FBI used MegaUpload Skype conversations to build its case
The FBI reportedly used private Skype IM conversations that it intercepted as a basis for its case against MegaUpload, but what isn't clear is how exactly the FBI acquired these conversations. Late last week, Stuff.co.nz revealed details of a conversation between MegaUpload co-founder Mathias Ortmann and head programmer Bram van der Kolk in which the pair worried about what founder Kim Dotcom would do if the company found itself in legal trouble. As Van der Kolk reportedly said in a 2007 conversation, "Would he take the last little bit of money and take off? He's good at that."
The question remains as to how the feds got their hands on these conversations — the US Department of Justice told CNET that the evidence was obtained through...
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