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Chinese hackers are preparing to 'wreak havoc' on US electrical grids, water treatment plants, and oil and gas pipelines: FBI director

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FBI Director Christopher Wray on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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Chinese hackers would outnumber FBI cyber agents by 50 to 1 even if the agency threw all its resources at China: FBI chief

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FBI chief Christopher Wray (left) and a hacker (right).
"If each one of the FBI's cyber agents and intelligence analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, China's hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1," FBI director Christopher Wray said at a congressional hearing.

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Maryland won a tentative victory in the race for a new FBI headquarters, a potential economic boon for a majority Black county near DC

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Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, center, and Rep. Steny Hoyer share the stage in Baltimore.

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1 in 4 Americans say the FBI spurred January 6: poll

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Police used tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters rioted and breached the Capitol.

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A spate of swatting incidents has plagued Republican politicians this holiday season. Lawmakers want stronger penalties.

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Swatting involves prank-calling 911 to get a heavily armed SWAT team to show up at the home of an unsuspecting victim.

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America has a McGonigal problem

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The FBI chose McGonigal to be one of the top grandmasters of the counterintelligence game. And yet somehow, Russian associates turned him into their pawn, prosecutors said.

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The case of Charles McGonigal is bigger than one corrupt FBI agent.

In fact, it's bigger than the entire FBI.

Feds bust leader of neo-Nazi cult who used Discord and Telegram to groom and exploit children

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Kalana Limkin (not pictured) was arrested Friday in Hawaii for possession of child pornography as part of an FBI investigation into an online satanic cult using social media platforms Discord and Telegram to recruit victims.

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Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings

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According to Peter Thiel, the Kremlin reached out to him through Daniil Bisslinger, a Russian diplomat. The German investor Christian Angermayer is the one who introduced them, Thiel said.

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China has stolen more personal and corporate information than every other country in the world combined, FBI director says

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Christopher Wray (left) and China soldiers raising the flag (right).
"We welcome business with China, visitors from China, academic exchange. What we don't welcome is cheating, and theft, and repression," Christopher Wray told 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley.

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Peter Thiel was an FBI informant. Here's how you could become one.

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The FBI seal int the Flag Room at Headquarters

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