FBI uses malware to spy on suspects, but it doesn't always work

FBI uses malware to spy on suspects, but it doesn't always work

Dec 8th 2013, 22:30, by Adrianne Jeffries

The FBI has an elite hacker team that uses malware to spy on suspects and even secretly turn on users' webcams. This sort of state-sponsored hacking has raised alarm among privacy advocates. But despite fears of a Big Brother police state, the FBI's hacking team is nowhere near all-knowing.
Court documents have revealed new details about the agency's high-tech investigative techniques in the case of "Mo," allegedly an Iranian who has made threats of mass murder against US citizens. The scale of the FBI's hacking effort is hard to pin down, but Mo is just one of a handful of suspects known to have been targeted.
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