by detaro on 12/22/2015, 12:24:21 AM
by doener on 12/22/2015, 12:34:37 AM
Discussion on 8ch.net: https://8ch.net/tech/res/473045.html
by jack9 on 12/22/2015, 12:34:14 AM
> I have no idea why this is happening."
I'm very sure he does. It's been explained thoroughly.
by vox_mollis on 12/21/2015, 11:48:26 PM
How, exactly, did German authorities come to decide that California has jurisdiction in Germany? Was this pursuant to MLAT?
by runn1ng on 12/21/2015, 11:42:49 PM
cock.li. The proud owner of nigge.rs, horsefucker.org and goat.si.
RIP in peace
by bloody1 on 12/22/2015, 4:18:35 PM
This guy deserves to be in jail. I am DISGUSTED at a human like this roaming free after threatening to hurt millions maybe even BILLIONS of children! Shame on this man!!!
by necessity on 12/22/2015, 2:29:19 AM
Imagine if this was regular mail.
It's the equivalent of German seizing private mail from EVERYONE that uses the hypothetical Cock Postal Service because one individual used that same service in the US to make a threat.
This is ridiculous. Outright abuse of power and invasion of privacy. Yet another reason to encrypt everything.
by hasenj on 12/22/2015, 1:46:14 AM
It sounds like someone doing an experiment to see if he can get the government to take down a server.
Much more efficient than DDoS attacks.
Simply find a way to make the domain seem suspicious.
Interesting that they only took one of the disks. a) a more aggressive forensic approach would avoid the server to be shut down if at all possible (getting data in RAM or on encrypted partitions) and b) it is very restrained in comparison to other seizures.
I'd say that if they believed he were actively complicit or would do something to hinder the investigation, they would have been more aggressive, possibly went after machines in his home as well. Of course, if I'm right with this assumption, why didn't they contact him, but went directly for the server via the hoster. (I'm actually not sure how the law works with regards to seizing data vs seizing the (probably provider-owned) media it is on)
Also, I guess the "just take one of the RAIDed disks" in this way is only possible if you run a server provided by a known hosting provider, were it isn't the first seizure for both police and provider. The provider knows how the servers are set up, law enforcement trusts that the provider just wants to get everything done as quickly as possible.