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This is too weird.  Had to post this on my blog. 

FBI’s Secret Spyware Tracks Down Teen Who Made Bomb Threats

FBI Spyware in a Nutshell

The full capabilities of the FBI’s “computer and internet protocol address verifier” are closely guarded secrets, but here’s some of the data the malware collects from a computer immediately after infiltrating it, according to a bureau affidavit acquired by Wired News.

• IP address

• MAC address of ethernet cards

• A list of open TCP and UDP ports

• A list of running programs

• The operating system type, version and serial number

• The default internet browser and version

• The registered user of the operating system, and registered company name, if any

• The current logged-in user name

• The last visited URL

Once that data is gathered, the CIPAV begins secretly monitoring the computer’s internet use, logging every IP address to which the machine connects.

All that information is sent over the internet to an FBI computer in Virginia, likely located at the FBI’s technical laboratory in Quantico.

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