Tag: Watchdog

Officials reported the software being used was identical to what they agency had been asking Apple to create. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Report: FBI testing encryption-breaking software

Rudy Takala · March 24, 2016 8:31 pm

The officials claimed the indictment will link the hackers directly to the Iranian government, and will focus mainly on a 2013 breach of the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, N.Y. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

National Security

Report: Feds set to indict Iranian hackers

Rudy Takala · March 24, 2016 1:28 pm

The House Select Committee on Benghazi has "bungled" its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the deaths of four Americans in 2012, said the head of a conservative watchdog group. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Conservative group says House Benghazi panel ‘bungled’ investigation

Rudy Takala · March 24, 2016 12:23 pm

Chinese national Su Bin, who was extradited from Canada in February, has been implicated in the theft of designs for Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)

National Security

Chinese national pleads guilty to hacking U.S. military secrets

Rudy Takala · March 24, 2016 12:11 pm

The report said 28 workers were put on leave for "matters related to fitness for duty issues." (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)

Watchdog: DHS paid out millions to workers on paid leave

Curt Mills · March 23, 2016 10:11 pm

Media reports on Tuesday suggested that party might be Cellebrite, an Israeli firm that specializes in data extraction. If that is the case, that poses a problem for U.S. officials, who already sought the company out for assistance hacking an iPhone in a separate drug case as long ago as Feb. 16. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Report: Feds claimed ignorance on iPhone hacking 19 times

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 8:35 pm

"I saw that report and I don't know what it's based on," Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

New bill would prevent 1789 law from applying to iPhones

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 7:17 pm

None of the attacks resulted in a loss of sensitive data, according to investigators, though 41 of the incidents involved personal information that was not being properly stored. (AP Photo)

Report: Obamacare portal hit by hackers 316 times

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 6:01 pm

Unnamed experts pegged forensic software company Cellebrite as the "outside party" that U.S. officials said had a way to break into the iPhone. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file)

National Security

Report: Israeli firm hacking iPhone for FBI

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 4:03 pm

The State Department is facing more than 30 civil lawsuits from groups seeking records related to Clinton's tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

State: We don’t have enough people to process Clinton records requests

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 1:42 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff said in a statement, "In the wake of these attacks, we here in the U.S. and our allies across Europe must be on alert for possible copy-cat attackers who activate in the wake of these bombings." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top intel Democrat sounds alarm on encryption in Brussels

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 12:01 pm

—œAnd I promise you that [Apple CEO] Tim Cook and Apple are not going to be happy with the solution that the FBI has come up with, because it is almost as bad as a universal master key," said John McAfee. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

McAfee: FBI likely creating ‘master key’ for Apple devices

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 12:30 am