June 18, 2016 Inside the FBI's 'CSI': Active-shooter terror attacks have forensic teams scrambling to adapt Standing in front of the mobile command center, the head of the FBI’s New York Evidence Response Team briefed investigators.
June 16, 2016 FBI using 400 million photos for facial recognition You may be right to be paranoid about government surveillance and tracking, because the FBI may not be playing by even its own rules.
May 30, 2016 FBI agent's gun stolen from car in San Francisco San Francisco police say an FBI agent's gun and badge were stolen after his car was broken into in the city's popular Alamo Square.
May 20, 2016 Senators move to block FBI from expanding hacking powers If Congress doesn't act by Dec. 1, the controversial rules go into effect automatically.
May 13, 2016 WhatsApp encryption is affecting FBI's work in 'huge ways' WhatsApp's decision to turn on encryption for its billion-plus users is certainly giving the FBI headaches. FBI Director James Comey says we can expect to see more litigation surrounding encrypted devices in the future.
May 5, 2016 LAPD can also unlock iPhones without Apple's help It's not just the FBI that has the technical ability to unlock password-protected iPhones without triggering kill-switch mechanisms -- all without any help from Apple.
April 27, 2016 Feds to keep iPhone-hacking method under wraps The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t plan to tell Apple Inc. how it cracked a San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist’s phone, said people familiar with the matter, leaving the company in the dark on a security vulnerability on some iPhone models.
April 22, 2016 Justice Department gets access to iPhone linked to Brooklyn drug case The Justice Department said Friday it has withdrawn a request that sought a court order forcing Apple to assist in opening a locked iPhone 5s linked to a drug case in New York.
April 22, 2016 James Comey: FBI spent over $1 million to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone The FBI paid a non-governmental third party over $1 million for technology that allowed the agency to unlock an iPhone 5C that belonged to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to a remark made by FBI director James Comey at a moderated discussion in London on Thursday.
April 16, 2016 Apple wants judge to reject DOJ appeal in Brooklyn drug case Apple said Friday it wants a New York judge to uphold a magistrate’s ruling that the government has no authority to compel the company’s help to get data from a locked iPhone in a federal drug case.