The European ip registry (RIPE NCC makes every effort filed a lawsuit against the AGENCY, because the registry of ip addresses of possible botnetbeheerders had to freeze. RIPE complied with that order, but you are unsure whether the order is legally on the hook.
That is reported by Computerworld on the basis of an e-mail that RIPE managing director Axel Pawlik to its members would have sent. RIPE, the organisation for Europe and the Middle East, the issue of ip-addresses, controls, received last week from the POLICE the order to ip-addresses of suspicious cyber criminals to freeze. It went to four ip-ranges.
RIPE gave last week to immediately respond to the command, but unsure now whether the request is legally tapped. A lawsuit would give the organisation a ‘precedent’ to create, and to find out how it must act at the request of the police. The organisation felt ‘ambushed’ by the request and is dissatisfied with the ‘mystery’ around the request. It is not known where the case will be brought, but it is obvious that in any case in the Netherlands, will be RIPE in the Netherlands and the case should be against the Dutch police.
Although it was originally an American judge who gave the order to the blockade, as is apparent from the order that, by Computerworld is published. Through a request for legal assistance was ordered by the Dutch police conducted.
The criminals of whom the ip blocks were would through botnets, malware installed on millions of pcs. The last week dismantled botnet relied on a network of rogue dns servers using malware were dns requests of the victims to these servers redirected. That way I could include ads on websites are hijacked. In the action of the FBI were the dns servers of the defendants by legitimate servers, so that victims can continue to use the internet.
Most likely, the Dutch police, the request to have the ip addresses of the botnetbeheerders to be able to use. Until march next year the ip-addresses will not be released; until that time, would the FBI the ip addresses so they can continue to use it. Also should probably be to prevent the botnetbeheerders with a different isp perch.