HideMyAss.com, a VPN service that encrypts one's traffic to enable users to surf the web anonymously, was ordered by a U.K. judge, at the request of FBI agents, to release log information about an Arizona man who was arrested Thursday for his role in the Sony intrusion.
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Meanwhile, U.S. prosecutors are asking that Kretsinger, who faces up to 15 years in prison, face trial in Los Angeles, the district in which he was charged. Source:http://www.scmagazine.com/hide-my-ass-service-not-as-secret-as-suspect-likely-believed/article/212884/
It first came to our attention when leaked IRC chat logs were released,...At a later date it came as no surprise to have received a court order asking for information relating to an account associated with some or all of the above cases
We have had a few queries as to our logging policies. We only log the time you connect and disconnect from our service, we do not log in any shape or form your actual internet traffic. Source:http://blog.hidemyass.com/2011/09/23/lulzsec-fiasco/
If hidemyass only provides the time used in VPN without any IP, how could the court know which account information to ask?(Hidemyass must have thousands of users online at the same time)
With only time, no IP , How could this log provides any evidence against Lulzsec ?