FBI Says No Arrest of Boarding Pass Hacker

The controversial do-it-yourself boarding pass website run by Christoper Soghoian disappeared from the web late Friday afternoon soon after the Indiana University Ph.D. student mentioned in an instant message chat that the FBI was at his door. However, Special Agent Wendy Osborne of the FBI's Indianapolis bureau said no student had been arrested in Bloomington, Indiana today.

Earlier today, Congressman Edward Markey called on the administration to arrest Soghoian and shut down his site.

Osborne could not confirm or deny if agents visited Soghoian today, as FBI does not comment on ongoing investigations.

While the boarding pass generator, which was intended to point out flaws in airport security, is gone, other portions of Soghoian's website, dubfire.net, are still live. Soghoian's computer still registers as being online according to Google chat, indicating that the feds have not probably not confiscated his computer.

A transcript of the chat provided to Wired News shows that Soghoian said that the FBI was at his door at approximately 3:50 pm PST. He then stopped communicating via chat and is not responding to other instant messages.

Xeni Jardin at BoingBoing has more on the possible raid and background on Soghoian.


Source: http://blogs.wired.com

This sucks for him mondoly. :) I used it this tool was pretty dang intresting. Darn that I didn't print some off. :(

It's used to show flaws, not to make fake boarding passes, right? What, the government can't afford to look baaad?
Poor guy. That's scary...the FBI at my door, geez. Ah, well--too bad. =P

re:comment--which graphic are you talking about? 0.o
» Silver-dot- on 2006-10-28 11:26:22

Your sidebar graphic. :D
» ryan444123 on 2006-10-28 11:26:54

your comp's so fast!
meaning the tree and birdies?
» Silver-dot- on 2006-10-28 11:27:55

Thanks for triple commenting. Yes, the trees and the birds.
» ryan444123 on 2006-10-28 11:35:10

Wow...
Well someone who's a PhD student should have known better. You just don't mess with the government...
» Katrina on 2006-10-28 01:10:46

Hmm you know I think it would be kinda cool to meet the FBI....
» randomjunk on 2006-10-28 07:52:26

i DID meet the FBI
more about that on my site. ;) Though you have to look for it...maybe not. XP
» Silver-dot- on 2006-10-28 08:14:11

i DID meet the FBI
more about that on my site. ;) Though you have to look for it...maybe not. XP
» Silver-dot- on 2006-10-28 08:14:18

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