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• Megaupload Data Threatened to be Erased by Feds

  thewall.com | 5:14 am Jan 31, 2012

  • US Prosectors blocked access to Megaupload.
  • Megaupload says that millions of users stored their own personal data, including photos and documents, on MegaUpload
  • Over 50 million Megaupload users have data that might be erased

• Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week

  mashable.com | 12:57 pm Jan 30, 2012

  All the data on Megaupload – legal or illegal – could be erased as soon as Thursday, Feb. 2, the Associated Press reports. The file storage website hires outside companies – Carpathia Hosting Inc. and Cogent Communications Group Inc – to store its users’…

• MegaUpload Data Deleted On Thursday?, Internet Giants Launch Anti-Phishing Drive, Thailand Supports Twitter Censorship Move

  fastcompany.com | 12:26 pm Jan 30, 2012

  . Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and 12 other companies are banding together to launch an attack on email security threats like phishing, a form of email spam that tricks you into sharing personal information. They've launched DMARC.org and a DMARC protocol,…

• Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn

  bbc.co.uk | 4:54 pm Jan 30, 2012

  Visitors to megaupload.com are now presented with a message from US law enforcementUS prosecutors have said that data belonging to Megaupload users and stored by third parties could be deleted as soon as Thursday. Users have been unable to access data…

• Megaupload User Data May Be Gone By Thursday, Feds Say

  huffingtonpost.com | 11:14 am Jan 30, 2012

  Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday. U.S. prosecutors blocked access to Megaupload and charged seven men, saying the site facilitated millions of illegal downloads of movies, music and other content.

• MegaUpload data could be erased Thursday, says report

  cnet.com | 1:19 pm Jan 30, 2012

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• Megaupload users may lose their data http://t.co/qTpP2rWJ

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  5:48 am Jan 30, 2012
• Attorney General set to destroy tens of millions of users' legitimate MegaUpload files http://t.co/lwg8dL9a

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  5:49 pm Jan 30, 2012
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  5:26 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Feds: Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday http://t.co/BTV0c89x

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  4:16 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Megaupload Users May Lose Files Stored On Service: Now that authorities have frozen Megaupload's assets... http://t.co/fGJbvzDM npr #US

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  3:54 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Megaupload Data Could Be Cleared: Starting Thursday. http://t.co/rYDJJzsG #cheatsheet

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  3:54 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Feds give OK to deleting Megaupload user files starting Thursday: http://t.co/q6LAhNKE by @thepacketrat

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  3:03 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week - All the data on Megaupload – legal or illegal – could be era... http://t.co/dyjtx1cL

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  12:43 pm Jan 30, 2012
• Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week: All the data on Megaupload – legal or illegal – coul... http://t.co/Rdjvx6S5 via @mashable

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  11:34 am Jan 30, 2012
• MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed: MegaUpload has received a letter from the US Attorn... http://t.co/KzRRjsbd via @torrentfreak

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  11:33 am Jan 30, 2012
• MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed: MegaUpload has received a letter from the US Attorney informing the c... http://t.co/3lO8t9mE

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  11:33 am Jan 30, 2012
• MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed http://t.co/gpkVXnKL

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  11:31 am Jan 30, 2012
• Megaupload users may lose data this week: Having combed Megaupload's servers, prosecutors in the US have now sai... http://t.co/gONjquBP

  @michaelbathurst - Michael Bathurst
  

  11:01 am Jan 30, 2012
• Boot up: Google and Facebook work on antiphishing tool, Richard Stallman on MegaUpload arrests, and more http://t.co/YbkgEMsh

  @guardiantech - Guardian Tech
  

  10:06 am Jan 30, 2012
• Hey @Skype, do you guys have any idea how the US authorities gained access to the Skype chat logs between Megaupload employees?

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  8:34 am Jan 30, 2012
• Guardian: Boot up: Google and Facebook work on antiphishing tool, Richard Stallman on MegaUpload arrests, and more http://t.co/gtniS2j2

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  8:30 am Jan 30, 2012