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Homeland Security Subpoenas Twitter For Data Breach Finder's Account (zdnet.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Homeland Security has served Twitter with a subpoena, demanding the account information of a data breach finder, credited with finding several large caches of exposed and leaking data. The New Zealand national, whose name isn't known but goes by the handle Flash Gordon, revealed the subpoena in a tweet last month. The pseudonymous data breach finder regularly tweets about leaked data, found on exposed and unprotected servers. Last year, he found a trove of almost a million patients' data leaking from a medical telemarketing firm. A recent find included an exposed cache of law enforcement data by ALERRT, a Texas State University-based organization, which trains police and civilians against active shooters. The database, secured in March but reported last week, revealed that several police departments were under-resourced and unable to respond to active shooter situations.
Homeland Security's export control agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), served the subpoena to Twitter on April 24, demanding information about the data breach finder's account. ICE demanded Twitter turn over his screen name, address, phone number -- and any other identifying information about the account, including credit cards on the account. The subpoena also demanded the account's IP address history, member lists, and any complaints filed against the Twitter account.
Homeland Security's export control agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), served the subpoena to Twitter on April 24, demanding information about the data breach finder's account. ICE demanded Twitter turn over his screen name, address, phone number -- and any other identifying information about the account, including credit cards on the account. The subpoena also demanded the account's IP address history, member lists, and any complaints filed against the Twitter account.
How dare you say the king is wearing no clothes!
While you might have thought you were Trolling, I went and looked and discovered something that I never knew existed and it's rather interesting ( at least to me who like's to learn about customs, shipping and laws
what ICE issued was a
Export Enforcement Supeana: WTF is what I said, then I learned, interesting tool they have https://www.law.cornell.edu/cf... that's the link to the Cornell legal explanation of it and where it sits in the law books.
Now how it applies to Twitter, well that's up to a lawyer to explain to the readers of slashdot
I understand how it applies to exports but this is confusing how it's being applied to Twitter.
if you see me, smile and say hello.
I feel the same way about the Department of Homeland Security.
You are welcome on my lawn.