A report in British newspaper The Guardian claims that one in four Americans hackers working as an informant for the FBI (U.S. Federal Police).
Corley explains that hackers are identified by the FBI threatened him with legal proceedings and possible sentences that let the criminals years in prison.
"Because of the harsh punishments involved and the relative inexperience of many hackers with issues of law, they are vulnerable to intimidation," Corley said the newspaper.
With FBI agents or informants infiltrated various levels of crime online, many criminals would be suspicious all the time from their "partners." The newspaper cites the case of Bradley Manning, accused of leaking the telegrams from U.S. embassies to Wikileaks. Manning confessed his actions to Adrian Lemo, a hacker who has been convicted by the courts. Lemo Manning handed to the authorities.
Hacktivism
A company hired by the FBI, InfraGard, suffered an invasion of your systems. The group "Lulz Security" claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred after the U.S. government declared it would consider spending the invasions as acts of war. " The "Security Lulz" challenged the FBI to declare "war."
Participants in the movement "Anonymous" are also in the crosshairs of the FBI, the newspaper said. At least 40 search warrants and seizure orders were completed in the U.S. and five in the UK in search of participating in attacks that brought down companies like Visa and Master Card to defend the Wikileaks website.
"The FBI is always there, always watching, always in the chat rooms. You do not know who is an informer and who is not, and do not even know at what point you're vulnerable, "said Barret Brown, a former" Anonymous ", the newspaper" The Guardian ".
