[FYI] Staatshacking: FBI greift Computer in Russland an

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/563379.asp?cp1=1

| April 23 - Reflecting a growing frustration with the inability or
| unwillingness of some foreign governments to fight cybercrime,
| U.S. authorities have for the first time vaulted across borders and
| hacked the computers of two suspected Russian computer criminals to
| obtain evidence against them.

| The extra-territorial evidence seizure will be a key point of
| contention in the case. Gorshkov's attorney, Kenneth Kanev, told the
| Times that the use of the "sniffer" software violated his client's
| right to privacy and said the federal agents should have obtained a
| search warrant before downloading the data.
| 
| Schroeder countered that the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment
| protection against "unreasonable search and seizures" is not
| applicable outside the United States and that the FBI had no ability
| to serve a search warrant in Russia.

Siehe auch:

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/24/russia.hacking.ap/index.html?s=8