Terrorist Attack

After Manchester Bombing: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Online

LANSING - From England to California to Russia, the world was shocked by the horrific bombing that killed 22 and wounded 116 on May 22 in Manchester, United Kingdom. After the terrorist incident occurred outside the Manchester Arena, the terror threat level was raised to the highest possible. The U.K. military was on the streets

By |2017-06-02T13:22:30-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Guest Columns|

FBI Maintains Silence On How It Cracked Terrorist iPhone – Israeli Company Suspected

WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is maintaining its silence about a hack that gave it access to data on a terrorist's iPhone, although earlier reports claimed an Israeli company masterminded the exploit. As expected, the agency released a statement Wednesday, reported by CNET.Com, arguing that it doesn't know enough about the hacking method to submit

By |2016-04-28T15:36:34-04:00April 28th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Politics|

FBI Director Acknowledges Agency Used Private Party to Hack Terrorist’s iPhone

WASHINGTON DC - FBI director James Comey acknowledged Thursday that the agency bought an unspecified tool from an outside private party after Apple refused to create new software to allow access to a terrorist’s iPhone 5C, CNN money reported. Apple had argued that a special-purpose version of iOS would not only offer access to the

By |2016-04-07T19:18:43-04:00April 7th, 2016|Cyber Defense|

FBI Cracks Apple iPhone Used In Terrorist Attack With Help Of “Third Party” – Suspected To Be Israeli Company

WASHINGTON DC - In a court filing Monday, the US Department of Justice, with the help of a third party suspected to be an Israeli company, hacked the iPhone used by a terrorist in a December attack in California. Now the feds say they no longer need Apple’s help. The move Monday ends the legal

By |2016-03-28T21:24:56-04:00March 28th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|