Feds Seize New Domain, Add To "Batshit" Conspiracy Theories

[nsane.forums]

During the last 24 hours Homeland Security seized another domain and put up the copyright infringement notice but now a quite unusual picture is forming. Allegedly an anti-vaccine blogger and claimed “batshit” conspiracy theorist with plenty of enemies had his server hacked and filled with illegal material. This appears to have resulted in his domain being seized for copyright infringement.

Over the past year we’ve grown used to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seizing piracy and counterfeit product related domains. Yesterday, however, a domain was seized which didn’t appear to sell or offer anything other than information.

Lowellsfacts.com, was a domain operated by anti-vaccine and self-described “medical research” and “truth information” blogger Lowell Hubbs. Others who appear to know the guy much better than us describe him as a deranged “batshit” conspiracy theorist, but since we do file-sharing news here at TorrentFreak and not pharmaceuticals or psychiatric studies, others more knowledgeable than us can decide if that’s a reasonable assessment.

We’re interested in something else; if Lowellsfacts.com was not a site offering unauthorized files or peddling counterfeit products, why would the feds seize it and put up the all too familiar ‘copyright’ notice?

Well, according to Lowell Hubbs himself, he’s the victim of foul play.

“Apparently, as I was told; there are links or hidden links hacked into my site that go to illegal porn and as well likely music down loads or movies, or links to counterfeit something,” Hubbs explains.

“I don’t know what is in there personally, nor how they did it, and I don’t know yet all of what is going on; I am just getting beginning information, by someone who has looked into it and is more knowledgeable than I as to computer systems,” Hubbs adds.

In a later update, Hubbs announced that he had found the problem. He asserts that someone had indeed hacked into this website and put up 17 pages and 70gig of files. He insists, however, that none of this is down to him.

“How in the hell would I have acquired anything like that? For anyone to believe I am responsible for that, I can tell you – you are flatout-insane!” he exclaims.

“Anyone with any common sense looking at this picture, would know the chance of that is zero! Period. Nice try though, just one more attempt to falsely destroy me, and a huge one. There is nothing these people will stop at in attempting to do so. Too much truth.”

If the claims of Hubbs being a conspiracy theorist are true, then this seizure – whether warranted or otherwise – is a gift to his cause, whatever that might be. Whether or not it will be a gift to the big pharmaceutical companies he’s been bad-mouthing for sometime will remain to be seen.

Hubbs’ site is now back up at VacFacts.info and aside from questionable content and quite a lot of cut and pastes, it doesn’t look like a hub of wanton copyright infringement or counterfeiting to us, at least in its current form.

Admittedly there are a multitude of worrying claims about Hubbs on the web (which we aren’t in a position to verify) and he clearly has dozens of enemies and it is feasible that ICE had good reasons to shut him down. That said, Hubbs doesn’t appear to have been informed about why his domain was taken and he’s clearly not under arrest.

So why has ICE seized the domain and put up the copyright notice? If we had some due process, some proper hearings which allow the facts to come out into the open and disputed or confirmed, any claims of copyright infringement could be assessed. As usual the public is in the dark.

Conspiracy theories can be dangerous things, and the information vacuum along with this very strange domain seizure simply throws fuel on the fire.

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[Ambrocious]

Major pharmaceutical companies are always going after alternative treatment or natural solutions shops. Greed does not leave room for competition and if they can get false evidence planted into his online store, they can not only shut him down but send him to jail if the correct links were planted. Options in your own personal treatment and welfare are very important. Big Pharma makes crap loads of cash on mere treatments when if you actually go to health food stores and look around, you will find, in some cases, organic foods and other natural supplements that will actually reverse some illnesses and not just treat them. If you have never been to a health food store I strongly suggest you go in there and take a peak around at all the great stuff they have.

One amazing oddity in health food stores is called an "ear candle". If you want the cleanest ears on earth, go get one and use as instructed. Get two actually. I just went to wikipedia and was about to post the info from there but according to Wikipedia, I'm a liar. Supposedly they do not work at all. I have used them on more than one occasion and yes, they DO work, and they work very well. I told my friends about ear candles about 2 and a half years ago and they didn't believe me and I offered to prove it. I had used them a day before so my ears were pretty clean but we all went into one room and all 5 of us used it. I really didn't have a lot of ear wax (could hardly see it) where as my other friends had tons in their ear candle at the end of the process. This goes against the belief that the wax found in the left over candle is FROM the candles wax. If you DO use it, don't lay your head flat as if laying down, use it sitting up.

