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FBI Agents Hunt for Comcast Hijackers

David Kravets writes on Threat Level:

FBI agents and local police in Northern California are taking the lead in investigating Thursday's hijacking of Comcast.net, the FBI told THREAT LEVEL on Friday.

The Bureau's cybercrime specialists are joining with the San Jose Police Department in Silicon Valley to try and track down the culprits in the case, according to FBI agent Joseph Schadler. "We are working closely with our local partners," Schadler said.

It was not immediately clear why the case is being investigated by Silicon Valley law enforcment. A police spokesman was not immediately prepared to comment.

posted by Fergie @ 5/30/2008 08:30:00 PM