Re: Oh, please, I thought we were past this kind of thing ...

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

That's a year old?

- ferg

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon
& Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> FBI Uses ‘Sledgehammer’ to Seize E-Mail Server in Search for Bomb Threat
> Evidence
>
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/fbi-seizes-server/
>
> "In addition to Mixmaster’s remailing service, which helps human rights activists
> and others prevent their communications from being traced to them, the server
> was used by the Seattle-based digital activist group Riseup Networks, as well as May
> First/People Link, a politically progressive internet service provider. The server
> was operated by European Counter Network, an ISP based in Italy.
>
> "The seizure silenced more than 300 e-mail accounts, between 50 and 80 e-mail
> lists, and several websites, according to a statement about the seizure released by
> Riseup on Thursday. The seized hardware had served academics, artists, historians,
> feminist groups, gay rights groups, community centers, and free-speech groups,
> among others."
>
> (It doesn't seem to be an actual sledgehammer, just a "sledgehammer approach.")
>
> "As a result, Liquid Motors, which provides inventory management and marketing
> services to national automobile dealers and was not part of the investigation, was
> unable to fulfill its service contracts with customers. It was just one of about 50
> companies that were put out of business by the raid."
>
> So now, is "finding out who might be using the same physical server" part of your
> risk management strategy?  What about someone who is using the same NFS
> server?
>
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