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Carnegie Mellon University Denies Being Paid $1M To Hack Tor
Last week, it was suggested that a research group from Carnegie Mellon University had been paid $US1 million by the FBI to hack Tor. Now, CMU has issued a statement denying that money changed hands — but seems to suggest it was forced to hand over data to the authorities.
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The FBI Thinks Ransomware Victims Should ‘Just Pay Up’
As documented in numerous Nicolas Cage movies, the FBI has a fairly strict ‘don’t negotiate with the terrorists’ policy. Unless you’re a company that’s had your files encrypted, in which case you should probably just pay the ransom. Welp.
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FBI: Don’t Accidentally Buy Artifacts Stolen By ISIS
The FBI has a warning for all you antique dealers and museum curators out there: If you’re trading in Syrian or Iraqi pieces right now, you could be funding ISIS.
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Retweets Kinda Are Endorsements If You’re Retweeting ISIS
You can claim your retweets aren’t endorsements, but if you’re retweeting known terrorists on a regular basis, feds in the US may just use that as evidence to arrest you.