Web News: Too Slow?! FBI Shutters Web Host

scapegoat · 24-February-04, 02:37 PM

If the FBI comes knocking, better respond quickly. This is very disturbing

If FBI agents showed up at your data center bearing a warrant, would you be able to provide them prompt access to customer data? How long would it take?

That's an important question in the wake of an FBI raid of Columbus, Ohio hosting company CIT Hosting last Saturday. Federal agents wound up shutting down the entire operation, seizing all the company's web servers and all customer data as part of its investigation of a hacking incident.

CIT Hosting, also known as FooNet, markets itself as "the leader in the IRC and DDoS protection business for the last 5 years." The company posted a web page informing customers that its data center was shut down, and instructing customers to contact the FBI if they needed access to their files.

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Monsignor Funkibut · 24-February-04, 08:06 PM

Fascist jackboots acting like fascist jackboots. Who could have imagined ....
-MF

FizzledFiend · 11-July-04, 01:19 AM

"The IRC-focused nature of CIT's business may also have been a factor."

LMFAO if these FBI boobs actually think IRC is the main communications for hackers and the like they have so much to learn!

24-February-04, 02:37 PM		#1 (permalink)
scapegoat Apex Tech God	Web News: Too Slow?! FBI Shutters Web Host If the FBI comes knocking, better respond quickly. This is very disturbing If FBI agents showed up at your data center bearing a warrant, would you be able to provide them prompt access to customer data? How long would it take? That's an important question in the wake of an FBI raid of Columbus, Ohio hosting company CIT Hosting last Saturday. Federal agents wound up shutting down the entire operation, seizing all the company's web servers and all customer data as part of its investigation of a hacking incident. CIT Hosting, also known as FooNet, markets itself as "the leader in the IRC and DDoS protection business for the last 5 years." The company posted a web page informing customers that its data center was shut down, and instructing customers to contact the FBI if they needed access to their files. More Here

24-February-04, 08:06 PM		#2 (permalink)
Monsignor Funkibut Master VB Pr'hoe'grammer	The FBI.... Fascist jackboots acting like fascist jackboots. Who could have imagined .... -MF

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11-July-04, 01:19 AM		#3 (permalink)
FizzledFiend Apex Master Tech	"The IRC-focused nature of CIT's business may also have been a factor." LMFAO if these FBI boobs actually think IRC is the main communications for hackers and the like they have so much to learn!