Emergency Response Organizations
The Department of Justice, FBI, and U.S. Secret Service organizations listed below investigate violations of the federal laws described in Chapter 25. The various response teams that comprise the Forum of Incident and Response Security Teams (FIRST) do not investigate computer crimes per se, but provide assistance when security incidents occur; they also provide research, information, and support that can often keep those incidents from occurring or spreading.
Note that federal agencies often have field (local) offices where you can get more personal contact, although not all field offices are staffed by personnel with the same level of training as those at headquarters offices. You can check your phone directory for local numbers: look under “U.S. Government.”
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| 10th & Constitution Ave., NW |
| Criminal Division, (Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section) |
| John C. Keeney Building, Suite 600 |
| Washington, DC 20530 |
| (202) 514-1026 |
| http://www.cybercrime.gov |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
In addition to the NIPC, the FBI also runs the Infraguard—a set of regional cooperative efforts uniting the FBI and local businesses to protect against computer crime. The Infraguard links may be found on the NIPC web pages.
| National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| J. Edgar Hoover Building |
| 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW |
| Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 |
| (202) 323-3205 |
| http://www.nipc.gov |
U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
| Financial Crimes Division |
| Electronic Crime ... |
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