Organisation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

organisation:federal_bureau_of_investigation Also: FBI, feds, the bureau, the feds

US law-enforcement agency that investigated the PBX-hacking activity, issued an indictment, and sought the suspects’ extradition.

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Relationships

Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing MENTIONS Cyber’s Most Wanted Explicit 1
outgoing USES Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Explicit 86
incoming DISCOVERED_BY Farhan Arshad Explicit 1
incoming DISCOVERED_BY Noor Aziz Uddin Explicit 1
incoming ATTRIBUTED_TO Justin May Uncertain 46
incoming INVOLVES online predator investigation Explicit 56
incoming INVOLVES Conficker Explicit 57
incoming INVOLVES J-CODE Explicit 58
incoming INVOLVES Operation Disarray Explicit 58
incoming INVOLVES Operation SaboTor Explicit 58
incoming INVOLVES Silk Road takedown Explicit 81
incoming INVOLVES Puerto Rico lottery fraud Explicit 101
incoming INVOLVES JW swatting incident Explicit 106
incoming INVOLVES Mark Herring swatting incident Explicit 106
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Shane Sonderman Uncertain 106
incoming INVOLVES Operation Clean Slate Explicit 111
incoming DISCOVERED_BY PR Newswire breach Explicit 123
incoming INVOLVES Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam Explicit 124
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Ronnie Tokazowski Explicit 141
incoming DEVELOPED_BY ANOM Attributed 146
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH ANOM Attributed 146
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Operation Trojan Shield Attributed 146
incoming DEVELOPED_BY Hola iBot Explicit 146

Claims

Farhan Arshad DISCOVERED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation

Patterns in PBX-hacking call data led the FBI to Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details

“patterns began emerging which eventually led them to two men. Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10165–10265

Noor Aziz Uddin DISCOVERED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation

Patterns in PBX-hacking call data led the FBI to Noor Aziz Uddin and Farhan Arshad.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details

“patterns began emerging which eventually led them to two men. Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10165–10265

Federal Bureau of Investigation MENTIONS Cyber’s Most Wanted

The FBI is described as publishing a Cyber's Most Wanted list.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details

“the FBI also puts out a Cyber’s Most Wanted list”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 499–547

Justin May ATTRIBUTED_TO Federal Bureau of Investigation

The episode presents competing speculation that Justin may have been an FBI informant, while noting that nobody knew for sure.

Uncertain Direction flagged Confidence 78% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details

“Maybe Justin was an informant for the FBI and the whole thing was just set up to make Justin look good as an informant. Nobody knows”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 7769–7902

online predator investigation INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The online-predator investigation involved Jordan working with FBI agents, including Agent Forester, to develop leads and make arrests.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jordan Harbinger EP 56 Details

“I started working at that time via Agent Forester and some of the other agents with people in DC”

Jordan Harbinger · offsets 27938–28034

“They started organizing with local PD and they started making arrests.”

Jordan Harbinger · offsets 29932–30002

Conficker INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI became involved in the hunt for the people running Conficker and received information from the organizations investigating it.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details

“The FBI started getting involved and the hunt began to look for whoever was running this worm”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 47163–47256

J-CODE INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

J-CODE was described as the FBI’s flagship task force against dark marketplaces and opioid trafficking.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“J-CODE stands for Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement and was going into full effect”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 32402–32492

Operation Disarray INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

Operation Disarray coordinated FBI action against darknet vendors in the United States.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“Operation Disarray’s goal was to coordinate takedown of multiple dark market vendors who were in the US”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 33908–34011

Operation SaboTor INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

Operation SaboTor was a J-CODE mission involving the FBI and international law-enforcement agencies against darknet drug sellers.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details

“the FBI’s J-CODE team ... were onto their next mission. This time they called it Operation SaboTor”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 44400–44495

Silk Road takedown INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Silk Road takedown involved the FBI, which the episode says took down the marketplace and arrested its owner.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details

“The FBI took down Silk Road and arrested its owner on October, 2013.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8058–8126

Federal Bureau of Investigation USES Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

The FBI used the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty process to request Russian subscriber records for suspicious IP addresses.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 86 Details

“the FBI requested from Russia subscriber records through MLAT”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 31227–31288

Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI investigated the lottery fraud, received Os’s evidence, and took over most of the investigation.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Os EP 101 Details

“I immediately have to contact the bureau, the FBI field office in Puerto Rico”

Os · offsets 52168–52245

“The bureau took over most of the investigation”

Os · offsets 59910–59956

JW swatting incident INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

JW and the other victims opened a case with the FBI and supplied it with evidence.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“they also opened up a case with the FBI, and they’re feeding the FBI information”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19251–19331

Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The fake emergency and additional evidence were reported to the FBI as part of its investigation.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“The police found no dead woman in the house or pipe bombs, and figured out this was a fake emergency and notified the FBI”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 29761–29882

Shane Sonderman ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation

No claim extracted; the FBI investigated and arrested Shane but did not operate him.

Uncertain Confidence 0% EP 106 Details

Operation Clean Slate INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI led or participated in Operation Clean Slate and the Gameover ZeuS disruption.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Bob Anderson EP 111 Details

“The FBI’s Pittsburgh, Omaha, and Washington field offices have led the Gameover ZeuS investigation”

Bob Anderson · offsets 46293–46391

PR Newswire breach DISCOVERED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI notified PR Newswire that it had been breached before the company knew about the compromise.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 123 Details

“the FBI told PR Newswire that they’ve been breached”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 33671–33722

Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI investigated the scam, froze funds, and gathered evidence after being notified by an employee.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details

“the employee notified the FBI, and with millions of dollars stolen, the FBI jumped right into action”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14464–14564

Ronnie Tokazowski ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation

Ronnie says he works with the FBI while assisting romance-scam victims.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ronnie Tokazowski EP 141 Details

“I do a lot of work with Secret Service, FBI”

Ronnie Tokazowski · offsets 3434–3477

ANOM DEVELOPED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI's Acting U.S. Attorney says the FBI developed its own hardened encrypted device company called Anom.

Attributed Confidence 99% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details

“the FBI developed and operated its own hardened encrypted device company called Anom”

Randy Grossman · offsets 56045–56129

ANOM ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation

According to Randy Grossman, Anom devices were operated by the FBI.

Attributed Confidence 99% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details

“But the devices were actually operated by the FBI.”

Randy Grossman · offsets 56549–56599

Operation Trojan Shield ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation

The operation is described as a San Diego-based FBI investigation.

Attributed Confidence 90% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details

“This was an unprecedented operation”

Randy Grossman · offsets 56843–56878

Hola iBot DEVELOPED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hola iBot was developed in-house by FBI computer scientists as Anom's surveillance interface.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details

“Hola iBot was developed by FBI computer scientists. It was made in-house as basically the surveillance interface of Anom.”