Emergency Data Request

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Short description: U.S. law enforcement procedure


An Emergency Data Request is a procedure used by U.S. law enforcement agencies for obtaining information from service providers in emergency situations where there is not time to get a subpoena. In 2022, Brian Krebs reported that Emergency Data Requests were being spoofed by hackers to obtain confidential information.[1]

There have been proposals to secure emergency data requests using digital signatures, but this would require substantial technical and legal effort to implement.[1]

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