FBI raids ISP, siezes all equipment

[Lisa0825]

On top of the privacy oif all the customers of the ISP, what about the owners of the business and its employee's incomes?




"Dear Customers of FOONET/CIT:

We regret to inform you that on Saturday February 14, 2004 at approximately 8:35 am EST, FOONET/CIT's data center in Columbus, Ohio temporarily ceased operations.

Here are the facts of what occurred:

The FBI executed a search warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio regarding the IRC network that we host. According to the warrant, it appears that the Bureau is investigating whether someone hosted on our network hacked and attacked someone else.

After several hours of attempting to track down, inspect and audit the terabytes of data that we host, the FBI determined that it was more efficient (from their point of view) to remove all of our servers and transport them to the FBI local laboratories for inspection. This was completed at 7:00 pm EST same day.

The FBI has assured us that as soon as the data has been safely copied and inspected, the equipment will be promptly returned. Unfortunately, the FBI has not been able to tell us when they will be completed with their inspection...."


http://www.cithosting.com/

[Maddy McCall]

1. Disgusting!

Email, sites, etc. that went through that server will now be in the hands of the FBI. Talk about casting a huge net to catch one little fish.

It sounds like a lame excuse--one alleged hacker attacked someone else--to gather information on a huge number of Americans.

This reeks.

[mouse7]

2. A good constitutional law attorney could fight this.

People running ISPs can't afford really good constitutional law attorneys.