My Mastodon server, cyberplace.social, has received a legal threat in an attempt to have a user's thread deleted.

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

My Mastodon server, cyberplace.social, has received a legal threat in an attempt to have a user's thread deleted. It is styled as a cease and desist.

I have published the email here:
https://github.com/GossiTheDog/Cyberplace/blob/main/LegalThreats/Cease%20and%20Desist%20Order%20-%20Felix%20Juhl

#mastoadmin

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

This is the thread they are trying to have removed, you should be careful not to boost or interact with it.

https://cyberplace.social/@shakal/109528246434459657

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

If anybody is wondering, yes, it is real and no it isn't phishing. And yes, they sent it from an Apple customer email address, fraudprevention@icloud.com.

They claim to be representing Felix Juhl of Artefaktum LLC, a cybersecurity company.

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

The original toots had zero boosts, zero favorites and zero replies before they sent the email — and for some reason wasn’t indexed on Google.

Now it’s on several thousand Fediverse servers, and translated by Google:
https://mastoreader-io.translate.goog/?url=https://mastodon.social/@rotopenguin/112338579606649645&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

barbra streisand

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

Interestingly, after almost 24 hours exactly none of the Mastodon discussion has been indexed by Google.

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

Google and other search engines have finally picked it up.

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

I’ve had a request to remove a name from the cease and desist request I put on GitHub now. Apparently nobody wants to be the one who sent it.

[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

I have had another cease and desist email about this, signed by somebody identifying themselves as Felix Juhl.

The email this was attached to:

Dear Sir

please find attachment.

We expect a response by July 5, 2024 2:00 p.m. EDT at the latest,
otherwise we will hand the matter over to the lawyers for further
processing

Best regards

Dr. Thomas Lützenrath
Chief Operating Officer

Artefaktum LLC

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[gossithedog@cyberplace.social]

I have had another request remove posts from my Mastodon server - this time removal of cease and desist requests. https://github.com/GossiTheDog/Cyberplace/blob/main/LegalThreats/Data%20removal%20request%20-%20Felix%20Juhl%20%5BID-EDG1A8611%5D

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@GossiTheDog I love a good (cease and desist)²

Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)

I’ve had a request to remove a name from the cease and desist request I put on GitHub now. Apparently nobody wants to be the one who sent it.

Cyberplace (cyberplace.social)