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FBI Seizes Server Providing Anonymous Remailer Service

Posted by timothy on from the arrogance-of-power-button dept.

sunbird writes "At 16:00 ET on April 18, federal agents seized a server located in a New York colocation facility shared by May First / People Link and Riseup.net. The server was operated by the European Counter Network ("ECN"), the oldest independent internet service provider in Europe. The server was seized as a part of the investigation into bomb threats sent via the Mixmaster anonymous remailer received by the University of Pittsburgh that were previously discussed on Slashdot. As a result of the seizure, hundreds of unrelated people and organizations have been disrupted."

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  1. Correction by busyqth · · Score: 5, Funny

    FBI seizes terrorist server run by commies.
    Grateful American people throw candy and flowers at heroic agents.

  2. Damn you George Bush! by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait for the elections to come!

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    1. Re:Damn you George Bush! by PRMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      I simply don't get this comment....If Obama was the god of freedom that Leftists claim, he would have overturned the over-extending post-911 policies of the Bush Administration such as the Patriot Act instead of reveling in them and expanding them like many non-liberals warned that he would.

      And you said you didn't get the joke...

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  3. Re:What does this help? by Reasonable+Facsimile · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unless the server was keeping logs, and I presume that it wasn't, how could seizing it possibly help the investigation?

    The files are in the computer.

  4. Re:What does this help? by cyachallenge · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you remember in some of the pirate bay litigation they actually seized the computer RAM. :) The RAM contained case relevant material (at least when it had voltage going through it. Law and technical computer topics rarely mix well.

  5. Re:Did they at least manage to figure out what ser by evil_aaronm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, you would not believe the rush you get from going all commando on racks of servers. "Blink those lights funny at me, beeyotch, and I'll bust a cap right between your USB ports!"

  6. Re:nonsense by BronsCon · · Score: 4, Funny

    the FBI have equipment that can clone disks without needing to even apply power to the drive.

    Then they're in the wrong business. They need to start producing and selling these ultra-efficient disks that don't require power for read operations. Imagine the battery life on your laptop running one of THOSE!

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  7. Re:Who will FBI the FBI ? by Svartormr · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Look, We're the FBI. That means your fucked, no matter what you do."

    The question that is begging to be asked is ---

    Who will FBI the FBI ?

    The FBFBII ?