[nkassis]

I'm guessing they could have asked to take the whole rack as to not have to tell the hosting company about the raid and risk alerting the target. They also did the raid in the middle of the night which shows they were probably trying to avoid alerting the target.

They probably didn't have anyway to know which machine it was just which rack it was. They also probably didn't have to tell the hosting company directly just the facility that they were raiding.

[nske]

Even if it was indeed a necessary precaution (for which I have doubts), any innocent parties affected by this should be contacted for arranging a proper reimbursement and be issued an official apology, as soon as the operation was completed, and without them having to pursue it.