On Jan 19, 2012, at 6:44 PM, james@smithwaysecurity.com wrote:
You guys serous, when did the order come in to sezie the domain?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupl... has a good analysis; also see http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204616504577171060611948... (which seems to be outside their paywall). What differentiates this from many of the earlier domain name seizures is that this is based on a grand jury indictment, not just an administrative decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It may be heavy-handed or questionable, per the Ars Technica analysis, but as a matter of process it's about as good as you'll get.
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----- Reply message ----- From: "Ryan Gelobter" <ryan.g@atwgpc.net> To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Megaupload.com seized Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 6:41 pm
The megaupload.com domain was seized today, has anyone noticed significant drops in network traffic as a result?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-shari...
--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb