WeLeakInfo Shut Down by FBI for Selling Billions of Stolen Data to Subscribers

InfraGard’s About Face

Law Enforcement’s Partnership With Government & the Private Sector

Author(s):

Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Law Enforcement’s Partnership With Government & the Private Sector

Author(s):

Anne Helms, , Federal Bureau of Investigation

On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) successfully seized and shut down WeLeakInfo, a website dedicated to selling access to billions of personal records seized in data breaches. WeLeakInfo has scavenged data from over … Read more

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In support of the FBI’s mission to dismantle top U.S. criminal and terrorist threats, the Bureau’s InfraGard alliance is making strides—synching the diverse expertise, strategies, and intelligence of government, law enforcement, and public-private sector partners. … Read more

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