Federal Bureau Of Investigation

2 FBI Agents Dead, 3 Wounded In Florida Shooting

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 3, 2021

Two FBI agents were shot dead and three were wounded on Tuesday while serving a search warrant on a suspect in a child pornography case in the southern US state of Florida, the FBI said.

Joe Biden Will Keep Christopher Wray As FBI Director

World News | Reuters | Friday January 22, 2021

President Joe Biden has asked Christopher Wray to stay on as FBI director and he has confidence in the job Wray is doing, the White House said on Thursday.

Capitol Rioter May Have Stolen Pelosi's Computer, Tried To Sell To Russia: FBI

World News | Reuters | Monday January 18, 2021

U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol and tried to sell the device to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing.

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Nevada Factory Was Target Of 'Serious' Cyberattack

Reuters | Friday August 28, 2020

Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc's factory in Nevada was a target of a "serious" cybersecurity attack, confirming a media report that claimed an employee of the company helped the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) thwart the attack.

FBI Leads Search For Hackers Who Hijacked High-Profile Twitter Accounts

World News | Reuters | Thursday July 16, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking, according to sources familiar with the situation, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

NASCAR Stands In Solidarity With Bubba Wallace After Noose Incident

Written by Sameer Contractor | Tuesday June 23, 2020

American stock car racing, NASCAR started its recent race with an extraordinary act of solidarity for its only black driver Darrel Wallace Jr., more commonly known as Bubba. Dozens of drivers pushed the car belonging to Wallace to the front of the field as a show of support after a noose was found in the driver's garage over the weekend. The incide...

Chinese Hackers Trying To Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Work Data: US Experts

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 11, 2020

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus, two newspapers reported on Monday.

Apple iCloud Backups: How Much of Your iPhone Data Is End-to-End Encrypted and What About Android Backups?

Gaurav Shukla | Wednesday January 22, 2020

Apple’s iCloud backups feature has found itself under spotlight today. iPhone maker had planned to enable end-to-end encryption for the iPhone and iPad cloud backups back in 2018 but it dropped the plan after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) complained. The end-to-end encryption would have made the user data completely secure.

FBI Begins Probe After Racist Graffiti Seen Outside Gurdwara In US: Report

Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday January 17, 2020

After a racist graffiti was seen painted on a gurdwara in California on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a probe into the vandalisation, saying it was a possible hate crime, a media report said.

Sikhs Third Most Targeted In US After Jews, Muslims: FBI Report On Hate Crime

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 13, 2019

Around 60 incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2018, making the community the third most commonly targeted religious group after Jews and Muslims in the US, according to an annual report released by the FBI on Tuesday.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter Meet With US Intelligence on 2020 Election Security

Reuters | Thursday September 5, 2019

The companies' security teams met representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Around 1,000 Probes Open Into Chinese Intellectual Property Theft: FBI

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 23, 2019

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has nearly 1,000 investigations open into attempted intellectual property theft, nearly all of them involving Chinese, FBI director Christopher Wray said Tuesday.

16 Women Sue FBI Over "Good Old Boy Network, Sex Discrimination": Report

World News | Reuters | Thursday May 30, 2019

Sixteen women filed a lawsuit against the FBI on Wednesday, claiming sexual discrimination and accusing it of running "a good old boy network" in its training program, the New York Times reported.

Teen American Recruiter For Lashkar Admits To Helping Terror Group

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 9, 2019

A teenage American recruiter for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has admitted in a Texas federal court that he was guilty of a conspiracy to help the terrorist organisation, according to John C. Demers, the assistant attorney-general for national security.

FBI Opened Probe Into Whether Trump Was Working For Russians: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 12, 2019

The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry in 2017 into whether US President Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia, The New York Times reported on Friday.