Oh, please, I thought we were past this kind of thing ...

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

FBI Uses ‘Sledgehammer’ to Seize E-Mail Server in Search for Bomb Threat 
Evidence

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/fbi-seizes-server/

"In addition to Mixmaster’s remailing service, which helps human rights activists 
and others prevent their communications from being traced to them, the server 
was used by the Seattle-based digital activist group Riseup Networks, as well as May 
First/People Link, a politically progressive internet service provider. The server 
was operated by European Counter Network, an ISP based in Italy.

"The seizure silenced more than 300 e-mail accounts, between 50 and 80 e-mail 
lists, and several websites, according to a statement about the seizure released by 
Riseup on Thursday. The seized hardware had served academics, artists, historians, 
feminist groups, gay rights groups, community centers, and free-speech groups, 
among others."

(It doesn't seem to be an actual sledgehammer, just a "sledgehammer approach.")

"As a result, Liquid Motors, which provides inventory management and marketing 
services to national automobile dealers and was not part of the investigation, was 
unable to fulfill its service contracts with customers. It was just one of about 50 
companies that were put out of business by the raid."

So now, is "finding out who might be using the same physical server" part of your 
risk management strategy?  What about someone who is using the same NFS 
server?


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