Reports from news outlets (NY Times, CBC) suggest that the target of the FBI raid was Lulz Group, a hacker organization that are allegedly responsible for some high profile hacks such as Sony and, possibly, the CIA.
Regardless of the target, the FBI's tactics have been criticized as being heavy handed, though they may be justified in that the target was a purported hacker ring who may have had various assets stored on adjacent equipment hosted by their data center provider. While I am not a lawyer, it is incumbent on the FBI to ensure that all private information remains private and that it is not disclosed publicly, by accident or by design; the warrant should limit their investigation to information that is relevant to the target.
I will continue to look for information related to this event and will post more as it becomes available.
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