Playpen
In a First, Judge Throws Out Evidence Obtained from FBI Malware
“This is the first time a court has ever suppressed anything from a government hacking operation."
Cybersecurity Expert Caught in FBI Mass Hack Gets Two Days Jail Time
Brian Haller was caught as part of the FBI's takeover of child pornography site Playpen.
The Other Reason the FBI Doesn't Want to Reveal Its Hacking Techniques
The FBI wants to keep its malware under wraps not just to stay ahead of criminals, but also to avoid confrontations from other parts of the government.
FBI Raid Radio Station Following Child Porn Hack
A raid in New Hampshire is the latest in connection with a mass hacking campaign by the FBI to identify visitors to a dark web child porn site.
Dark Web Policing Threatens National Sovereignty, Researcher Argues
Law enforcement often don't know where a suspect is located before they deploy malware, opening up a whole load of possible ramifications.
Here Is the Warrant the FBI Used to Hack Over a Thousand Computers
A lightly redacted version of the warrant and supporting documentation for the largest known law enforcement hacking operation to date has been released.
FBI Warrant Used to Hack Child Porn Visitors Was Unconstitutional, EFF Argues
Attorneys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a strongly-worded amicus brief in a case related to the FBI's takeover of child pornography site Playpen.
How the FBI Located Suspected Admins of the Dark Web’s Largest Child Porn Site
The agency cooperated with a foreign law enforcement agency that had busted a second child pornography site.
Transcript Shows Why a Judge Ordered the FBI to Reveal Its Mass Hacking Malware
“You say you caught me by the use of computer hacking, so how do you do it? How do you do it? A fair question.”
Judge Rules FBI Must Reveal Malware It Used to Hack Over 1,000 Computers
Defense lawyers have been trying to get the code for the FBI’s network investigative technique since September.
New Case Suggests the FBI Shared Data from Its Mass Hacking Campaign with the UK
Vithusan Puvaneswaran accessed the dark web site Playpen. Around a week after the FBI shut it down, he was arrested.
Justice Department to Judge: Tor Users Have No Expectation of Privacy
It was the DoJ that originally suggested you have no expectation of privacy on Tor.