[169748] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keegan Holley)
Thu Mar 13 19:47:28 2014
From: Keegan Holley <no.spam@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <531EB48A.3020609@truemetal.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:46:32 -0400
To: Markus <universe@truemetal.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I=92ve seen past employers contact the FBI for a similar issue, but we =
had control of the network and logs in question so that made it easier. =
You may be able to contact interpol or a similar agency in the EU. They =
will at least be able to tell you the right agency to call.
You can also have a lawyer contact comcast on your behalf. Many times a =
company will retrieve and store logs in preparation of various legal =
proceedings. Comcast is a very large company so there=92s no way to be =
sure that this will spur them into action, but it=92s a start.
On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:00 AM, Markus <universe@truemetal.org> wrote:
> Hi,
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> 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?
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> Thank you!
> Markus
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