<p>Feds Charge Five Men in 'Scattered Spider' Roundup</p><p>Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass, MailChimp, Okta, T-Mobile and Twilio.</p><p>Two of the accused I've written about extensively already. Today's story looks at how several of these guys were caught. For example:</p><p>"The phishing kits used for these campaigns featured a hidden Telegram instant message bot that forwarded any submitted credentials in real-time. </p><p>In August 2022, multiple security firms gained access to the server that was receiving data from that Telegram bot, which on several occasions leaked the Telegram ID and handle of its developer, who used the nickname "Joeleoli."</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/feds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/feds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/fe</span><span class="invisible">ds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scatteredspider/" rel="tag">#scatteredspider</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/simswap/" rel="tag">#simswap</a></p>
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<p>TIL that antifascist historian George Rawick, during a period of low cash flow, decided to stop paying his phone bill reasoning that the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> could not stand to lose the opportunity to tap his calls and that they would make sure his service would continue.</p><p>His service continued after he stopped paying.</p>
<p>Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data<br>—</p><p>Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/lobby/" rel="tag">#Lobby</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/cambridgeanalytica/" rel="tag">#CambridgeAnalytica</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>
<p>FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff<br>---</p><p>As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-waived-polygraph?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-waived-polygraph?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fbi</span><span class="invisible">-kash-patel-dan-bongino-waived-polygraph?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/kashpatel/" rel="tag">#KashPatel</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime<br>—</p><p>Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ste</span><span class="invisible">phen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a></p>
<p>One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ste</span><span class="invisible">phen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a></p>
<p>The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.</p><p>But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/why</span><span class="invisible">-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.</p><p>“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tha</span><span class="invisible">cker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/nevada/" rel="tag">#Nevada</a> <a href="/tags/thackerpass/" rel="tag">#ThackerPass</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>
<p>Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats<br>==</p><p>Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#missouri</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27</span></a></p>
<p>Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules<br>==</p><p>More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/september11/" rel="tag">#september11</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/saudi-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sau</span><span class="invisible">di-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29</span></a></p>
<p>“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War<br>---</p><p>Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/and</span><span class="invisible">rew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#Gender</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>
<p>Besides all that … who is on the Epstein list?</p><p>Does it include members of SCOTUS?</p><p><a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#doj</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>Massive <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raid on <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'</p><p><a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> said federal agents with <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a>, the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> & the <a href="/tags/atf/" rel="tag">#ATF</a> arrested 37 people in the raid.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup2/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup2</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated</span></a></p>
<p>Ahead of the FBI’s raid of an election center in Georgia, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation met with several Trump lawyers, including Ed Martin and Kurt Olsen, who helped the president try to overturn the 2020 election.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime<br>---</p><p>Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fbi</span><span class="invisible">-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>
<p>The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia<br>---</p><p>Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kev</span><span class="invisible">in-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>
<p>NEW: Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say<br>---</p><p>Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/phoenix/" rel="tag">#Phoenix</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>
