Judge in Brazil Says Facebook, Twitter Cooperated with Investigators

The judge overseeing the probe that led to the arrest of suspected Islamist militants in Brazil said Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. co-operated with investigators by providing information about the suspects' use of both social networks. In an interview with Fantastico, a weekly news program on the Globo television network, Judge Marcos Josegrei da Silva said cooperation by both companies, after a judicial order tied to the investigation, was instrumental to understand the nature of discussions carried out by the suspects.

Professor Helping Police Unlock Phone from Dead Victim's Fingerprints

A Michigan computer engineering professor is helping police crack a murder investigation by 3D printing the victim’s fingerprints in order to unlock the slain man’s phone. According to a report in Fusion, Michigan State University professor Anil Jain was approached last month by cops to help unlock the dead man’s Samsung Galaxy S6, which investigators believe holds evidence that would solve the crime.

Clinton Campaign Official Blames Russia for Email Leak

A top official with Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused the Russian government of orchestrating the release of damaging Democratic Party records to help the campaign of Republican Donald Trump — and some cybersecurity experts agree. The extraordinary charge came as some national security officials have been growing increasingly concerned about possible efforts by Russia to meddle in the election, according to several individuals familiar with the situation.

Samsung Sues Huawei in China for Patent Infringement

Samsung Electronics Co. has sued China’s Huawei Technologies Co. for allegedly infringing on six patents, the latest salvo between Asia’s two dominant smartphone makers over patents and innovation. The lawsuit, filed in Beijing’s Intellectual Property Court, seeks damages of 161 million Chinese yuan ($24.1 million), alleging that some of Huawei’s smartphones, including its Mate8 smartphone and its Honor-branded lineup of handsets, infringed on Samsung’s patents.

iTunes Purchases Help U.S. Authorities Find 'KickassTorrents' Leader

Artem Vaulin is accused of being the mastermind behind the most popular illegal file-sharing site in the world, KickassTorrents, which U.S. authorities say helped distribute more than a billion dollars' worth of pirated movies and music. Yet despite allegedly making a living from helping people steal copyrighted material, the 30-year-old Ukrainian seems to have bought movies and music legally on iTunes — and some of those purchases ultimately helped investigators track him down, according to a criminal complaint lodged against him in federal court.

Turkey Blocks WikiLeaks After It Publishes Political Emails

WikiLeaks was blocked in Turkey, the site said, after it published thousands of emails from the country's ruling party following a failed military coup. The move comes hours after WikiLeaks, known for publishing classified government and military info, made public nearly 300,000 emails and 500,000 documents from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) dating back to 2010.

  • Read the article: CNET

Library of Congress Websites Hit by Denial-of-Service Attack

Some of the U.S. Library of Congress’s websites are inaccessible as the result of a denial-of-service attack, the Library of Congress announced. The attack has also caused other websites hosted by the LOC, including the U.S. Copyright Office, to go down, and some Library of Congress employees were reportedly unable to access their work email accounts or visit internal websites.

Former Scouting Director Gets 4 Years for Baseball Hacking

A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros' player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs. Christopher Correa had pleaded guilty in January to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer from 2013 to at least 2014, the same year he was promoted to director of baseball development in St. Louis.

  • Read the article: ESPN

U.S. Military's Cyberwar Against ISIS Off to Slow Start

An unprecedented Pentagon cyber-offensive against the Islamic State has gotten off to a slow start, officials said, frustrating Pentagon leaders and threatening to undermine efforts to counter the militant group’s sophisticated use of technology for recruiting, operations and propaganda. The U.S. military’s new cyberwar, which strikes across networks at its communications systems and other infrastructure, is the first major, publicly declared use by any nation’s military of digital weapons that are more commonly associated with covert actions by intelligence services.

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