The proprietors of MegaUpload, most of whom are behind bars right now, received a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office yesterday informing them that all of the data uploaded to MegaUpload servers by users may be destroyed before the end of the week.

That includes millions of files that were legally uploaded. In other words, if you uploaded an important file to MegaUpload and didn’t keep a backup, you may be fucked.

The looming wipe is the result of MegaUpload’s lack of funds to pay for the servers. They lack the funds, of course, because their finances were seized during the raid a few weeks back.

I actually kind of hope this happens. I can only imagine the response the feds would receive from groups like Anonymous if they actually exhibited such blatant abuse of power.