One of Z-Library's domains has been seized by the FBI

moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 290 points –

The other domains are still online, though z-library has yet to respond

Post edited, thank you @mbt2402 for correcting me

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why do you think it wasn't done by the fbi? fbi is public about their campaign against z-lib devs. and the z-lib devs did acknowledge this siezure in may

https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-library-domain-name-seizures-240530/

Because even the worst of bureaucracy employees isn't going to put "this is how [russian cybercriminals] are spending [money]" and place some absolutely weird pictures of a small and cheap house next to a pond, a small and cheap trailer being pulled in snow, a relatively nice but middle-class affordable boat in a swamp, and a family of four by a pool.

well the fact is that they did.

https://www.whois.com/whois/z-library.se

seizedservers is apparently a commonly used domain to redirect domain seizures to. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/z-library-ebook-site-domains-seized-by-us-dept-of-justice/.

Uh, dude. No one is saying that the FBI didn't seize the domain, but go look for yourself whether they have turdy little pictures of how they are spending the money.

This is none of the domains mentioned in the article, and as far as I know this site was only modified yesterday.

This image has also been floating around for a while, but I don't know how often the FBI reuses target-specific images.