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The description of the tool indicates that after activation, it is able to identify the true Internet address of the subject.
Employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) paid The Innocent Lives Foundation (ILF), a non-profit organization dedicated to exposing criminals, $250 thousand for access to a number of hacking tools.
At the disposal of the publication Motherboard were records of purchases, according to which the Child Exploitation Operational Unit (CEOU) The FBI "acquired a set of methods for conducting investigative actions in computer networks" (Network Investigative Technique, NIT)." The contract is dated June 2020. The NIT description states that the tool "once activated, is able to reveal the subject's true Internet address."
"We anonymously expose criminals to bring them to justice. We use open source intelligence gathering techniques to identify attackers. Having received the appropriate amount of information to identify the criminal, we transfer the file to law enforcement agencies, " the website of the organization The Innocent Lives Foundation explains.
In a conversation with Motherboard, ILF executive director Chris Hadnagy declined to specify which tool the FBI purchased, or whether the NIT was developed by the charity itself or obtained from another party.
Employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) paid The Innocent Lives Foundation (ILF), a non-profit organization dedicated to exposing criminals, $250 thousand for access to a number of hacking tools.
At the disposal of the publication Motherboard were records of purchases, according to which the Child Exploitation Operational Unit (CEOU) The FBI "acquired a set of methods for conducting investigative actions in computer networks" (Network Investigative Technique, NIT)." The contract is dated June 2020. The NIT description states that the tool "once activated, is able to reveal the subject's true Internet address."
"We anonymously expose criminals to bring them to justice. We use open source intelligence gathering techniques to identify attackers. Having received the appropriate amount of information to identify the criminal, we transfer the file to law enforcement agencies, " the website of the organization The Innocent Lives Foundation explains.
In a conversation with Motherboard, ILF executive director Chris Hadnagy declined to specify which tool the FBI purchased, or whether the NIT was developed by the charity itself or obtained from another party.