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U.S. government reveals breadth of requests for Internet records

November 30, 2015 publisher federal-bureau, file-picture, greek, internet, man-typing, preventing-even, result, richard-posner, the-hackers

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has used a secretive authority to compel Internet and telecommunications firms to hand over customer data including an individual’s complete web browsing history and records of all online purchases, a court filing released Monday shows. The documents are believed to be the first time the government has provided details of its so-called national security letters, which are used by the FBI to conduct electronic surveillance without the need for court approval. The filing made public Monday was the result of an 11-year-old legal battle waged by Nicholas Merrill, founder of Calyx Internet Access, a hosted service provider, who refused to comply with a national security letter (NSL) he received in 2004

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DraftKings hires Exiger to review financial controls, compliance

November 24, 2015 creative board-inside, daily, draft, exiger, facebook, fantasy-sports, federal-bureau, florida, having-access, internet, linked-through, miami-florida, players-conference

Daily fantasy sports company DraftKings said on Tuesday it hired regulatory risk and compliance firm Exiger to conduct a review of its financial, operational, compliance and risk controls, as the company and its top competitor, FanDuel, have come under fire from state and federal regulators.

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Clinton apologizes for using private email as U.S. secretary of state

September 8, 2015 creative campaign-stop, clinton, controversial, eight-countries, federal-bureau, major-selling, photo, spain, speaks-during, state

One for personal, one for work-related emails.” In two earlier interviews in the past week, Clinton had declined to apologize for the controversial email arrangement while working as the nation's top diplomat, saying it was allowed by the State Department. Clinton has been forced to defend herself against growing public scrutiny of how she handled sensitive government information since the email arrangement first came to light in March. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now examining the email server to see whether any information, including classified information, was mishandled.

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Uber to enter 100 more Chinese cities in next 12 months: CEO

September 8, 2015 admin baidu, campaign-stop, china, controversial, dashboard, driver, federal-bureau, kalanick, photo, said-on-tuesday, said-the-china, state, technologies, travis-kalanick, tuesday-uber

U.S. ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will enter 100 more Chinese cities over the next year, doubling a previous goal set just three months ago, Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said on Tuesday. Uber's China unit currently operates in almost 20 cities, Kalanick said at an event in Beijing held by Uber investor Baidu Inc .

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Kosovo police arrest three suspected of cyber crimes

August 4, 2015 publisher banking-data, equipment, federal-bureau, government, police-said, search-engines, six-laptops, starting-their, tuesday-charges

Kosovo has arrested three people suspected of committing cyber crimes, following a joint investigation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, police said on Tuesday.

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FBI understaffed to tackle cyber threats, says watchdog

July 30, 2015 publisher cyber-most, federal-bureau, field-offices, generation, handout-photos, initiative, internet, mountain, office, program-mainly, report, tackle-growing, the-report, thursday, will-provide

The FBI is struggling to attract computer scientists to its cybersecurity program mainly due to low pay, a report by the U.S. Department of Justice showed, highlighting weaknesses in a flagship initiative to tackle growing cyber threats. As of January 2015, The Federal Bureau of Investigation had only hired 52 of the 134 computer scientists it was authorized to employ under the Justice Department's Next Generation Cyber Initiative launched in 2012, the report showed

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Pakistan seeks FBI help to investigate firm accused of faking diplomas

May 27, 2015 publisher axact, enabled-more, federal-bureau, help-create, international, investigation, karachi, pakistani, software-firm

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has asked U.S. authorities to help it investigate Axact, a software firm accused of earning millions of dollars from the international sale of bogus university degrees online, officials said on Wednesday.

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Penn State fraternity shut down for three years after nude photos

May 27, 2015 admin axact, federal-bureau, international, its-imprimatur, matches-set, pakistani, software-firm, university, vice-president, were-uncovered

(Reuters) – Penn State University on Tuesday said it was withdrawing recognition from a fraternity for three years after members were accused of posting pictures they took of mostly undressed women onto private Facebook pages. “The organizational misbehaviors is far more than the University can tolerate from a student organization that seeks its imprimatur,” vice president for Student Affairs Damon Sims said

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U.S. insurance regulators aim to improve consumer cybersecurity protections

January 29, 2015 creative china, cyber-attack, federal-bureau, high-profile, including-its, investigation, more-consumers, online-services, sharply-higher, state-insurance, streaming-video, street

(Reuters) – The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has created a cybersecurity task force to increase protection of consumer information collected by insurers and held by state insurance departments as well as to monitor the cyber insurance market. The NAIC is the group through which state insurance regulators coordinate regulatory oversight for areas including health, life, property and other types of insurance

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Exclusive: Iran hackers may target U.S. energy, defense firms, FBI warns

December 13, 2014 publisher berlin, cyber-security, federal-bureau, include-defense, investigation

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned U.S. businesses to be on the alert for a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation whose targets include defense contractors, energy firms and educational institutions, according to a confidential agency document. The operation is the same as one flagged last week by cyber security firm Cylance Inc as targeting critical infrastructure organizations worldwide, cyber security experts said.