Why would they, when they can simply ask the head of the investigation? And he, in his graciousness, says the nice things about a fellow FBI employee that one would expect him to say (perhaps - probably - he even talked to Linda's supervisor himself).
Look, until you can determine precisely what sort of work she was doing as an NIPC cybercrimes analyst, I don't think you should substitute the eulogizing of her colleagues to draw sketchy inferences.
I don't think I'll be able to make that precise determination. As the hometown paper story said, the nature of her work was classified, and she wouldn't talk about it.
But I do know, from a different story, that she was involved in a program for the FBI to give tips and warnings to private businesses. And I can guess what sorts of tips and warnings the FBI has been giving local businesses for the past two weeks.