Archive for April, 2009

Byte-Size: FBI Shows Signs of Technological Competence

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Who’da Thunk It?

Apparently, the FBI has some talented computer folks working for them. Now, how long before someone reverse-engineers the FBI’s spyware and points it at the rest of us?

“As first reported by Wired.com, the software, called a “computer and internet protocol address verifier,” or CIPAV, is designed to infiltrate a target’s computer and gather a wide range of information, which it secretly sends to an FBI server in eastern Virginia.”