The FBI's Next Generation Identification would use photographs and biometric data to help law enforcement entities nationwide identify "persons of interest." If NGI's early stages are any indication of where it's heading, privacy advocates and ordinary citizens are right to fear it.
Joseph Orovic
Sep 09, 2012
Even as FBI denied Antisec Hacker group's claim that it stole personal identification data from millions of Apple device owners, news of Obama's iPad being compromised is making rounds in technology circuits.
Valli Meenakshi Ramanathan
Sep 06, 2012
The FBI has released a statement saying that there is "no evidence" to support recent claims by a hackers group that they gained access to a bureau computer containing information on millions of Apple users.
Carey Vanderborg
Sep 05, 2012
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro presented a fresh, youthful, smiling face for Democrats at the opening night of their convention Tuesday -- while hurling stinging attacks on the Republicans and their nominee.
Eric Linton
Sep 04, 2012
After a million Apple IDs were reportedly hacked, the claimed perpetrators "thanked" the FBI, but the bureau said late Tuesday that it was impossible that the IDs could have been hacked from one of their laptops because they never possessed the identifications in the first place.
Maria Vultaggio
Sep 04, 2012
AntiSec, a hacker group which claims to be an offshoot of the notorious Lulzsec and Anonymous groups, published a database of a million devices identifiers from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable company.
David Zielenziger
Sep 04, 2012
Hacker group AntiSec released a set of over 1 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs), which the group claimed to have obtained from a file found on an FBI laptop it allegedly breached in March.
Kukil Bora
Sep 04, 2012
Federal prosecutors have closed a probe into America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff -- Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz. -- on abuse of power with no charges filed.
Eric Linton
Sep 01, 2012
It's been 2,000 days since former FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing, and the U.S. government is no closer to finding the private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007.
Howard Koplowitz
Aug 29, 2012
A second hacker wanted in connection to LulzSec’s attack on Sony Pictures has been arrested by the FBI according to VentureBeat.
Robert Ottone
Aug 29, 2012
A struggling actor accused of hatching an extortion plot targeting film mogul Harvey Weinstein and other tycoons of industry across the country was arrested by federal agents.
Howard Koplowitz
Aug 23, 2012
Fresh off the debut of her new movie "Hit and Run," filmed with her fiancé Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell already has another project in mind - a reunion of her cult classic TV series "Veronica Mars."
Eric Brown
Aug 22, 2012
Three websites accused of copyright infringement for allowing the illegal download of Android apps have been taken down. Applanet.net, Appbucket.net and Snappzmarket.com have all been seized by the FBI.
Tom Herrmann
Aug 22, 2012
The Florida home of Kate "Ma" Barker, matriarch of the infamous Barker gang from the "public enemy era," is currently up for sale. Check out photos of the 2,016 square foot estate
Carey Vanderborg
Aug 22, 2012
Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder has apologized for swimming nude in the Sea of Galilee last August while on a trip paid for by the American Israel Educational Foundation -- an organization sponsoring these trips to "help educate political leaders".
Laura Matthews
Aug 20, 2012
While details have emerged about Floyd Lee Corkins, the man who opened fire on a security guard Wednesday at the Family Research Council headquarters, officials are debating on who the finger of blame should point to.
Carey Vanderborg
Aug 17, 2012
A murder in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, that saw a young man allegedly kill his girlfriend over the July 4 weekend, may finally see justice as a month-long, nationwide search finally resulted in the arrest of the alleged murderer this week in Ohio.
Connor Adams Sheets
Aug 16, 2012
After a security guard was shot by a lone gunman at the Family Research Council in Washington DC on Wednesday, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has responded to the Washington shooting, stating that "there is no place for such violence in our society."
Eric Brown
Aug 15, 2012
A security guard was shot on Wednesday at the Family Research Council headquarters after an unidentified gunman allegedly opened fire. According to reports, a gunman described as a man in his late 20s, entered the building at approximately 10:45 a.m. and was stopped by a security guard from going further into the building.
Carey Vanderborg
Aug 15, 2012
Kim Dotcom, owner of file-sharing website Megaupload.com, saw his mansion in New Zealand raided by antiterrorist police supported by helicopters in January. It now appears the raid was so massive because authorities believed Dotcom had a "doomsday device" capable of destroying evidence worldwide.
Eric Brown
Aug 11, 2012
Spanish police announced they have arrested four members of Mexican drug cartel Sinalao while it was attempting to set up a European foothold in Madrid.
Maya Shwayder
Aug 10, 2012
Wade Michael Page shot himself to death Sunday and was not killed by a policeman after his murderous rampage at a Wisconson Sikh temple, authorities said Wednesday.
Maria Vultaggio
Aug 08, 2012