The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
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The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
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Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#2A smaller issue in this story but still important; what kind of data center gets a search warrant and server pulled, and doesn't immediately notify their client? Are they legally prohibited from doing so? Then they let the FBI put the possibly compromised server back on the network? WTF?
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#3A smaller issue in this story but still important; what kind of data center gets a search warrant and server pulled, and doesn't immediately notify their client? Are they legally prohibited from doing so? Then they let the FBI put the possibly compromised server back on the network? WTF?
Seems to be SOP from all of the data center horror stories that I've heard.. site/apps go offline, datacenter or domain registrar gives you no useful information of any kind, truth later found out via third party or lawyer work.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#4If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#5If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
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Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#6If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
NFW.
I'd build a new machine from scratch, at a different datacenter, using pristine code and data from backups.
Once a machine has been in an adversary's possession, not even the data is safe.
That said, the FBI probably just imaged the drives. They're not as clueful/devious as many think they are.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#7If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
NFW. I'd build a new machine from scratch, at a different datacenter, using pristine code and data from backups. Once a machine has been in an adversary's possession, not even the data is safe. That said, the FBI probably just imaged the drives. They're not as clueful/devious as many think they are.
They do hire clueful contractors once in a while.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#8If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
At least keep it around in a closet somewhere--at some point in the future it might be fun to play with whatever nasties are on it.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#9A smaller issue in this story but still important; what kind of data center gets a search warrant and server pulled, and doesn't immediately notify their client? Are they legally prohibited from doing so? Then they let the FBI put the possibly compromised server back on the network? WTF?
> Are they legally prohibited from doing so?
Yes. They can be charged with obstruction of justice or interfering with an investigation.
Re: The FBI took -- and mysteriously returned -- their server
#10If that were my server, I'd pull the data needed and burn the hardware. Never use it again.
They are doing something like that, but auditing the machine first to see if they can get any information on why the FBI returned it so quickly.