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                Date: 2001-09-12
                 
                 
                Los geht's: FBI pushes Carnivore on network providers after attacks
                
                 
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      na bitte ..... 
 
Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore  
By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)  
2:00 a.m. Sep. 12, 2001 PDT 
 
WASHINGTON -- Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet  
surveillance after Tuesday's deadly attacks on the World Trade Center  
and the Pentagon. 
 
Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in what  
some U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI agents  
began to visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network providers,  
according to engineers at those companies who spoke on condition of  
anonymity. 
 
An administrator at one major network service provider said that FBI  
agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of  
Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along  
with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs." 
[...] 
 
Microsoft's Hotmail service has also been the target of increased  
federal attention, according to an engineer who works there. 
"Hotmail officials have been receiving calls from the San Francisco  
FBI office since mid-(Tuesday) morning and are cooperating with their  
expedited requests for information about a few specific accounts," the  
person said. "Most of the account names start with the word 'Allah'  
and contain messages in Arabic." 
[...] 
 
quelle: www.politechbot.com 
 
 
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