Expanded Federal Hacking Authority Goes Into Effect Despite Last Minute Efforts in Senate
AS OF DECEMBER 1, it is considerably easier for the FBI to hack into computers during investigations.
Thanks to a federal rule change, whoch passed through several judicial panels before being approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in April, FBI employees can now seek warrants from magistrate judges to remotely access computers even when targets might be outside those judges districts, including when the targets location is disguised by anonymity software like Tor. Additionally, FBI employees can now search computers infected by malware that makes them part of a botnet a method used by criminals to disrupt internet service, distribute spam, or spread viruses on a mass scale.
The argument over the modifications, while described by the Department of Justice as simple amendments necessary to facilitate investigations in the modern age, has been contentious.
Källa: Expanded Federal Hacking Authority Goes Into Effect Despite Last Minute Efforts in Senate
