I worked somewhere that had that happen. The FBI showed up with Yahoo messenger logs from our IP address, they wanted to take our file servers etc (he didn’t save anything on our network, but was signing into those sites while at work)
They ended up having to come back the next day with a new warrant because he was at a branch office but their internet was from a point to point connected to the main office.
They took his pc and I provided them with a months worth of squid logs. We had just spent like $4500 on a new CAD workstation for him.
He’s still in prison.
See "The Rise and Fall of Patrick Naughton" https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-patrick-n...
Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
by tasty_freeze on Monday July 13, 2020 @06:52PM
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His wikipedia entry ends with:
> He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year.
Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
by dennisgorelik on Monday July 13, 2020 @07:07PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton#Sex_crime_arr...
He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year.
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I remember that well. Didn't know the guy but I knew several who did know him before the bust but, oddly enough, very few after.
That was so brief... Nowadays articles like this are 10 times as long and detailed.
Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
by partyboat1586 on Monday July 13, 2020 @04:03PM
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Smart != Wise
He got walked out. I don't know what other consequences he suffered. Being smart doesn't mean you can't do something really stupid.