[169723] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.)
Thu Mar 13 13:07:25 2014
From: "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell@isipp.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1394712001.81812.nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:06:25 -0600
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>> I'm an ISP in Germany and a cracker (not a hacker :) ) has targeted a
>> customers of mine in the last days. The cracker was successful and =
caused
>> financial damage / was successful with data theft. I set a trap and =
finally
>> caught his real IP address - a Comcast user in the US (100% not a =
proxy or
>> bot). What would be the next steps to pursuit him? If I contact local
>> authorities here in Germany I'm afraid months will pass by and =
Comcast will
>> have possible already deleted their logs by then (?). Any advice?
>=20
Marcus, if you have not already connected with them, ping me offlist and =
I will try to connect you with our FBI cybercrime contact. A =
preservation letter from them to Comcast, to start, will likely be far =
more effective than one from you.
I'm sorry for not responding sooner; I only just saw this as I'm on =
digest here.=20
Anne
Anne P. Mitchell,=20
Attorney at Law
CEO/President
Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
Member, Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee
Author: Section 6 of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003=
