I was going to say the same thing. This isn't really limited to "cloud"... Any collocation hosting can fall into that realm.
This could even happen to a private data center where some set of servers was involved in something deemed by the FBI or other agency to be within their jurisdiction. *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm - is this a "cloud" thing? > > I mean, people have been paying for shared web hosting for years. Or more > recently Virtual Private Servers, or even dedicated servers. If law > enforcement turns up and seizes 'x' racks of equipment, chances are that > there are going to be innocent bystanders who are going to be affected. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2011 9:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Be Very Wary of "The Cloud"... > > This is how the FBI treats something in the cloud. > > Remember that when you trust your important data to the cloud. > > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/f-b-i-seizes-web-servers-knocking-sites-offline/ > > Note: I don't support the activities of any hacking group. I just think > this was wrong. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
