Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4729-1022725524-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 29 May 2002 19:30:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4632 invoked by uid 510); 30 May 2002 02:25:05 -0000 Received: from n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.101) by all.net with SMTP; 30 May 2002 02:25:05 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4729-1022725524-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.192] by n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 May 2002 02:25:24 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 30 May 2002 02:25:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 5490 invoked from network); 30 May 2002 02:25:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 May 2002 02:25:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 May 2002 02:25:23 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g4U2RnY11904 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 29 May 2002 19:27:49 -0700 Message-Id: <200205300227.g4U2RnY11904@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:27:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:In.FBI.shift,.cybercrime.is.a.priority] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: In FBI shift, cybercrime is a priority By Margaret Kane Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 29, 2002, 1:35 PM PT The director of the FBI announced Wednesday that a major reorganization of the agency would include a new focus on cybercrime and technology. Protecting the United States against "cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes" is one of the FBI's top 10 priorities, Director Robert Mueller said at a news conference detailing a major reorganization of the agency. Preventing high-tech crime "is a protection of our infrastructure," he said. Cyberterrorism and cybercrime can happen anywhere, and "you need the overarching responsibility in an agency such as the FBI." The cybercrime focus is part of a major reorganization that will also add new agents and put more resources toward preventing terrorism. The FBI recently announced a new "Cyber Division" to coordinate the agency's technology-related efforts. The division is being charged with supervising investigations of federal violations where the Internet, computer systems and networks "are exploited as the principal instruments or targets of criminal activity," the FBI has said. Larry Mefford, who had served as associate special agent in charge of the San Francisco Field Office, was named assistant director of the Cyber Division. The reorganization comes as news that a glitch in the FBI's e-mail wiretap system could have hindered investigations into terrorist threats. Mueller also said Wednesday that upgrading technology to support the FBI was a top priority. "Upgrading our technology means not just getting our computers on board and our hard drives, but everybody from the top to the bottom getting facile with the technology," he said. The FBI has been "years behind where it should be." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tied to your PC? Cut Loose and Stay connected with Yahoo! Mobile http://us.click.yahoo.com/QBCcSD/o1CEAA/sXBHAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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