>I wonder how they did it. From the article: "The FBI has been criticized for what it called a “court-approved network investigative technique” used to uneart

>I wonder how they did it. From the article: "The FBI has been criticized for what it called a “court-approved network investigative technique” used to unearth information about the suspects. It emerged that the agency, with court approval, seized and ran the pedophile website for 13 days in February 2015. The FBI’s command of the Playpen site enabled the agency to infect over 8,000 users’ computers with malware and hack them. Notably, the site was said to be more efficient and even experienced a boost in audience numbers with the FBI in charge of its content." This has been covered before on HN. See: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/fbi-operated-23-tor-hidden-child-porn-sites-deployed-malware-from-them/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/fbi-operated-23-... HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12930735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12930735