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Documents: FBI Spyware Has Been Snaring Extortionists and Hackers for Years

View the article here PDF Document (Affidavit) The only way for spyware to get onto a machine, is if the person was dumb enough to open an attachment which contained an executable, or, from a web site, or, they are in cahoots with companies, like Microsoft, to automatically update all Microsoft machines with the "spyware!"  At least that is what I think.  I'm no computer security expert! 04/16/2009 By Kevin Poulsen A sophisticated FBI-produced spyware program has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats and hacker attacks in cases stretching back at least seven years, newly declassified documents show. As first reported by Wired.com, the software, called a "computer and internet protocol address verifier," or CIPAV, is designed to infiltrate a target's computer and gather a wide range of information, which it secretly sends to an FBI server in eastern Virginia...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 17, 2009 (boomark / email).