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FBI charges Michigan man planning attack on East Lansing synagogue

Seann Pietila, 19, discussed his plans to stage a mass shooting in private messages on Instagram, according to documents filed last week.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
20/06/2023

FBI arrests Michigan man for planning mass attack on synagogue

Seann Pielia, 19, now faces charges of transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another individual.

People pose in front of a display showing the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustrat

US government agencies hit in global hacking attack - CNN

Neither the name of the affected software nor the details of the alleged vulnerability were identified.

By REUTERS
15/06/2023

Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski dead at 81

Ted Kaczynski, who was convicted of killing three people and wounding more than 20 others as the "Unabomber," died in a North Carolina federal prison on Saturday.

By REUTERS
10/06/2023

Jury convicts elderly Oregon man after boobytrapped home injured FBI

The 71-year-old man had rigged a rat trap with a shotgun.

FBI says artificial intelligence being used for 'sextortion' and harassment

The bureau said it had recently observed an uptick in extortion victims saying they had been targeted using doctored versions of innocent images taken from online posts, private messages, video chats

By REUTERS
07/06/2023

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, found dead in prison

Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.

By REUTERS
06/06/2023

Queen Elizabeth was almost assassinated in 1983 US visit, FBI reveals

An IRA member said he wanted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II while her yacht was sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge or at Yosemite.

FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies

The official identified the FSB hackers behind the malware with a notorious hacking group known as "Turla."

By REUTERS
09/05/2023

FBI working with US companies to collect war crime evidence in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities are collecting digital information from battlefields and Ukrainian towns ravaged by the war since Russia invaded the country last February.

By REUTERS
26/04/2023
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