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> The charges unsealed today stemmed from investigations launched by the FBI’s field offices in Los Angeles and Alaska, which spent months purchasing and testin
by from 4y ago
> The charges unsealed today stemmed from investigations launched by the FBI’s field offices in Los Angeles and Alaska, which spent months purchasing and testing attack services offered by the booter sites.
Anyone know why so many cybercrime prosecutions happen out of Alaska? I know at least Mirai, Kelihos, and some Mirai clones were all charged in District of Alaska.
- radicaldreamer 4y agoLots of indoor time during the winters?
- Avamander 4y agoMost likely just worse relevant career options, if any.
- cromka 4y agoAren’t these illegal activities fully remote, so to speak?
- bobkazamakis 4y ago...yes...because they have no local options that are going to pay nearly as well...
- cromka 4y agoI was making a point that they don’t have to choose an illegal online activity only because there are no local jobs. Making money legally remotely is way easier.
- from 4y agoIt happens even when the case does not involve Alaska residents like the Mirai people were from New Jersey or the Kelihos botnet guy who was Russian. It's probably just they have a prosecutor who's more versed in computer stuff than in other states but I was hoping there'd be a more interesting reason.
- rhyselsmore 4y agoFBI deals with a lot of different fields. Not all field offices handle the same types of investigations. Alaska has this capability.