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FBI subpoenas ISP over SoBig
19 vulnerable home computers taken offline to slow the spread of the worm.
- http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/23/tech....reut/?cnn=yes

PRESS RELEASE

FBI Issues subpoena to Easynews.com for SoBig virus Information
Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 2003 - Easynews.com announced today that it has responded to a subpoena issued by the FBI in regards to the SoBig virus.

Easynews.com is a premium, high-quality UseNet access provider. UseNet is a global network made of millions of people connected together through UseNet servers, such as Easynews.com. Easynews.com has been providing UseNet services since 1995. More information on the UseNet network can be found at: http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_I...Forums/Usenet/

Easynews.com was contacted by phone by the Los Angeles FBI office on Thursday afternoon, August 21st. The FBI informed Easynews.com that an individual had used the Easynews.com UseNet server to upload the SoBig.F virus on Monday, August 18th. The FBI was requesting any information relating to the account used to upload the virus to the UseNet network. Easynews.com with-held the account information until a faxed subpoena from the FBI arrived on Friday, August 22nd, at 10:53am MST (1:53pm EDT).

Easynews.com is releasing the UseNet headers from one of the binary posts that contained the virus. The header appears below:



Path: news.easynews.com!core-easynews!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easyn ews!easynews-local!news.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Misiko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.amp, alt.binaries.boneless, alt.binaries.nl, alt.binaries.pictures.chimera, alt.binaries.pictures.erotica, alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.female
Subject: Nice, who has more of it? DSC-00465.jpeg
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Organization: Misiko
X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.50
Lines: 2815
X-Complaints-To: [email protected]
X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly.
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:46:19 GMT
Xref: core-easynews alt.binaries.amp:2476089 alt.binaries.boneless:29017892 alt.binaries.nl:32597838 alt.binaries.pictures.chimera:2199579 alt.binaries.pictures.erotica:10555867 alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.female:39533 64
X-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:45:13 MST (news.easynews.com)

"It appears the account was created with a stolen credit card for the sole purpose of uploading the virus to the UseNet network.", reports Michael Minor, CTO Easynews, Inc.

Easynews.com will not comment further on any other information as it pertains to an active federal investigation.

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