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Seattle Times ‘Outraged’ at FBI Using Its Name to Infect Computer

Posted on October 28, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

June Williams reports:

The FBI used a fake Seattle Times article and Internet link to infect a high school bomb-threat suspect’s computer with spyware, an ACLU technologist said Monday.

Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show the FBI made up a news story about the threats, used an AP byline and emailed a link “in the style of the Seattle Times” to the suspect’s MySpace account. When he clicked on the link, agents were able to track his IP address.

The Seattle Times appeared unaware of the ruse, and editor Kathy Best said she was “outraged.”

Read more on Courthouse News.

Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.

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