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Old February 19th, 2004, 11:30 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Is your isp next? Or this one?

Dear Customers of FOONET/CIT:

We regret to inform you that on Saturday February 14, 2004 at approximately 8:35 am EST, FOONET/CIT's data center in Columbus, Ohio temporarily ceased operations.

Here are the facts of what occurred:

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.

The FBI has assured us that as soon as the data has been safely copied and inspected, the equipment will be promptly returned. Unfortunately, the FBI has not been able to tell us when they will be completed with their inspection.

We have been told by the Special Agent in charge of the investigation that If you need access to your data you are asked to please contact the Bureau via email to edit. Make sure to include in your email your name, mailing address, and telephone number with area code.

Since we wish to focus 100% of our efforts on restoring services, we would appreciate it very much if you do not attempt to contact us directly. Please rest assured that we are doing everything possible to restore service to you as quickly as possible.
To the many who have inquired, Paul and family are OK, although shaken by these events. They are at home and awaiting the blessed event of their new child's birth. We thank you for your good wishes and prayers.

Please check back here often. Through this site, we will keep you informed of ongoing developments as we know them.

Thanks again for your understanding.

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Old February 19th, 2004, 12:29 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Old February 19th, 2004, 12:39 PM     #3 (permalink)
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Sounds fake.

can't find a link to any news story on this yet. I would think it would have made the presses by now. especially in footnets service area's 5 oclock news.

I will be waiting with baited breath.


What is leo.gov ??? that does not sound real either.
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Old February 19th, 2004, 12:46 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Old February 19th, 2004, 01:14 PM     #5 (permalink)
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I dont' think its really necessary that you include the guys leo.gov email address on the web for all to spam.
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Fair nuff on the leo thing.

Still think it sounds fishy as a story though.

I will wait for it to hit a major news organizaton.
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I imagine this happens often enough these days that it won't even hit the news.
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It has never hit the news before.

And if hitting the news too often was the key to stopping the printing of stories then of course the death toll in iraq would be page E-25 news. I mean what story is there in soldiers getting killed in a war zone. You know it is going to happen it is completely predictable and expected. It is really not news worthy by that standard.

However a story of an ISP being shut down with 10's of thousands of customers inconvenienced would appear to be worth a teaser on tv and print.
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Old February 19th, 2004, 03:12 PM     #9 (permalink)
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Well, CIT hosting Technologies isn't listed with:

BBB (Biz and e-mail search)
KnowX (Phone # search)
AnyWho (Phone # search)
Switchboard (Phone # search)

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Old February 19th, 2004, 03:51 PM     #10 (permalink)
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This is real, and you are crazy if you think this kind of stuff will actually show up on the news.

I know of multiple FBI raids that have no shown up in any news. It really isn't in their best interest.
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