That's a year old? - ferg
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > .::.::.::. > :: :. > -:.' : > :: :. > .:: :: > .:. :: > .:. :: > . : . > ,,,,;.;;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.;;;.,, > ;zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > ;zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > :zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > ::=!:=!!=:!=:==:=!:=!!=:==:==. > ::.::.:: :::::::.:: :: :::::: > ::.::.:: ::.:.::.::.::.:.::.: > ::.:: :: :: :.::.:: :: :: :.: > :zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > :zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > :zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. > > This lock means you can trust me with > your credit card > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links > http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ > http://twitter.com/rslade > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson fergdawgster(at)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
