Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

["Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell () isipp com>]

> > I'm an ISP in Germany and a cracker (not a hacker :) ) has targeted a
> > customers of mine in the last days. The cracker was successful and caused
> > financial damage / was successful with data theft. I set a trap and finally
> > caught his real IP address - a Comcast user in the US (100% not a proxy or
> > bot). What would be the next steps to pursuit him? If I contact local
> > authorities here in Germany I'm afraid months will pass by and Comcast will
> > have possible already deleted their logs by then (?). Any advice?

Marcus, if you have not already connected with them, ping me offlist and I will try to connect you with our FBI 
cybercrime contact.  A preservation letter from them to Comcast, to start, will likely be far more effective than one 
from you.

I'm sorry for not responding sooner;  I only just saw this as I'm on digest here. 

Anne

Anne P. Mitchell, 
Attorney at Law
CEO/President
Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
Member, Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee
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