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> The FBI treats cybercrime too much like a janitorial service. This has changed in the last 5-8 years. They finally got agents that grew up with computers. H
by dsl 9y ago
> The FBI treats cybercrime too much like a janitorial service.
This has changed in the last 5-8 years. They finally got agents that grew up with computers.
Have you seen malwareinvestigator.gov? They built an automated framework for pulling apart common malware and made it available to state and local law enforcement to aid in investigations. This is just one example of the "new FBI."
> information that feeds into the FBI is almost never disseminated outside the agency
I get a few intelligence reports from the FBI every week. Just because you aren't seeing it, doesn't mean that it does not exist.
> If we had an agency with a sole focus on cybercrime investigation and prevention prior to the 2016 Election, we would probably have a different President right now.
As much as you dislike Trump, I don't really think you want to live in a country where the IC influences elections. Remember that the FBIs job for the most part is to investigate crimes, not prevent them. Mueller will do his job.
- ZeroGravitas 9y ago> As much as you dislike Trump, I don't really think you want to live in a country where the IC influences elections. Remember that the FBIs job for the most part is to investigate crimes, not prevent them. Mueller will do his job. Can you outline why this should be different from say terrorists flying planes into buildings? I assume everyone wants the IC to be preventing that, not just prosecuting those responsible afterwards? One key difference is of course that one is trying to kill an unprecedented number of innocent Americans, but it's possible his health reforms won't ever get enacted and the EPA will be forced by the courts to actually do its job, so there is still hope.
- dsl 9y agoOnly a small part of the FBI is part of the IC. Just like the Marines are part of the IC, but you don’t think of them as a CIA like organization. The FBI is part of the Justice Department, they are there to investigate crimes that have been committed. The IC does a ton of work to prevent attacks against America of all sorts. They identified Russian interference and brought it to the Obama administrations attention, exactly in line with what they should have done.
- tradersam 9y ago> I don't really think you want to live in a country where the IC influences elections. We already do. One of the contributions to the Democrat's nominee loss was the FBI director's letter.
- joshmn 9y ago> Have you seen malwareinvestigator.gov? They need to add an A Record for @ because when I malwareinvestigator.gov I received NXDOMAIN. But www works fine.