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"""You are directed to provide records responsive to this letter electronically to the FBI within 21 business day(s) of receipt of this letter"""

I wonder how the exchange takes place? There's no mention of encrypted mail or anything just an additional note that regular mail and non-secure fax are not secure enough.

They also seem to have a template of sorts as indicated by the day(s) and the phrasing when it comes to accounting periods vs. 1st to 1st.

I wonder if you can forge (or possibly man in the middle) such a request (there's no digital signature of the letter I suppose). You'd need to set up a fake agent persona with phone number and fake signature. For a criminal organization that doesn't seem to be an unreasonable afford.




>I wonder if you can forge (or possibly man in the middle) such a request (there's no digital signature of the letter I suppose). You'd need to set up a fake agent persona with phone number and fake signature. For a criminal organization that doesn't seem to be an unreasonable afford.

Using fake subpoenas to dox people on IRC seems to be a regular thing, I don't see why not NSLs. (Besides the fact that NSLs might actually receive some scrutiny, so they're probably the inferior choice there)

Most people will just comply straight away.


Still amazed to this day that a guy created fake FBI Google listings, proxied the calls to the FBI, recorded the calls, told the FBI, and nothing happened.


Whoa, what? Link to this story?





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