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Microsoft Issues Takedown Notices Over COFEE

Posted by Soulskill on from the horses-and-barn-doors dept.

Eugen tips news that Microsoft has sent DMCA takedown notices to several websites to stop them from offering the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) tool for download after it was leaked earlier this month. One of the sites, Cryptome.org, has posted their correspondence with Microsoft over the software. "... Microsoft contacted Network Solutions, which hosts Cryptome, and since John Young, the owner of the website, wasn't too keen on losing his whole website for the sake of a single 15MB file, he removed the download link and sent Network Solutions a notice of compliance."

7 of 69 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Too little, too late? by Spatial · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't. But I do now.

  2. Will this henceforth be known... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as the hot COFEE incident?

    1. Re:Will this henceforth be known... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mod parent DOWN -1, clueless.

  3. Links Still Live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny story, just visited cryptome and the files are still downloadable.

  4. but did he give it back by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But did he email his copy back to Microsoft?

    1. Re:but did he give it back by Abstrackt · · Score: 2, Funny

      But did he email his copy back to Microsoft?

      No, but he did send them a drawing of a spider.

      --
      They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
  5. Want... by RealRedMist · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have no idea what this is. I havn't even read the article. But on the basis that Microsoft don't want me to have it, I'm going to hunt it down.