Feds seek expanded PC hacking powers for criminal investigations

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The FBI and Department of Justice are mulling rules that would allow broader opportunities for domestic law enforcement to hack PCs as part of a criminal investigation

InfoWorld | Sep 17, 2014
 
 
Since earlier this year, the Department of Justice has been eyeing an expansion of the rules governing its ability to hack into PCs as part of a criminal investigation.
Under an expanded version of the key rule, known as Rule 41, many domestic law-enforcement agencies -- the FBI, the ATF, and the DEA -- would be able to remotely hack multiple PCs under a single warrant, even when the physical locations of the machines in question are not known.
 
 
As originally reported by Network World, one of the ostensible reasons for this change in the rules is to provide government agencies with more efficient ways totake down botnets, as "the changes would allow the feds to target multiple PCs in various geographical locations and districts with just one warrant."
 
 
InfoWorld/ full article here/ http://www.infoworld.com/article/2684796/government/feds-seek-expanded-pc-hacking-powers-for-criminal-investigations.html

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