FBI's dark web investi***s hampered by inef***iencies, overlapping objectives of different units
The FBI should establish a “formalized bureau-wide dark web strategy” to address operational shortcomings in how it tackles illegal darknet activities, a Department of Justice (DoJ) audit has recommended.
The DoJ's Of***e of the Inspector General (OIG) figured the status quo – whereby FBI units involved in dark web investi***s develop their very own strategies in isolation – generated inef***iencies, overlaps in remit, and misallocated resources. After the audit (PDF), the OIG has issued five recommendations that will clarify “investigative responsibilities among operational units, result in more effective and affordable approaches to investigative tool development and acquisition, provide strategic continuity during periods of turnover, and provide baseline data collection guidelines that'll enable the FBI to raised report its dark web accomplishments.”
Investigative shortcomings
Highlighting the urgency of the proposals, the redacted report stated that darknet marketplaces used to offer and distribute malware, data breach records, drugs, firearms, and child ***ual abuse material are “one of many greatest impediments to [the bureau's] efforts to disrupt cybercriminal activities.
The OIG unearthed that operational units'siloed strategies had “varying quantities of comprehensiveness” and some weren't even documented, with the Hi-Tech Organized Crime Unit's strategy for pursuing opioid traf***s credited as “probably the most comprehensive.
The Hi-Tech Organized Crime Unit and Major Cyber Crimes Unit, meanwhile, had “overlapping strategies” that could result in “redundancies, inef***iencies, or investigative ***gnments that are not properly aligned with skillsets, capabilities, tools, and resources.
The OIG also noted that the Remote Operations Unit's efforts to produce and acquire investigative tools had been hamstrung by budgetary cuts, and that the team had prioritized tools employed for national security investi***s, leaving operational units “with no mechanism” for pooling technologies employed for dark web investi***s.
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