Now this is just completely unethical….
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.
I can’t even imagine how livid I would be as a business owner if the FBI were to show-up and take all of my equipment. Most small businesses simply could not afford downtime like that, as well as the customer backlash. How ridiculous.
Looks like the hosting company offered some sort of IRC service, so I have to wonder if the investigation is of something petty like software ‘piracy’. Arrrr matey.
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