigation into Silk Road.

Cybersecurity

Tech Giants Join Microsoft's Privacy Fight Against Justice Department

Apple, Amazon, Verizon, AT&T and others want to keep the U.S. using search warrants to seize private data stored overseas.

Cybersecurity

Here’s Why Cybersecurity Remains a Challenge for the Justice Department

DOJ has requested millions more in funding and staffed up new divisions to specifically handle cyber investigations.