Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Why Was The Internet Bloging Platform Blogetery Closed Down

Bomb-Making Tips, Hit List Behind Blogetery Closure -- CNET

More details are surfacing about why Blogetery.com, a blogging platform that claimed to service more than 70,000 blogs, was mysteriously booted from the Internet by its Web-hosting company.

The site was shut down after FBI agents informed executives of Burst.net, Blogetery's Web host, late on July 9 that links to al-Qaeda materials were found on Blogetery's servers, Joe Marr, chief technology officer for Burst.net, told CNET. Sources close to the investigation say that included in those materials were the names of American citizens targeted for assassination by al-Qaeda. Messages from Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the terrorist organization, as well as bomb-making tips, were also allegedly found on the server.

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My Comment: This is like putting a finger into a leaking dam .... it stops the leak, but it is only temporary.

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