An Ars Technica story details how the FBI have lost control of domains that they have siezed:
In mid-May, the Federal Bureau of Investigations lost control over seized domains, including Megaupload.com, when the agency failed to renew a key domain name of its own. That domain, which hosted the name servers that redirected requests for seized sites to an FBI Web page, was purchased at auction—and then used to redirect traffic from Megaupload.com and other sites to a malicious site serving porn ads and malware. Weeks later, those sites are still in limbo because somehow, despite a law enforcement freeze on the domain name, the name servers associated with Megaupload.com and those other seized sites were changed to point at hosts associated with a domain registered in China.
As Ars reported on May 28, the domain CIRFU.NET had been registered by the FBI through GoDaddy to provide domain name servers and Web servers for the FBI's Cyber Initiative and Resources Fusion Unit (part of FBI's Cyber Division). The FBI failed to renew the domain on April 1, however, and on May 13 the domain was acquired at an auction by "Syndk8 Media Limited"—a front company registered at a Gibraltar mail and call forwarding service by a "black-hat SEO" Web marketer who calls himself Earl Grey.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by ThG on Monday June 15 2015, @06:54PM
April's fool gone wrong?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 15 2015, @06:55PM
Yes, our law enforcement officers are very technically sophisticated. [/sarcasm] What's funny, these guys work for the same government that will lock you up if you're delinquent on your taxes. Or sell your home at auction if you're delinquent on property taxes. Maybe I'll go watch some Keystone Cops, or Three Stooges on Youtube. I'm sure the executive branch of government uses those for training.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @07:50PM
Keystone Kops maybe, but notice when it is convenient for our Big Brother Government narrative, then they are slicker than a Hollywood portrayal and every burp and fart is recorded and merged into an international tracking database.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bill Evans on Monday June 15 2015, @07:16PM
"You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the FBI. "
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Absolutely.Geek on Monday June 15 2015, @10:00PM
Best Christmas movie ever.
Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.
(Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 16 2015, @02:27AM
I thought that was "Christmas Vacation"?