A few more examples of botched attempts at IP-based raids: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/fbi-child-porn-raid-a-strong-argument-for-locking-down-wi

A few more examples of botched attempts at IP-based raids: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/fbi-child-porn-raid-a-strong-argument-for-locking-down-wifi-networks/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/fbi-child-porn-ra... The one I'm familiar with is the Sarasota, FL incident, where a married couple was raided in the middle of the night in response to alleged child pornography. Their unit was in a condominium, practically on the edge of Sarasota bay, where various boats moor and dock. After further investigation, it was discovered that the traffic had originated from some guy in a boat using a high gain antenna. If I remember correctly, he had cracked their WEP key and illegally accessed their network to obtain nasty images, lots of them. The insecurity of WEP has been known about for a long time, presumably by LE too. It is conjecture on my part, but a few things come to mind regarding alternative methods of investigation that may have avoided this. 1. Contact the ISP first (in this case I think it may have been Verizon). I remember Verizon having the ability to remotely reset router passwords, which possibly suggests the ability to remotely view associated client data, e.g. MAC addresses and hostnames and maybe even OS. This may have provided valuable clues. 2. Note the protocol used by the wireless router. 3. Wardrive a bit. 4. Maybe check for logs of any accounts the boat guy logged into while on their network. Regardless, the raid was botched and pretty traumatic for the couple, considering they were operating a legal AP probably secured with what they thought was adequate encryption. At the time of this event, WEP was standard default, straight from the ISP. They'd done nothing wrong. More info: http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20110131/wireless-router-hijacked-for-child-pornography http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20110131/wireless-router-h...