FBI slip-up leaves Megaupload, other seized sites hosting nasty ads
The FBI might want to continue brushing up on its internet skills. The agency’s online division forgot to renew the web domain it uses to host seized websites, leading to a “black hat SEO” marketer taking over sites like Megaupload and temporarily filling them with malware- and scam-laden ads. Law enforcement officials eventually got their former domain suspended due to an “ongoing criminal investigation” into the malware, but the address’ ultimate fate remains up in the air. Suffice it to say that the mistake is ironic — the FBI inadvertently contributed to the very sort of digital crime it’s trying to stop.
The FBI killed #Megaupload and seized our domains. Now they have lost control and http://t.co/9Qud4d8xWp is linking to porn, malware & scams
– Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 28, 2015
Filed under: Internet
Source: Ars Technica, TorrentFreak
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