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EFCC, FBI partners to fight cyber crimes and corruption

“Trends in global security denote that cyber crimes is the latest form of terrorism and corruption and this is a growing concern affecting all nations in the 21st century”. Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, made this assertion on Monday at the Commission’s Head Office, Wuse II, Abuja, during a meeting […]

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U.S. FBI arrests 29 Nigerians, 54 others in email fraud crackdown

The United States (U.S.) authorities said it has arrested 74 people in a global crackdown on email fraud scams, in which criminals have attempted to steal billions of dollars from businesses and individuals. Of those arrested, 42 were in the U.S., 29 in Nigeria, and the others in Canada, Mauritius, and Poland, the Federal Bureau […]

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Trump announces he’s being investigated

US President Donald Trump announced he is under investigation and appeared to attack a senior Department of Justice official Friday, as the federal investigation consuming his administration gathered pace. As Bob Mueller, the special investigator now heading the FBI’s probe into allegations of Russian election meddling, filled out his legal team and prepared to begin […]

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FBI releases Clinton email probe files

The FBI poured fresh fuel on the fire sparked by Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, releasing heavily redacted notes on its probe, which White House rival Donald Trump seized on to attack her fitness for office. The 58 pages — 14 of which were entirely blacked out — […]

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We bought ‘a tool’ to hack terrorist’s iPhone

“[su_dropcap]L[/su_dropcap]itigation between the government and Apple over the San Bernardino phone has ended, because the government has purchased, from a private party, a way to get into that phone, 5C, running iOS 9,” Comey said. According to CNN, Law enforcement officials revealed in late March that they had finally cracked the iPhone used by Syed […]

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Apple is curious to know how the FBI hacked iPhone without help

[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]HE FBI’s announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers learned that they can’t keep the government out of even an encrypted device that U.S. officials had claimed was impossible to crack. Apple, meanwhile, remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its […]

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‘Apple engineers would rather quit than help the FBI’

SOME Apple engineers say that they’d rather quit than help the government break security measures that Apple has placed on iPhones and iPads. Inside Apple, engineers have already discussed who would and who wouldn’t build “GovtOS,” the software the FBI has gone to court to compel the company to create, according to The New York […]

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Tim Cook: Standing up to FBI is ‘right thing to do’

THE Apple CEO reiterated his position on the company’s legal fight with the FBI during its annual shareholder meeting on Friday. “We do these because these are the right things to do,” Cook said. “We are a staunch advocate of privacy.” Cook hadn’t said anything publicly about the dispute since his interview with ABC’s David Muir […]

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iPhone Breach: 46% of Americans support Apple in the fight – Survey

CLOSELY half of Americans support Apple’s decision to oppose a federal court order demanding that it unlock a smartphone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook, according to a national online Reuters/Ipsos poll. Forty-six percent of respondents said they agreed with Apple’s position, 35% said they disagreed and 20% said they did not know, according […]

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