[myidisbb]

what this admin is diong is 100% illegal. if president bush had done this all the libs and media would be over this enforce. please do your part and stop voting for these democrats.

[Lowell]

I had attorneys working on it after it was understood what had gone on, and it is as it explains on my blog, that is what happened. costnermatthews.blogspot.com. I had also contact with the website provider to get the domain back in working order.

The domain and the site have been returned to me today and it is back online redirected to a new domain set up before it was known the site would be back up. At the time I expected it never would be. Considering what obviously had been hacked into the upload files I don’t see that the gov’t had any other choice but to shut the site down until an investigation was done.

This conclusively proves I was not guilty of anything alleged nor claimed.

[myidisbb]

I had attorneys working on it after it was understood what had gone on, and it is as it explains on my blog, that is what happened. costnermatthews.blogspot.com. I had also contact with the website provider to get the domain back in working order.

The domain and the site have been returned to me today and it is back online redirected to a new domain set up before it was known the site would be back up. At the time I expected it never would be. Considering what obviously had been hacked into the upload files I don’t see that the gov’t had any other choice but to shut the site down until an investigation was done.

This conclusively proves I was not guilty of anything alleged nor claimed.

so an actually member of nsane has become a victim of this illegal act by this admin. whos next?

[HX1]

I had attorneys working on it after it was understood what had gone on, and it is as it explains on my blog, that is what happened. costnermatthews.blogspot.com. I had also contact with the website provider to get the domain back in working order.

The domain and the site have been returned to me today and it is back online redirected to a new domain set up before it was known the site would be back up. At the time I expected it never would be. Considering what obviously had been hacked into the upload files I don’t see that the gov’t had any other choice but to shut the site down until an investigation was done.

This conclusively proves I was not guilty of anything alleged nor claimed.

Well truthfully there are and can be a lot of enemies out there and people with their own objectives to accomplish whatever campaign they may be wanted to exploit for their cause.. in truth.. It could be anyone.. ON that same note.. you could have bee the victim of something random.. without cause.. and simply being used... victimized... Even in simply stating simple things online it can become some war with someone... and become quite neanderthal.. untruthful and otherwise shaming to them to begin with.. Some will go to great lengths to have an outlet of that loss of control and true objectivity in even accomplishing the thing or going about a discussion in that manner.. its our humanity though.. we can all be guilty... but its something we all tried to pull back on in an effort to actually accomplish something and go forward..

THAT being said I have seen for the past three to 6 months activity online which would back everything you have said.. There have been hacks to try to exploit my server as a proxy, there have been attempts to attack databases and PHP resources... vulnerabilities.. in server software as well as the OS.. to date... ineffective..

There has been only one way that this has been stopped.. Through legitimate security practices.. If you can I recommend to run stripped down sites.. Simple servers with the basics for that server in place and flat out HTML Code and CSS... NO databases, no script, no PHP... Even using more intricate caching methods can open your site to poisoning which can lead to phishing attacks.. File permissions on all of the files for read/write access and ownership attributes.. Once something like this is in place.. an attacker is going to have to utilize more complicated means of exploiting the host system or your computer itself.. Vulnerability scanners can also widen that knowledge to enable you to close access points ( not wireless here ) in which information can be divulged about the system itself and or access through other means.. Today for example I was reading about a list of over 8000 bad bots which are known in the wild.. Some of these bots simply crawl the web and look for exploitable IP's requesting various different things... Some do not worry but there is a real threat with some of these... and even in trying to track down and resolve some of these can lead to dead ends.. or even another location which is being exploited... Drive by Java downloads .. can also exploit systems .. Hosts which may have a vulnerability in one site or one area can bring down the whole system n some cases depending on the setup.. and infect thousands of innocent people as well as these systems can be used for whatever nefarious means as necessary... Its an easy task for some of us.. Bot networks can be used n many ways.. including covering tracks..

Something to consider anyway... To me it does look as though you got punked.. The end result of the government being involved may or not be the necessarily desired end result but ten again it could be..

I don't have either side here really just sting some points.. especially about some of the activity going on.... I see it really connected to only one thing if you want to go conspiracy theorist or campaign.. and in the end things of that nature always unfurl quite ' nasty '- should it be as such..

I would say your under a scrutinizing eye.. to have things happen quickly and occur the way they have.. IF not and this has been sitting there for while then I would say its un-relative to anything more than RoidRage - and not the steroid kind.. :P