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In Germany a formwr bunker was used to host a illegal data center which run a significant part of the dark net. In the end, however, the police raided it and they forgot to lock the place and they had a excel list with all the passwords.

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I really dislike the term "illegal data center", which was coined by Germany's yellow press. The data center was perfectly legal (as in: they were allowed to operate a business involving hosting of servers there, and everyone knew they did). What was illegal was some of the business done on its servers - and the fact that the operator did not cooperate with law enforcement.

Maybe it was not an illegal (data center), it was an (illegal data) center.

Time for a (criminal lawyer)

What does “yellow press” mean in this context? I know the usage of the word “yellow” means “cowardly,” but I suspect there is some other connotation/well-known phrase

> Yellow journalism and yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

Yes you are right with that. Until they knew what was on the servers and helped their users continuing doing it. At moment I think it became criminal.

There's a great New Yorker article on this for those interested. It's a pretty fascinating read -- doubtless been posted here a bunch before.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/03/the-cold-war-b...

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