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New Jersey Mayor and Son Arrested For Nuking Recall Website
phaedrus5001 writes "The mayor of West New York, New Jersey was arrested by the FBI after he and his son illegally took down a website that was calling for the recall of mayor Felix Roque (the site is currently down).
From the article: 'According to the account of FBI Special Agent Ignace Ertilus, Felix and Joseph Roque took a keen interest in the recall site as early as February. In an attempt to learn the identity of the person behind the site, the younger Roque set up an e-mail account under a fictitious name and contacted an address listed on the website. He offered some "very good leads" if the person would agree to meet him. When the requests were repeatedly rebuffed, Joseph Rogue allegedly tried another route. He pointed his browser to Google and typed the search strings "hacking a Go Daddy Site," "recallroque log-in," and "html hacking tutorial."'"
Using Google for criminal enterprises is bad news bears.
The kid should have searched "Tor" while he was at it. That would have kept the FBI occupied for a few more weeks.
sudo make me a sandwich
He's going to hack into our div tags!
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Googling for "recallroque log-in" is just pure genius. Why hack if google will just point you straight to the credentials you need!
Better known as 318230.
Try searching for, "This document is confidential" on Google. You would be surprised by what sort of things turn up.
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" three counts of intentionally accessing computers without authorization or intentionally causing damage to a protected computer"
You'd think the threats and other stuff would kick on a few other charges than those. ianal but I bet even I could find at least a half dozen additional things to nail them with.
I wonder if they'll let him keep his job. (Politics are bizarre.)
At first glance the FBI seems overkill but the 'relatively minor case' involved an elected official engaged in federal crimes. That pretty much is right in the FBI's bailiwick.
Where do you think the term "warrantles searches" came from? Judge Napolitano can't stop talking about them.
The U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act gave the FBI the power to write their own permission to enter a premise, or demand data, without a judge issued warrant. CISPA will make it even easier. No need for paperwork at all.
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Suppression of free political speech and intimidation by an elected official is a "minor case"? If so, it shouldn't be.
That said, I have to wonder if this wasn't a corruption investigation by the FBI in the first place, though you'd think if it was, they'd jump at the opportunity to "meet".
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Let's see...
A politician who performs an obviously illegal act in full violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution - check.
A politician who tries nuking a website/server that is parked somewhere across state lines - check.
Yep. I can see a good warrant coming off of this one. And given the interstate angle, it's not odd at all.
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Great. Now every website hacking attempt would be called "going rogue". All "roguelike" discussions will be censored and prosecuted. And God help you if you are found in possession of a certain amulet...
You can ask google to not save your searches.
You can recover searches from a computer if you have physical access to the computer as long as the person didn't do any wipes.
At no point in the story does it say where the information about searches was recovered from. So yes, it is possible that the authorities contacted google and the got the information, but more likely they just got it off the computer.
Don't know something? Look it up. Still don't know? Then ask.
the web site won't be needed anymore.... that town will get their new mayor one way or another (recall or resignation)
the best part about this story though is that this idiot got into office on a recall election that ousted the town's previous mayor.
This article indicates that Roque the Younger called "Victim 1" to 'say that the page had been taken down by “high government officials and that everyone would pay for getting involved against Mayor Roque.” '
Now that is poor hacking skills!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76723.html
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They messed up the link when it was first posted. It's fixed now.
Geez... slashdot's editors screw up once in 15 years and you're all over it. Cut them some slack. Do you expect them to get the summary perfect every time?
You left out the bit about how lefties are all godless blasphemers who want to destroy the natural order of the world by allowing women to go around with their heads uncovered or even drive cars.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/06/24/746456/-Fox-has-mislabeled-Republican-scandals-before-more-picts
Incompetent or malicious? You make the call.
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
I bet the how to hack go daddy left out the important steps. Don't use a computer you normally use. Don't use your Home IP or any IP that can be traced to you. Go out the the middle of nowhere suburbia find an Open WiFi, and never go back there after you're done. And use as many proxies between you and them as you can. That's what makes hacking an art. Any script kiddy can run a Wipe Out a Go Daddy web site script, but can they do that and not get caught.
Democrats attack their own when they do stupid shit like this. Republicans attack their own when they do something as unbelievable as suggesting that, hey, maybe gay marriage won't destroy the nation, or that maybe taxing the people who have all the money isn't socialism.
--Jeremy
Jesus was a liberal
A negative story about politician doesn't provide political affiliation of said politician?
It's time to play the classic game of: Name that Party.
He's the mayor of a "small New Jersey hamlet" whose closest advisor seems to be his 22 year old son. I doubt party affiliation means much of anything.
The U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act
You know, I always wondered why they named a key piece of legislation "U Sap at Riot".
You are not a brain: http://books.google.com/books?id=2oV61CeDx-YC
What kool aid? The pubs have done that many, many times. Huntsman was all but castrated for saying the world is older the 6000 years.
There is a long line of people being destroyed by the pub party for not goose stepping to the party line.
This isn't opinion. It's a sad, sad fact.
I'm not sure how you're links apply to the quote.
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Checked GoDaddy whois, and the domain was registered using their Domains by Proxy service to hide the registrant. This seems to imply that Domains By Proxy was hacked / socially engineered in order to compromise the account. Worse, it appears that this was accomplished by someone with little to no computer or hacking experience.
The article does not go into detail about how the hack was actually accomplished, other than mentioning it was via a reset email. I am curious what this actually means for the security of domain names registered on GoDaddy using Domains By Proxy. Are they truly that easy to hack?
I tend to register all of my domains using the proxy service simply to avoid spam in my inbox.
Exactly. The point is both parties are an evil duopoly that are allowed to fester with decisions like Citizen's United. A politician these days spends many more hours raising funds than they spend doing their Constitutionally mandated job. I know many that have taken the attitude of "if I never heard of you you get my vote!" that is why here in West Virginia a convicted felon in a Texas prison garnered 48% of the Democratic vote. That and the fact that not one of our Democratic leaders in Congress or the Governor himself, also a Democrat, supports President Obama. But that has more to do with coal and the EPA than anything else.
Anyway, coming from a state that is controlled for the past 35 years by Democrats has lead to some of the most egregious criminal acts. Just the past election has one county where 125% of the population cast votes. Lots going to prison over that. Suffice it to say that both parties are rotten especially if they are incumbents.
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I looked him up expecting to see he was an R and was quite surprised
That doesn't make any sense.
If you look over the last few years, consistently it's been Democrats doing things like stuffing freezers full of cash, sexting women inappropriately, sending guns to Mexican drug lords.
It's been liberal Occupy protestors pillaging SF, setting fire to Oakland, pooping on cars.
So when you hear about politicians caught in some illegal act, recent history teaches us it's really far likely to be Democrats, who for years now have shown they believe themselves to be above the law - because after all they are there to help you, and if laws get in the way of control over you well then guess which has to go?
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