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US Consular Official Shot in Guadalajara, Mexico

Gunman at Large After Shooting a US Consular Official in Mexico

Jan 08, 2017 08:28 PM EST

Mexican authorities are seeking for a gunman disguised as a female nurse who shot a US consular official on Friday night in the western city of Guadalajara, prompting the FBI to offer a $20,000 reward for information leading to the suspect.

US Government Still Sees Huawei as a Front for Chinese Spying

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Sep 14, 2016 09:32 AM EDT

In October 2012, a U.S. House Intelligence Committee panel issued a report describing Huawei as a "national security threat."

Former FBI Employee Gets Ten-Year Sentence for Spying for China

Former FBI Employee Faces 10-Year Jail Sentence for Spying for China

Desiree Sison |

Aug 02, 2016 07:47 AM EDT

A former FBI employee with access to classified information in the bureau faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to espionage charges, US prosecutors said on Monday.

FBI Paid Hackers $1.3 Million to Break Into San Bernardino Attacker's iPhone

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Apr 24, 2016 12:40 PM EDT

It cost the Federal Bureau of Investigation more than $1.3 million to open the iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Microsoft Corporation sued US government on data protection

Microsoft Sues US Over Secret Customer Data Access

S Satapathy |

Apr 15, 2016 12:46 PM EDT

Microsoft Corporation has sued the US government for the right to tell its customers when a government agency is asking for access to the details of their email contents.

FBI Wants Apple to Unlock iPhone Belonging to Boston Gang Member

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Mar 16, 2016 09:13 AM EDT

The fight between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to Boston as agents are attempting to access an iPhone belonging to a gang member accused of being the triggerman in a street scuffle that resulted in the injury of rival gang member.

Families of San Bernardino Attack Victims Want Apple to Unlock Terrorist's iPhone

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Feb 23, 2016 04:57 PM EST

The debate about online security and access to encrypted information is getting more controversial as some family members of victims and survivors of the San Bernardino attack expressed their sentiments in pushing Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation in hacking the locked iPhone of the perpetrator.

U.S. Restricts Visa-Waiver Program in Anti-Terror Move

Brooke Knightley |

Dec 01, 2015 08:55 AM EST

The U.S. will tighten its visa-waiver program as part of its efforts to prevent terror attacks in the country, the White House has announced.

Hilary Clinton Private Email Server Hacking Attempts

U.S. Federal Authorities Recover Hillary Clinton's 'Deleted' Emails

Benjie Batanes |

Sep 23, 2015 08:56 AM EDT

Federal authorities have successfully retrieved Hillary Clinton's emails, which had allegedly been deleted from the computer server. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is concerned that those emails may contain a number of classified government information.

U.S. Authorities Seek American-Chinese Professor Who Disappeared to China

Benjie Batanes |

Sep 14, 2015 07:41 AM EDT

U.S. authorities are currently searching for a former university professor, who disappeared in China. He is suspected by federal authorities of leaking American state and commercial secrets to the Chinese government.

FBI Joins Probe into Texas Inmate Sandra Bland's Death

Mars Woo |

Jul 17, 2015 08:51 AM EDT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the investigation into the death of 28-year-old Sanda Bland, a Waller County jail inmate who was found hanging inside her jail three days after her arrest.

'FBI Spy Planes are Legal', Says Official

Kwao Peppeh |

Jun 03, 2015 03:50 PM EDT

The FBI's use of aerial surveillance - although criticized - has long been known to the American public. However, a recent investigation by AP has revealed that the actual scope of the FBI's aerial surveillance operation has been securely obscured as several planes in the agency's fleet are registered to "fictitious" companies.

Booking photo of Francis Pusok after deputies beat him

Deputies Involved in Brutal Beating of Fleeing Horseman Forced on Administration Leave

Dino Lirios |

Apr 11, 2015 09:33 AM EDT

Following a video going viral depicting sheriff's deputies beating a man in California after attempting to flee via a horse, 10 deputies have been forced on administration leave.