Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet!

[Sir Stiggington]

It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it’s out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE, the law enforcement tool that mystified so many of us (including Gizmodo~! and Ars Technica~!), is now available to download. If only there were a “bay” of some sort where, I don’t know, pirates hang out…

I’m not mentioning any names, nor will there be any screenshots, but the resourceful among you will be able to find the application. Not that it’ll do you any good, since this is how Microsoft describes COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor:

With COFEE, law enforcement agencies without on-the-scene computer forensics capabilities can now more easily, reliably, and cost-effectively collect volatile live evidence. An officer with even minimal computer experience can be tutored—in less than 10 minutes—to use a pre-configured COFEE device. This enables the officer to take advantage of the same common digital forensics tools used by experts to gather important volatile evidence, while doing little more than simply inserting a USB device into the computer.

To reiterate: you have absolutely no use for the program. It’s not something like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, an expensive application that you download for the hell of it on the off-chance you need to put Dave Meltzer’s face on Brett Hart’s body as part of a message board thread. No, COFEE is 100 percent useless to you.

Given that, what makes COFEE so mysterious, so special? The sole reason is because it’s never been available before (unless, of course, you’re a law enforcement official). People get a thrill by having something they’re not meant to have, and that effect is magnified online where you have chat rooms and message boards filled with people who get all excited over the idea of having some super-secret piece of software that was never meant to reside on their hard drive.

So that’s that then; Microsoft COFEE is out there. It’s not too big, either, at around 15MB. I’ve kept this post as cryptic as possible primarily to work y’all, and to put over COFEE as the most amazing thing to have never been leaked onto the Internet… until now!

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/06...-the-internet/

Yeah, I got it off the site on which it was originally uploaded to. But as the guy says, it's cool to have it, but completely useless...

[snoro]

so what people are dowloading a software that gather information so if a police man come to your house and put a usb thumb drive in your computer, he can see all the illegal thing you have done with your computer ?

How stupid can the human kind be to do that on purpose ?

[viilaaja@pt cruiser]

Originally Posted by snoro

so what people are dowloading a software that gather information so if a police man come to your house and put a usb thumb drive in your computer, he can see all the illegal thing you have done with your computer ?

How stupid can the human kind be to do that on purpose ?

was it like "stupidity grows in crowd's" or something like that.

[snoro]

its like saying, lets have a baby lion, i know for sure he will eat me sometime when he will be older when i will eventually forget to feed him but i dont give a damm cause i thinks thats a good idea and it will be fun

[EyeMWing]

Actually, this is really cool for those of us who do corporate security work. Every tool you can have from all 3 sides of the fence (criminals, defenders, and law enforcement) makes your work that much more valuable and complete.

[salle]

Snoro it doesn't matter if you have the program or not, it only matters if the police officer has it on a USB drive or not.

[Austere]

Originally Posted by Sir Stiggington

it's cool to have it, but completely useless.

Finally Microsoft has something that can rival Apple.

[Sir Stiggington]

Originally Posted by Austere

Finally Microsoft has something that can rival Apple.

So true...

[brydiem]

Originally Posted by Austere

Finally Microsoft has something that can rival Apple.

ZIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!!!!

you win, well done

(hang on, I'm writing this on my iPhone! *scuttles off to PC*)

[jayhawk]

Omg super zoom