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Chinese hackers determined to wreak havoc on US critical infra: FBI

Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing's global ambitions. Wray will say that that there's been far too little public focus on a cyber threat that affects every American, according to a copy of prepared remarks that he is to give before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. China's hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides the time has come to strike, Wray will say. The comments align with assessments from outside cybersecurity firms including Microsoft, which said in May that state-backed Chinese hackers have been targeting US critical infrastructure and could be laying the technical ...

CBI, FBI discuss greater collab in tackling cybercrime, sharing evidence

FBI Director Christopher Wray met CBI Director Praveen Sood here on Monday where they discussed among things greater cooperation in cyber-related financial crimes and sharing of evidence in bringing criminals and fugitives to face justice, officials said. In an hour-long meeting that started with the arrival of Wray and other US officials at the agency headquarters around 02.00 pm, the two sides recognised the challenges posed by organized crime networks, cyber-enabled financial crimes, ransomware threats, economic crimes and transnational crimes. It was also decided that training academies of both the investigation agencies will share best practices with each other, a CBI spokesperson said in a statement. Wray arrived in the national capital on Sunday evening for a two-day visit during which he is also scheduled to meet top officials of Indian security and law-enforcement establishments, the official said. The meeting between Wray and Sood focused on "strengthening exchange of ...

FBI director set to clash with Republicans on Trump, Hunter Biden case

The director of the FBI will face some of his harshest critics in Congress on Wednesday as he testifies before a House committee that is leading several investigations into claims that the law enforcement agency unfairly targets conservatives. FBI Director Chris Wray's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee is expected to be contentious. Republicans are prepared to aggressively question the director on several fronts, including the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump, the ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden's son and the push for a new FBI headquarters. It's just the latest display of the new normal on Capitol Hill, where Republicans who have long billed themselves as the champions of police and law and order are growing deeply at odds with federal law enforcement and the FBI, accusing the bureau of bias dating back to investigations of Trump when he was president. The new dynamic has forced Democrats into a new position of defending these law ...

FBI chief Wray says he's 'deeply concerned' by China's AI program

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that he was deeply concerned about the Chinese government's artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was not constrained by the rule of law

Blocked 700 crypto accounts between April-Sep over irregularities: WazirX

The crypto exchange received 828 requests from law enforcement agencies, of which 764 were Indian and 64 were foreign

Trump team aims at records probe at his Florida home; calls it 'misguided'

A criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information at former President Donald Trump's Florida home has spiralled out of control," his lawyers said Monday in urging a judge to leave in place a directive that temporarily halted core aspects of the Justice Department's probe. The Trump team also referred to the documents that were seized as purported classified records, suggesting his lawyers do not concede the Justice Department's contention that highly sensitive, top-secret documents were found by the FBI in its Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. The lawyers also asserted that there is no evidence any of the records were ever disclosed to anyone, and that at least some of the documents belong to him and not to the Justice Department. The 21-page filing underscores the significant factual and legal disagreements between lawyers for Trump and the U.S. government as the Justice Department looks to move forward with its criminal investigation into the illegal retention of ...

FBI's team to investigate massive cyberattack on Montenegro govt services

A rapid deployment team of FBI cyber experts is heading to Montenegro to investigate a massive, coordinated attack on the tiny Balkan nation's government and its services, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Wednesday. This is another confirmation of the excellent cooperation between the United States of America and Montenegro and a proof that we can count on their support in any situation, the ministry said. Montenegro's Agency for National Security blamed the attack, which began late last week, squarely on Russia, though without providing evidence. A combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service attacks, the onslaught disrupted government services and prompted the country's electrical utility to switch to manual control. A cybercriminal extortion gang claimed responsibility for at least part of the attack, infecting a parliamentary office with ransomware known as Cuba, which the cybersecurity firm Profero has found to include Russian speakers. ...

Donald Trump's 'planted evidence' claim unlikely to stand up in court

Donald Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their baseless claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents may have "planted" evidence when they searched his Mar-a-Lago home

Engineer accused of attempting to pass US secrets to Russia

An engineer who worked for decades as a federal defense contractor has been arrested on charges of trying to pass classified information to someone he thought was a Russian agent

FBI, CBI discuss crime trends, including rising telemarketing fraud

Top US officials from the FBI and the Department of Justice have held a meeting with their counterparts from the CBI

FBI says recovered $2.3 mn from ransom paid to colonial pipeline hackers

US law enforcement agencies seized a stash of bitcoins worth about $2.3 million believed to be the majority of the ransom proceeds from the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, the FBI announced

FBI, US Attorney condemn acts of violence against Asian Americans

A week after a shooting incident at three Asian spas in Atlanta, senior FBI officials and a federal US attorney condemned acts of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

FBI urged to investigate desecration of Gandhi statue as hate crime

An Indian-American group on Wednesday urged the FBI to investigate the recent desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the US state of California as a hate crime

After US Capitol rampage, FBI warns of armed protests ahead of inauguration

Faced with threats of move violence from supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, the National Guard was authorized to send up to 15,000 troops to Washington

'PizzaGate' conspiracy theory thrives anew in the TikTok era

The false theory targeting Democrats, now fueled by QAnon and teenagers on TikTok, is entangling new targets like Justin Bieber

FBI director warns of Russian 'information warfare' ahead of Prez polls

Wray told the House Judiciary Committee that Russia, just as it did in 2016, is relying on a covert social media campaign aimed at dividing American public opinion and sowing discord

Sikhs most targeted religious group after Jews, Muslims in US: Report

The crimes are being motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity

Ex-FBI deputy director faulted by Justice Department on media disclosure

McCabe said he was authorized, as deputy director, to disclose information about the August 2016 call