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The FBI Has Its Own Secret Brand Of Malware

Posted on April 3, 2015June 30, 2025 by Dissent

Kate Knibbs reports:

The FBI’s bespoke surveillance malware — called Computer and IP Address Verifier (CIPAV) — is designed to track criminal suspects by logging their IP address, MAC address, computer programs running, operating system details, browser details and other identifying computer information.

As far as spyware goes, it’s unusually circumscribed — unlike consumer keylogging and social media snooping surveillance tools, CIPAV isn’t able to spy on the entire computer at will, just a narrow list of identifiers. That means it’s a weirdly weak invader, but that’s a deliberate, built-in privacy protection, a way to keep the FBI’s spyware ostensibly legal.

Read more on Gizmodo AU.

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