FBI Cyber Division

The Cyber Division (CyD) is a Federal Bureau of Investigation^[3] division which heads the national effort to investigate and prosecute internet crimes, including "cyber based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber fraud." This division of the FBI uses the information it gathers during investigation to inform the public of current trends in cyber crime. It focuses around three main priorities: computer intrusion, identity theft, and cyber fraud. It was created in 2002.^[4]

^[5] In response to billions of dollars lost in cyber-crimes, that have had devastating impact on the United States' economic and national security, the FBI created a main "Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters to "address cyber crime in a coordinated and cohesive manner." Branching out from there, specially trained cyber squads have been placed in 56 field offices across the United States, staffed with "agents and analysts who protect against computer intrusions, theft of intellectual property and personal information, child pornography and exploitation, and online fraud." Due to internet threats around the world, the FBI has developed "cyber action teams" that travel globally to help in "computer intrusion cases" and gather information that helps to identify cyber crimes that are most dangerous to our national security.

^[5] Keeping the focus not only on national security but also on threats to citizens of the United States, the FBI has long been focused on identity theft, which is a growing concern for American citizens. Since fiscal year 2008 through the middle of fiscal year 2013, the number of identity theft related crimes investigated by the Bureau across all programs have resulted in more than 1,600 convictions, $78.6 million in restitutions, $4.6 billion in recoveries, and $6.8 billion in fines.

High priority is given to investigations that involve terrorist organizations or intelligence operations sponsored by foreign governments, which FBI calls "national security cyber intrusions".^[5] The Cyber Division has primary responsibility for the FBI's efforts to counter national security–related cyber intrusions.^[6] The Cyber Division priorities in rank order are:

(a) cyber intrusions;

(b) child sexual exploitation;

(c) intellectual property rights; and

(d) internet fraud.^[5]

La División Cibernética del FBI opera a través del Grupo de Trabajo Conjunto Nacional de Investigación Cibernética (NCIJTF) y los equipos de investigación cibernética ubicados en cada oficina regional del FBI. ^{[ 5 ]} Desde 2008, el NCIJTF es la principal agencia estadounidense responsable de coordinar las investigaciones de amenazas cibernéticas y de mantener enlaces con la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA), el Departamento de Defensa (DOD), el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) y la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA). ^{[ 7 ]}

Un gran número de casos investigados por la División Cibernética provienen del Centro de Denuncias de Fraude en Internet (IFCC), que en 2002 recibió alrededor de 75.000 denuncias. ^{[ 7 ]}

Algunos casos que la División Cibernética ha investigado incluyen: desmantelar una red de delincuentes que utilizaban malware para redirigir a los usuarios a servidores DNS fraudulentos ( Operación Ghost Click ); ^{[ 8 ]} desmantelar una botnet basada en el troyano Coreflood utilizado para el fraude; ^{[ 9 ]} desmantelar un grupo responsable de robar más de 2000 cajeros automáticos a la vez; ^{[ 10 ]} desmantelar un grupo de aproximadamente 100 personas involucradas en phishing (Operación Phish Phry); ^{[ 11 ]} y desmantelar el foro de ciberdelincuencia DarkMarket utilizado por delincuentes. ^{[ 12 ]}

• Rama de Operaciones Cibernéticas ^{[ 13 ]}
• Rama de Política Cibernética, Inteligencia y Participación ^{[ 14 ]}
• Rama de Capacidades Cibernéticas ^{[ 15 ]}

• Ciberterrorismo

• División Cibernética del FBI: Historias de delitos cibernéticos
• Los ciberdelincuentes más buscados por el FBI
• Testimonio sobre las actividades de la División Cibernética del FBI en relación con el robo de propiedad intelectual.
• Empleos en el FBI: División Cibernética