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TOR-Anonymised Pedophile Ring Busted

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 19 2014, @12:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the special-victims-unit dept.

Absinth writes:

From MSNBC, "It (the site) attempted to operate as a 'discussion-only' forum where people could share their sexual interest in young boys without committing any specific offenses, thus operating 'below the radar' of police attention. Having made contact on the site, some members would move to more private channels, such as email, to exchange and share illegal images and films of children being abused.

The statement said Europol analysts had cracked the security features of a key computer server at the center of the network which uncovered the identities of suspected child sex offenders. And, after his arrest, the forum's Dutch administrator helped police break encryption measures that shielded users' identities, allowing police to begin their covert investigations.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE ) has also issued a news release."

 
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  • (Score: 0) by bluefoxicy on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:46PM

    by bluefoxicy (3739) on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:46PM (#18584)

    What bothers me more is the summary indicates that the feds hacked into some computers and then arrested a bunch of people. Feds r haxing ur computr nao?

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 19 2014, @06:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 19 2014, @06:29PM (#18647)

    Do you live in a cave dude? It's public knowledge the feds do attack computers now, on a massive scale, in an automated way. Watch http://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2013/mp4-lq/30c3- 5713-en-de-To_Protect_And_Infect_Part_2_h264-iprod .mp4 [media.ccc.de]

    • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday March 20 2014, @02:11AM

      by Geotti (1146) on Thursday March 20 2014, @02:11AM (#18756) Journal

      some members would move to more private channels, such as email

      Yeah, maybe they should've used DE-Mail [media.ccc.de] for their private communication...