Kim Dotcom: Petabytes of MegaUpload users' data has been destroyed
I won't make any judgment as to Mr. Dotcom's guilt or innocence in the ongoing Federal action against his company (...although I suspect that a great number of political strings have been pulled in making him a target). But if it's true that the web hosting company (the Netherlands-based LeaseWeb) to which his users' data was entrusted destroyed that data without any warning, it's an utterly reprehensible act of outright vandalism.
LeaseWeb's position is a vacuum; so far they haven't responded to requests for their side of the story...although the article linked above says...
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I won't make any judgment as to Mr. Dotcom's guilt or innocence in the ongoing Federal action against his company (...although I suspect that a great number of political strings have been pulled in making him a target). But if it's true that the web hosting company (the Netherlands-based LeaseWeb) to which his users' data was entrusted destroyed that data without any warning, it's an utterly reprehensible act of outright vandalism.
LeaseWeb's position is a vacuum; so far they haven't responded to requests for their side of the story...although the article linked above says...
If the destroyed data was indeed evidence that Mr. Dotcom intended to use in his defense, it would seem that LeaseWeb is guilty of destroying evidence. I guess they fact that they're not a U.S. company exempts them from prosecution, but sheesh...what a train wreck of a case the whole MegaUpload thang has been, and it just got worse. :xZDNet":3ax3trkm said:Dotcom also says that after the 2012 seizure LeaseWeb never returned his calls, but that now they're telling him that "We informed Megaupload about our plans to start using the servers again but no reply from them." His response: "Who believes this crap?"
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