It’s not the first ISP to be held accountable for alleged piracy: Cox is looking at a $1b damage order.
Tag Archives: piracy
Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits
A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.
Piracy streaming apps are stuffed with malware
Researchers have found that hackers are exploiting vulnerable piracy streaming devices to steal credit card data or rope them into botnets.
Apple fighting pirate app developers, will insist on 2FA for coders
Are you an Apple developer? Care about security? Using 2FA? You will be soon…
Jailbroken PS4 seller sued by Sony
The consoles allegedly sold on eBay by the California man were packed with over 60 pirated games.
Man who shared Deadpool movie on Facebook faces 6 months in jail
US government recommended six months behind bars. That’s one month for every million people that viewed a part of the pirated movie, apparently.
Hollywood accuses itself of piracy
As the EFF puts it, the makers of buggy bots (there are two so far) are poster children for the failure of automated takedown processes.
Netflix, HBO GO, Hulu passwords found for sale on the Dark Web
On average, they’re fetching $8.71 (about £6.60) for one-time use, though some sellers are also selling bundles of accounts at higher prices.
Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years
Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce.
Malware in the App Store? You CANNOT be SERIOUS! [Chet Chat Podcast 215]
Take a listen to the latest Chet Chat podcast, our fun-but-informative weekly commentary on the latest computer security issues.