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Cops Seize Server That Hosted BlueLeaks, DDoSecrets Says
Cops Seize Server that Hosted BlueLeaks, DDoSecrets Says:
Authorities in Germany have seized a server used by the organization that published a trove of US police internal documents commonly known as BlueLeaks, according to the organization's founder.
On Tuesday, Emma Best, the founder of Distributed Denial of Secrets or DDoSecrets, a WikiLeaks-like website that has published the police data, said that prosecutors in the German town of Zwickau seized the organization's "primary public download server."
"We are working to obtain additional information, but presume it is [regarding] #BlueLeaks," Best added on Twitter. "The server was used ONLY to distribute data to the public. It had no contact with sources and was involved in nothing more than enlightening the public through journalistic publishing."
Best shared a screenshot of the email they received from DDoSecrets' hosting provider informing of the server seizure.
"Your server has been confiscated," the email reads. "Until now we were not allowed to inform you accordingly." The email then notes that the seizing authority was the Department of Public Prosecution Zwickau.
German Authorities Seized the Servers that Hosted BlueLeaks Police Files at the Request of the US Government
The site that hosted hundreds of thousands of leaked police files — dubbed BlueLeaks — has been taken offline after its servers were confiscated by German authorities acting at the request of the US government.
[...] It's not clear what legal grounds the US has to take the server offline. Hacking the government is a crime, but the Supreme Court has upheld the right of journalists to publish leaked documents as long as they weren't involved in their theft. DDoSecrets maintains that it's a publisher without any ties to the hacker who first obtained the BlueLeaks files.
A spokesperson for the Zwickau prosecutor's office told the German outlet Zeit Online [in German] that they were aware DDoSecrets is a journalistic project, but declined to provide any further information.
Previously: "BlueLeaks" Exposes 269 GB of Data from Hundreds of Police Departments and "Fusion Centers"
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @04:18PM (5 children)
See! It was a mistake to self host. Just upload your content on a cloud server or social media website.
No-one there would ever censor or shutdown your content.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 11 2020, @05:01PM
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj43xq/cops-seize-blueleaks-ddosecrets-server [vice.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:53PM
>> See! It was a mistake to self host.
That's right... if #CrookedHillary had uploaded to a cloud server, she'd be President now.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Saturday July 11 2020, @09:41PM (2 children)
What are you talking about? The article summary quite clearly says they were using a cloud server. They didn't even know their server had been seized until after it was seized, when their hosting provider sent them an email to inform them.
I guess this is a good reason to host politically-sensitive stuff like this in Russia. I honestly don't know why people like this keep thinking otherwise. It's simple: if you want to post stuff the American or UK governments doesn't like, host it in Russia. If you want to post stuff the Chinese or Russian governments don't like, host it in America.
(Score: 2) by legont on Sunday July 12 2020, @04:52AM
Yep. Folks who fucked up Hillary did exactly that professionals they were.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Funny) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday July 12 2020, @03:09PM
there must be a brisk informal trade between the two systems that betrays a lot of actions taken by both internal security services, as well as true relations between the us and russia.
But that job, "will we approve this american request for this data from our totalitarian surveillance system or say no?" and visa versa must be some real catch 22 mindf_ck festival.
Privacy meet the year 2020. Actual privacy is not an option in the digital world, but you might be able to get your data somewhere that protecting your privacy is a way for your lesser adversary to kick your greater adversary in the nuts.
Maybe there could be a board game?
"I have the nude picks of your wife, ill trade you those for -YOUR DATA-."