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FBI obtains Kolektiva.social database while executing warrant on administrator

3 years ago by minnix to c/fediverse

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🚨 Kolektiva.social SECURITY ALERT 🚨 This is an alert for Kolektiva.social users. Please read this post in its entirety! In mid-May 2023, the home of one of Kolektiva.social's admins was raided, and all their electronics were seized by the FBI. The raid was part of an investigation into a local protest. Kolektiva was neither a subject nor target of this investigation. Today, that admin was charged in relation to their alleged participation in this protest. Unfortunately, at the time of the raid, our admin was troubleshooting an issue and working with a backup copy of the Kolektiva.social database. This backup, dated from the first week of May 2023, was in an *unencrypted* state when the raid occurred and it was seized, along with everything else. The database is the heart of a Mastodon server. A database copy such as the one seized may include any of the following user data, in this case up to date as of early May 2023: - User account information like the e-mail address associated with your account, your followers and follows, etc. - All your posts: public, unlisted, followers-only, *and direct ("DMs")*. - Possibly IP addresses associated with your account - IP addresses on Kolektiva.social are logged for 3 days and then deleted, so IP addresses from any logins in the 3 days prior to the database backup date would be included. - A hashed ("encrypted") version of your password. 🚨 👉 As a precaution we highly recommend that all users on Kolektiva.social *change their password immediately* to a new, unique, and strong password. We sincerely apologize to all our users and regret this breach. In hindsight, it was obviously a mistake to leave a copy of the database in an unencrypted state. Unfortunately, what would otherwise have been a small mistake happened to coincide with a raid, due to bad luck and spectacularly bad timing. We understand that our users and other people on the Fediverse will have a lot of questions. We will try to answer them as best we can, but please be patient and bear in mind that we may be overwhelmed with messages, and may be delayed in responding or unable to provide answers to certain questions for legal or technical reasons. As a security culture reminder, it can be extremely harmful to the individuals charged and to our community to openly speculate on the Internet about alleged criminal activity or about what law enforcement may be able to do with seized data. Our present awareness is that the seized Kolektiva data is unrelated to the federal investigation and prosecution and we are exploring legal avenues to have the seized data returned and copies destroyed. Thank you for your understanding and solidarity :black_sparkling_heart: 👇 Please see our replies to this post for additional information (1/?) 👇
thedaly 32 points 3 years ago

In mid-May 2023, the home of one of Kolektiva.social's admins was raided, and all their electronics were seized by the FBI. The raid was part of an investigation into a local protest.

Why are houses being raided over a protest?

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TheInsane42 19 points 3 years ago

Why are houses being raided over a protest?

FBI: Because we can

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joebobdobbs 15 points 3 years ago

Not a police state.

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kostel_thecreed -1 points 3 years ago

Guessing this is in relation to the situation happening in France, anyone know?

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amiuhle 17 points 3 years ago

In mid-May 2023, the home of one of Kolektiva.social's admins was raided, and all their electronics were seized by the FBI. The raid was part of an investigation into a local protest. Kolektiva was neither a subject nor target of this investigation. Today, that admin was charged in relation to their alleged participation in this protest.

It's from May and it's the FBI, so no, I would say it's not in relation to the situation happening in France.

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kostel_thecreed 5 points 3 years ago

Alright, thanks for the answer!

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Pirtatogna 10 points 3 years ago

Why the would the FBI have anything to to with protests in France? FBI has no business doing anything in France. France is in no way under U.S. jurisdiction.

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leraje 8 points 3 years ago

Whilst this is true, the idea that world gvmts don't help each other out is not reflective of reality.

For example, a French journalist who is very critical of Macron, recently attended a book fair in London. The minute he got off the train he was arrested under UK anti terrorism laws and asked to provide passcodes for all his devices.

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Karlos_Cantana 6 points 3 years ago

Being critical of Macron makes you a terrorist?

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leraje 4 points 3 years ago

Anti terrorist laws in the UK are used because they give the Police extended powers with no need to establish suspicion.

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joebobdobbs 6 points 3 years ago

Cops helping cops should surprise no one.

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Pirtatogna 2 points 3 years ago

I doubt that this would comply with European privacy legislation.

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joebobdobbs 1 point 3 years ago

That’s funny.

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Snipe_AT -12 points 3 years ago

it says mid-may, has the france stuff been going on for 1.5 months?

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kostel_thecreed 1 point 3 years ago

There's been multiple riots/protests. Don't think it's the most recent one, but probably related to one of them 😅

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