{"id":7614,"date":"2014-05-19T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T14:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2014-05-19T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T14:39:16","slug":"fbi-arrests-more-than-100-people-in-blackshades-hacking-tool-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/fbi-arrests-more-than-100-people-in-blackshades-hacking-tool-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Arrests More Than 100 People in Blackshades Hacking Tool Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;\">More than 100 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/api\/embed.html#\/video\/bestoftv\/2013\/09\/27\/exp-erin-miss-teen-usa-extortion.cnn\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The FBI and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people and conducted hundreds of searches in recent days in a global crackdown on hackers linked to the malicious software called Blackshades, two law enforcement officials told CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The years-long investigation is targeting one of the most popular tools used by cybercriminals to hijack computers around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The malware sells for as little as $40. It can be used to hijack computers remotely and turn on webcams, access hard drives and capture keystrokes to steal passwords without the victim&#8217;s knowledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Criminals have used it for everything from extortion to bank fraud, the FBI says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5\" style=\"color: #000000;\">People familiar with the investigation say U.S. prosecutors were expected to announce some of the results of the law enforcement effort later Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The FBI recently promised to make arrests and indictments to combat what it says are increasing criminal intrusions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7\" style=\"color: #000000;\">In one well-publicized extortion case last year, a hacker used Blackshades to spy on Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/05\/19\/justice\/us-global-hacker-crackdown\/\">SOURCE: CNN<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown The FBI and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people and conducted hundreds of searches in recent days in a global crackdown on hackers linked to the malicious software called Blackshades, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The years-long investigation is targeting one of the most\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/fbi-arrests-more-than-100-people-in-blackshades-hacking-tool-crackdown\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426,1670,1656],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7616,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614\/revisions\/7616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}