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The FBI Tracked a Man For Six Years After He Contacted Them About Having Been Hacked

  • TechDirt, Friday, November 8, 2013 4:30 PM
The FBI is investigating a website owner that forwarded an email in which someone was threatening to hack his site. The email was misinterpreted by an FBI agent who took the email to be a threat against the organization and then began monitoring the man for six years. Despite not finding anything on the guy, the agency continued to spy on him which cost him some donors when the news became public. 

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