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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."

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  1. Too little, too late? by Telecommando · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suspect that anyone who wanted it has already downloaded a copy by now.

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  2. Takedown notice... by Trebawa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thus guaranteeing thousands of frantic downloads.