The FBI subpoenaed archive.today's domain registrar, Tucows, on October 30, demanding info about the archiving site's owner as part of a criminal investigation
By the service of this subpoena upon you by William Greenwell, Jr. … Malte Kirchner / heise online News : Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows X: @archiveis : canary: https://pdflink.to/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : New: The FBI filed a subpoena trying to unmask the person or people behind https://archive.is/, which has been running anon for 13 yrs. Site was widely used by GamerGate, and then to bypass paywalls but has become kind of core archiving infrastructure https://www.404media.co/... Max Blumenthal / @maxblumenthal : The FBI has issued a subpoena seeking to unmask the owner of https://archive.today/, which we use to document edits to articles, bypass subscription walls and avoid giving traffic to the failing corporate media Bluesky: Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Heh. I've had this discussion a dozen times and the working theory many of us have is “this site is so freaking useful to so many people that no one wants to go out of their way to call extra attention to it.” [embedded post] Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : The FBI has also subpoenaed Google for information about fixing a Workspaces issue, since it's the only way they've been able to get a human at Google to talk to them. [embedded post] @thecleric : Well that was good while it lasted. [embedded post] Jason Koebler / @jasonkoebler : New: The FBI filed a subpoena trying to unmask the person or people behind archive.is / archive.today, which have been running anonymously for 13 yrs. Site was widely used by GamerGate, and then to bypass paywalls but has become kind of core archiving infrastructure — www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to... Mastodon: Wolf Ha / @mistakenotmy@mastodon.social : It looks like the US government is out to get archive dot is, which is around since at least 2013, but suddenly that seems to be an issue. — https://www.theverge.com/... Paul Chambers / @paul@oldfriends.live : FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.today Site. FBI says they have opened a criminal investigation into the site. The site posted a canary warning. ( subpoena: https://pdflink.to/... ) — The site is used by some users to bypass paywalls. The web archive has been around since 2010. … Joseph Cox / @josephcox@infosec.exchange : The FBI is trying to unmask the owner of infamous archiving site Archive.is, according to a subpoena the site posted. No other information given, the site quietly posted the document a few days ago. FBI telling domain registrar to hand over all sorts of ID'ing info — https://www.404media.co/... Forums: Hacker News : FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is r/suppressed_news : FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Archive.is Site r/technology : FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive_is and its mirrors r/cybersecurity : FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive_is and its mirrors r/libgen : FBI demands identity of archive.is owner r/FBI : FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site r/DataHoarder : FBI demands identity of archive.is owner r/stupidpol : FBI demands identity of archive.today website operator r/Left_News : FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site Msmash / Slashdot : FBI Subpoenas Registrar for Details on Anonymous Archiving Site Owner