Sunday, July 22, 2007

Washington teen caught by FBI using spyware

The FBI is becoming clever with technology -- and the local bureau at that.  Very nice work. 

FBI's Secret Spyware Tracks Down Teen Who Made Bomb Threats
FBI agents trying to track the source of e-mailed bomb threats against a Washington high school last month sent the suspect a secret surveillance program designed to surreptitiously monitor him and report back to a government server, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by Wired News.

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The software was sent to the owner of an anonymous MySpace profile
linked to bomb threats against Timberline High School near Seattle. The
code led the FBI to 15-year-old Josh Glazebrook, a student at the
school, who on Monday pleaded guilty to making bomb threats, identity
theft and felony harassment.



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