The FBI and analogous TLAs do this all the time. And generally, there's no recourse.
In many cases, sites have resorted to distributing their IP addresses.
In many cases, sites have resorted to distributing their IP addresses.
“Shadowserver said it was bad”
“But it’s not bad”
“Take it up with them. I hope you speak German.”
They control various seized assets seemingly unrelated to their publicly stated mission, like libertyreserve.com. Shadowserver used to host the seizure page for liberty reserve too.