Remarks by Director Christopher Wray to Anti-Defamation League on Hostage Incident in Colleyville, Texas go.usa.gov/xtkzr
Partnerships can help communities fight hate. Director Christopher Wray joined the @ADL’s #FightingHateFromHome webinar today to discuss how law enforcement and communities of all faiths can join together to combat violent extremism.
Wray: No member of a faith-based community should have to worry about acts of violence at their services. To be targeted at your place of worship, a space meant to be a sanctuary in every sense of the word, is ... one of the most heinous acts of violence that can be committed.
Wray: It’s why I have, for some time now, set the expectation that leadership in all 56 of the #FBI’s field offices should be working in their areas with faith communities to build trusted relationships ... before a crisis strikes.
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During a press conference today, Director Christopher Wray discussed how the #FBI can impose risk and consequences on #cybercriminals when we work with our national and international partners and the private sector. go.usa.gov/xejcC
Wray: Today's announcement ... demonstrates our resolve in pursuing criminal enterprises that use ransomware to threaten our critical infrastructure, our public health and safety, and our economic vitality.
Wray: We immediately strategized with our interagency #partners and reached a carefully considered decision about how to help the most companies possible, both by providing the key and by maximizing our government’s impact on our adversaries.
Director Christopher Wray will join our partners from @TheJusticeDept, @StateDept, and @USTreasury today at 12:30 p.m. EST to make several major cybercrime announcements. You can watch the press conference live at justice.gov/live.
The #FBI and our partners announced that Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, faces charges for allegedly launching ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including a July attack against information technology management company Kaseya. go.usa.gov/xebhZ
On October 8, Polish authorities took custody of Vasinskyi in Poland, where he remains pending proceedings to secure his extradition to the U.S.
During a virtual meeting with the Economic Club of New York, Director Christopher Wray stressed how public-private #partnerships help the #FBI combat criminal and national security cyber threats like ransomware and intellectual property theft. go.usa.gov/xexyy
Wray: Today’s #cyber threats are more pervasive ... than ever before. ... We’re investigating over a hundred #ransomware strains today, and their impact has been growing. ... But if there’s one thing the FBI understands, it’s taking down criminal enterprises.
Wray: Our strategy centers on prevention and disruption—hitting hackers before they attack or before their intrusions can cause major harm. … Actors, infrastructure, and money are all important individually, but we achieve the biggest impact when we disrupt all three together.
The #FBI and our partners on the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team joined @Europol to announce the results of Operation Dark HunTor, an international campaign focused on disrupting opioid trafficking on the darknet. go.usa.gov/xe3WR
During the press conference, Deputy Director Abbate stressed how #partnerships help the FBI target people who sell illegal and potentially lethal drugs online. You can read his remarks at go.usa.gov/xe3BG.
Director Christopher Wray spoke at a wreath laying ceremony at the Terrorist Screening Center this morning. He remembered the lives lost and sacrifices made as a result of the 9/11 attacks. #NeverForgetgo.usa.gov/xMT8j
Wray: Two decades after one of the darkest days in this nation’s history, the memory is as strong as ever. We remember #September11 as if it were yesterday. And we remember every life lost. Special Agents Lenny Hatton and John O’Neill were two of those we lost that day.
Wray: And in the last few years, painful remnants of that day continue, as we’ve also sadly lost other members of our FBI family to 9/11-related illnesses. ... Each life lost is a stark reminder that the long-term effects of the recovery work after September 11 are still present.
The #FBI has released videos of suspects who participated in the most violent assaults on federal officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Help us identify them. Submit tips at tips.fbi.gov. Tips can remain anonymous. @FBIWFOgo.usa.gov/x6Mx4
Help the #FBI identify people who allegedly assaulted law enforcement personnel during riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you recognize the person in this video, call 1-800-225-5324 or visit tips.fbi.gov to submit a tip. Refer to video 245 in your tip.
Do you recognize this man who allegedly assaulted law enforcement personnel at the U.S. Capitol on January 6? Help the #FBI identify him by calling 1-800-225-5324 or visiting tips.fbi.gov to submit a tip. Remember to mention video 258 in your tip.