> And finally, since you were "spoofed" or hijacked, this could fall under the
> scrutiny of the higher agencies (state or federal) in accordance with
> wiretapping laws (depending on the laws of your state). If you have been
> wronged by your ISP and the local police, pulling a "higher" agency in might
> be enough to convince them that they may have acted too quickly. And thus,
> you may have grounds for a civil suit. If you have been wronged, the law
> most often works for you.
If the police acted that quickly, then your ISP must be either a major
provider, or you live in a very small town. I work for a fairly large
ISP,
and I've had the pleasure of answering the phone when the Dept of Energy
calls (just to name a name) complaining about portscanning, etc. They
(the DOE, FBI, and the rest) usually provide logs ten miles long.
Assuming you are innocent, if you were online at the time, it will be
hard to prove you didn't do it.
As far as a lawsuit, good luck. You'd better just get a lawyer.period.
If you
have a static IP, then you can argue hackers spoofed you. You also could
have
backdoors on your system, which means it could've came from your
computer
after all.
And by running Linux, I'm sure it will look bad for you (several cops
I've spoken to seem to think only hackers use *nix, of course , they
don't understand the fact that windows9* machines have simply point and
click programs for the beginner)
good luck,
Chris
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