Family and friends gathered this weekend to honor @FBIMiamiFL Special Agents Laura Schwartzenberger and Daniel Alfin, who were killed in the line of duty February 2 while serving a federal search warrant in a crimes against children investigation. ow.ly/gOAm50DuU9t
Memorial services were held Saturday and Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Law enforcement officers escorted the caskets to the stadium, where #FBI Director Christopher Wray eulogized both agents.
“On Tuesday, we lost not one of our own, but two,” Wray said at the services. “Two warriors who took on one of the hardest jobs in the FBI—crimes against children.”
The services included an honor guard salute, a riderless horse, a pipe and drum corps, and a helicopter flyover.
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Director Christopher Wray’s Statement on Violent Activity at the U.S. Capitol Building ow.ly/dFsX50D2CR4
Director Wray: The violence and destruction of property at the U.S. Capitol building yesterday showed a blatant and appalling disregard for our institutions of government and the orderly administration of the democratic process.
Director Wray: As we’ve said consistently, we do not tolerate violent agitators and extremists who use the guise of First Amendment-protected activity to incite violence and wreak havoc. Such behavior betrays the values of our democracy.
#FBI Director Christopher Wray participated in the World Economic Forum's cybersecurity summit today to discuss the heart of the FBI’s cyber strategy: working with government and private partners to tackle the cyber threat as a global community. @wefow.ly/JsLN50Cmhqg
Wray: At the #FBI, we’ve been fighting the cyber threat for many years now. ... We’ve become known for our efforts to call out destabilizing and damaging #cyber activity by nation-state actors. But we are also particularly focused on the threat posed by cybercriminals. @wef
Wray: Just like we’ve done throughout our 112-year history of fighting crime and terrorism, our goal is to impose risk and consequences on bad actors in cyberspace—whoever and wherever they are. @wef
Ugoretz: The cyber threats we're most concerned about involve foreign actors using global infrastructure to compromise U.S. networks. It’s not the type of threat activity that any single U.S. agency or private entity [can] anticipate, detect, and respond to completely on our own.
Ugoretz: Our strategy is to impose risk and consequences on our cyber adversaries—those who for too long have believed they can compromise U.S. networks, steal U.S. financial and intellectual property, and hold our critical infrastructure at risk—all without incurring any risk.
#FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich will join our partners from the @TheJusticeDept for a press conference today regarding a national security matter. You can watch live at 1 p.m. EST via justice.gov/live.
The #FBI and our partners have announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging six Russian military officers with the worldwide deployment of destructive malware through unauthorized access to victim computers. ow.ly/DXfA50BWEiQ
The cyberattacks targeted computer systems related to Ukraine's critical infrastructure; a French political campaign; the 2018 Pyeongchang Games; and investigations into the nerve agent poisonings of Sergei Skripal, his daughter, and several U.K. citizens. ow.ly/szXi50BWENM
#FBI Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz will provide remarks regarding diversity in the cyber community at @CISAgov's Annual National Cybersecurity Summit today. You can watch at ow.ly/IW2z50BFOS6. #CISAsummit
Ugoretz: Imposter syndrome feels like being a fraud who risks being found out at any moment. It’s like having an inner voice that tells you it’s only a matter of time before you’re found out to be less capable or less qualified than people think you are.
Ugoretz: Someone who has imposter syndrome struggles to internalize and accept their success. They often attribute their accomplishments to luck rather than to ability and fear that others will eventually unmask them as a fraud.
Go inside an FBI narcotics investigation with real footage from a search: A Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement operation in Los Angeles uncovered a large cache of drugs, weapons, cash, gold, and cryptocurrency as part of Operation DisrupTor. fbi.gov/news/stories/o…
During the search, JCODE members found more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine, thousands of pills, $22,000 in cash, and packages filled with drugs.
Meanwhile, a JCODE operation in Louisiana turned up prepackaged bags containing Xanax and MDMA pills ready for shipment, as well as U.S. currency. The search uncovered a safe containing hundreds of pills, a pill press, and other equipment. Agents also seized a cache of weapons.