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In late May, after Benthall had left SpaceX, federal investigators snagged the server running the Silk Road 2. It had been tucked into a data center somewhere beyond US jurisdiction, but the feds got at it anyway. They had to take the computer offline for a few hours to copy its contents for forensic investigation.
During that time, the site’s administrator, known as “Defcon”—the feds claim this is Benthall—may have experienced a mild panic attack. His internet service provider pumped out dozens of warning messages, warning that the Silk Road 2 server was offline. “Our server srv2.close.co has not been responding for several hours. Do NOT reboot the machine, there is a critical process we need to watch,” Benthall allegedly said to the ISP.
But Fatemi apparently knew nothing about this server running on her company’s Close.co domain. Benthall’s arrest took her by surprise. “I just can’t believe this,” she wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “I’ve worked with Blake in the past and this seems out of character.”
[1 Points] al_eberia:
Was the subdomain actually pointed at it or did he just put that in as the host name at registration time?
There is really no substance to this article, and the thing we all care about (how did they find the server) isn't really mentioned. Here is the only thing I felt worth while.