| by Greg Sandoval January 30, 2012 6:08 PM PST Follow @sandoCNET Kim DotCom (at right) and other MegaUpload employees appear in court following their arrest on January 19. MegaUpload users can rest easy about the fate of the digital files they stored at more |
| CNET (blog) ( 1/30/2012 7:51:13 PM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload users' data may get zapped this week |
| Federal prosecutors say Megaupload users' data could be deleted as soon as Thursday. US prosecutors blocked access to the electronic file-sharing service Jan. 19 and charged seven men, saying the company facilitated millions of illegal downloads of more |
| Washington Post ( 1/30/2012 6:29:30 PM -08:00 ) |
| Little chance of recovering Megaupload data | |
 | Megaupload customers have little chance of ever recovering access to personal files they uploaded to the cloud-based storage service despite an agreement by its hosting partners not to delete the data for the time being. Tens of millions of people more |
| Stuff.co.nz ( 1/30/2012 5:36:18 PM -08:00 ) | |
| Megaupload users may lose their data | |
 | Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday in the US. US prosecutors blocked access to Megaupload and charged seven men, saying the site facilitated millions of illegal downloads of movies, more |
| Sydney Morning Herald ( 1/30/2012 3:05:49 PM -08:00 ) | |
| Carpathia: Don't call us for Megaupload data |
| On Friday, the US Department of Justice sent a letter saying that it was done with the data on Megaupload's servers and that it understood that the companies hosting the data for the file-sharing site could begin deleting data from the site starting more |
| Washington Post ( 1/30/2012 2:59:19 PM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload files may be deleted this week |
| From: AP Megaupload.com has been shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia, who have charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws. Picture: File photo Source: AP FEDERAL prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as more |
| NEWS.com.au ( 1/30/2012 2:58:24 PM -08:00 ) |
| Feds: Megaupload files may be deleted |
| By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors who accuse file-sharing site Megaupload of being a hotbed of digital piracy say the site's customer files, presumably including perfectly legal ones, may be deleted starting Thursday. more |
| CNN ( 1/30/2012 1:33:59 PM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload Users May Have Their Data Deleted | |
 | By Slate V Staff MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. (Paul Davison (L), Kim Dotcom's defence lawyer, speaks to the media outside more |
| Slate Magazine (blog) ( 1/30/2012 12:58:44 PM -08:00 ) | |
| MegaUpload data may be erased as early as Thursday |
| WELLINGTON: Data from MegaUpload could be erased as early as this Thursday, a report says - a disturbing prospect for those who might have used the recently shut-down cyberlocker for legitimate purposes such as backing up business files. more |
| Economic Times ( 1/30/2012 12:55:22 PM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload Users Face Possible Deletion of Data |
| By DEVLIN BARRETT Federal prosecutors are warning users of the now-defunct Megaupload.com website that private server companies could begin deleting files once stored by the file-sharing site as early as Thursday. The Justice Department moved to shut more |
| Wall Street Journal ( 1/30/2012 11:54:12 AM -08:00 ) |
| Pay Me My Money Down: Contractors Could Wipe Megaupload User Data Thursday | |
 | By Matt Peckham | @mattpeckham | January 30, 2012 | + The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, is seen at court in Auckland in this still image taken from video January 23, 2012. more |
| TIME ( 1/30/2012 11:47:29 AM -08:00 ) | |
| Megaupload user data could be gone Thursday |
| By Joshua Freed Federal prosecutors say data from users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday. After several seasons celebrating ultra-tight skinny jeans, roomier options are certainly welcome. But do we really want “. more |
| msnbc.com ( 1/30/2012 11:39:54 AM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload to shut Thursday: 50m users set to lose data | |
 | By Wil Longbottom Federal prosecuters have said data from users stored on the Megaupload site could be deleted from Thursday. US prosecutors have blocked access to the site and charged seven men, claiming it facilitated millions of illegal downloads of more |
| Daily Mail ( 1/30/2012 10:24:03 AM -08:00 ) | |
| Feds say Megaupload user content could be deleted this week |
| By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld - Federal prosecutors say that two companies hosting Megaupload's servers in the US could begin deleting all user content on them as early as Thursday. But one of the companies today denied it had access to any data on more |
| Computerworld ( 1/30/2012 10:02:16 AM -08:00 ) |
| Megaupload data could be wiped, what else is out there? | |
 | Megaupload user data could be wiped out this week, but there are plenty of alternatives to fit a wide variety of needs. Amazon Cloud Drive lets you upload and store up to 5GB of files for free. It's not much of a file-sharing service, however. more |
| CBS News ( 1/30/2012 9:25:32 AM -08:00 ) | |
| MegaUpload user data set for deletion | |
 | The companies that store the data of millions of MegaUpload users plan to start deleting their accounts as early as Thursday. The site was shut down Jan. 19 following the arrest of seven men, including the company's founder Kim Dotcom, in New Zealand more |
| CBC.ca ( 1/30/2012 9:24:02 AM -08:00 ) | |
| Megaupload data could be deleted starting Thursday |
| This story has been updated. Now that federal officials are done with the data they wanted to review after shutting down file-sharing site Megaupload, the fate of that data is in limbo. Users who had legitimate files on the site — work documents, more |
| Washington Post ( 1/30/2012 9:07:33 AM -08:00 ) |
| Millions face Megaupload data deletion by Thursday |
| By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author US prosecutors have warned that Megaupload users could start losing the data they uploaded to the company as early as this Thursday. The US attorney's office had been granted search warrants for more |
| Register ( 1/30/2012 8:09:57 AM -08:00 ) |
| Prosecutors: 50 million Megaupload users' data could be gone by Thurs. | |
 | US prosecutors blocked access to Megaupload and charged seven men, saying the site facilitated millions of illegal downloads of movies, music and other content. By Associated Press / January 30, 2012 Founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com more |
| Christian Science Monitor ( 1/30/2012 8:09:08 AM -08:00 ) | |
| Megaupload Users May Lose Files Stored On Service |
| by Eyder Peralta Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom at a North Shore court in Auckland. Dotcom was denied bail in New Zealand with a judge saying he was concerned the Internet tycoon's vast wealth meant he could flee the country if released from custody. more |
| NPR (blog) ( 1/30/2012 7:38:12 AM -08:00 ) |