Declassified FBI Cyber Threat Assessment Illuminates 2008 Digital Dangers

Declassified FBI Cyber Threat Assessment Illuminates 2008 Digital Dangers This is a declassified FBI document, released to the public in 2024. The document is a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from John Greenewald Jr. in 2021, and it provides insight into the FBI's cyber threat assessment in 2008. The document is heavily redacted, but it offers a glimpse into the FBI's understanding of digital dangers at the time. The document is a response to a FOIA request from John Greenewald Jr. on May 14, 2021, with FOIPA Request No.: 1389336-000. The document was released on May 14, 2021, by the FBI's Record/Information Dissemination Section, Information Management Division. U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. 20535 May 14, 2021 MR. JOHN GREENEWALD JR. 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