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Archive for 2012/08/17
Reuters hacked third time this month
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsReuters websites were hacked for third time in a fortnight when hackers posted a bogus article falsely claiming that Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Saud al-Faisal was dead.
The planting of the false report follows two similar attacks earlier this month. First, a bogus piece stating that the Syrian rebels were retreating appeared on a blog run by the news agency. Then, just days later, Reuters’ Twitter feed was hijacked to post pro-Syrian government messages.
Reuters acknowledged the latest breach in a statement that provides few clues about who carried out the latest breach, or how the hack was pulled off.
More:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/17/reuters_blogs_hacked_again/
WikiLeaks haters launch DDoS assault on Russia Today
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Public Policy, Stats / reportsAn anti-WikiLeaks group has admitted responsibility for a sustained DDoS attack that made the Russia Today website intermittently unavailable on Friday.
The Kremlin-funded channel features a talk show hosted by Julian Assange but posts by AntiLeaks, the group which launched the attack, suggest the assault has more to do with the controversial guilty verdict in the trial of Russian feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot.
More:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/17/rt_ddos_antileaks/
RIAA membership dues from music labels have been cut in half
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reportsWhile the group has 72 employees, payouts to the top two executives including CEO Cary Sherman amount to more than $3 million, some 25% of the total wage bill.
More:
http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-revenue-dwindles-as-labels-cut-back-120817/
Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij Stuck in Laos. Sweden Has Revoked His Passport
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Litigation, Organized Crime, Public Policy, Stats / reportsOne of the founders of The Pirate Bay is this month engaged in yet another battle. Fredrik Neij currently lives in Laos, Asia, and he and his wife are expecting their third child very soon. However, they need to cross the border to Thailand to give birth which is proving problematic – the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok has revoked Neij’s passport.
Following the criminal convictions of Pirate Bay founders Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, all but Sunde have kept a relatively low profile.
While the site’s former spokesman has been active online promoting his Flattr micropayment service largely from locations around Europe, both Svartholm and Neij took the decision to move to Asia.
Following his illness and subsequent no-show during the appeals process, little to nothing has been heard from Svartholm from his presumed Cambodia base. Neij too has been going about his business quietly but now finds himself in another battle.
Much more:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-appeals-passport-revocation-120817/
Pirate Bay and isoHunt Respond to Google Search Result Punishment
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Filtering, Google, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Stats / reportsToday we are beginning to see the first signs of Google’s announced punishment of “pirate” websites. The changes are resulting in lower search rankings for many file-sharing sites, but that doesn’t seem to bother The Pirate Bay. They are, however, disappointed that Google is giving in to the demands of the entertainment industries. The owner of fellow BitTorrent site isoHunt has gone a step further with a call for protest against antitrust bullying and censorship.
More:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-and-isohunt-respond-to-google-search-result-punishment-120816/
Verizon, Comcast agree to US regulator airwave demands
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsU.S. Authorities Subpoena Seven Banks In LIBOR Probe
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy, Stats / reportsDutch Injustice: When Child Traffickers Rule An Entire Nation (Video)
Posted: 2012/08/17 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Organized Crime, Public Policy, Stats / reportsIntroduction:
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