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Chopsen wrote:I think the site went down, when they managed to get the site up and running again they accidentally left a link to this information on the site. Someone spotted this and managed to download before ACS realised they had accidentally made the data available.ryandsimmons wrote:Oooooh, really? I though they were hacked.
They posted this data on their web site didn't they? (Accidentally obviously, but still made it available)
Oh fair enough. String the fucker up.
CrispyXUK64 wrote:ACS (legal firm) got court orders to get user info of people it alleges were torrenting copyright material.
So, what's actually happened? Any article I read seems to be full of acronyms.
During attempts to re-establish ACS:Law's website it seems a compressed copy of what seems to be at least part of the firm's email database, contained in site backups, was exposed online. Hackers extracted this webmail file and made it available via torrent trackers and posted it on a limited number of websites over the weekend.
X201 wrote:I sincerely hope so X201.Immaterial wrote:Doesn't cut the mustard with the IC. He'll be asking Why it wasn't encrypted, Why it wasn't in an offline location. Why it was stored as one complete file.
ACS:Law - hope you can get a good privacy/IP lawyer as the (slightly toothless) Information Comissioner has decided to take a look.
I doubt that they'll get fined, as the file was surfaced following a 4Chan DDos attack.
They won't be able to use the "If we hadn't been hacked everything would be fine" defence.
Think I'll just switch everything off.
Smuggo wrote:Apparently there's this file you can get that lists around 5000 people who do exactly that.
Anyway, who the fuck torrents porn?
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Smuggo wrote:I know, right? It's like planning a wank with the time it'd take to download. Streaming all the way.
Anyway, who the fuck torrents porn?
Smuggo wrote:Well, like I said, there was something called "British Granny Fuck". Say no more!Craig0702 wrote:I can only assume they'd have some really specialist needs, and given the broad range of stuff available on the tube sites it would have to be really fucking niche.Smuggo wrote:I know, right? It's like planning a wank with the time it'd take to download. Streaming all the way.
Anyway, who the fuck torrents porn?
Who the fuck downloads ASCII porn? animated gif is where it's at!! N000b
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Craig0702 wrote:No. They were originally brought down by a denial of service, then when they put the site back up on a new server they completely fucked up the permissions on the files... hence leaving them open to anyone.
I thought 4chan DDOSed them which I'm guessing brought security down on the website or something like that. I'm not very technical
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ryandsimmons wrote:They should have been sued for that, it DID NOT DELIVER!
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The personal details of a further 8,000 people alleged to have shared music or films illegally have appeared online.I hope you enjoy bankruptcy you inept motherfuckers.
A list of more than 8,000 Sky broadband subscribers and a second of 400 PlusNet users surfaced following a security breach of legal firm ACS:Law.
It comes after a database of more than 5,000 people suspected of downloading adult films emerged yesterday.
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Dirtbox wrote:?
although anyone would have to be an idiot to torrent on an ADSL line.
Psychotext wrote:I doubt that's a new leak. A chunk of their email archive is floating around t'internet. It just takes someone with the motivation to trawl it for information. The other day it was someone with a thing against people torrenting porn. Today it's someone who just has something against Sky or Sky subscribers, or Plusnet or Plusnet subscribers who torrent, or were suspected of torrenting.
...and so it continues:
The personal details of a further 8,000 people alleged to have shared music or films illegally have appeared online.I hope you enjoy bankruptcy you inept motherfuckers.
A list of more than 8,000 Sky broadband subscribers and a second of 400 PlusNet users surfaced following a security breach of legal firm ACS:Law.
It comes after a database of more than 5,000 people suspected of downloading adult films emerged yesterday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11425789
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mal wrote:ohai! \o/ It gave me something to do last night whilst the other half watched her Big Brother DVD.Psychotext wrote:I doubt that's a new leak. A chunk of their email archive is floating around t'internet. It just takes someone with the motivation to trawl it for information. The other day it was someone with a thing against people torrenting porn. Today it's someone who just has something against Sky or Sky subscribers, or Plusnet or Plusnet subscribers who torrent, or were suspected of torrenting.
...and so it continues:
The personal details of a further 8,000 people alleged to have shared music or films illegally have appeared online.I hope you enjoy bankruptcy you inept motherfuckers.
A list of more than 8,000 Sky broadband subscribers and a second of 400 PlusNet users surfaced following a security breach of legal firm ACS:Law.
It comes after a database of more than 5,000 people suspected of downloading adult films emerged yesterday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11425789
Friday night the anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law accidentally published its entire email archive online, effectively revealing how the company managed to extract over a million dollars (£636,758.22) from alleged file-sharers since its operation started. On average, 30% of the victims who were targeted paid up, and this money was divided between the law firm, the copyright holder and the monitoring company.30% actually paid up? No wonder he's rolling in it!
Smuggo wrote:It's awful though. Most of these emails back are like "I'm really really sorry, I will give you the £495 straight away. Bank details etc...". There was absolutely no mention at all of taking the non-responders to court. It's all about getting that precious £495 in. Which was used so they didn't break the 'psychological barrier of £500'.Craig0702 wrote:You'd be surprised how worried people get about threatening letters. That's how debt collection companies make their money, through threatening letters, but they'd never actually send a bailiff round as that costs money and when they buy the debts so cheap it's no worth it for them. They just enough people will be scared enough to pay up that it's profitable for them.Friday night the anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law accidentally published its entire email archive online, effectively revealing how the company managed to extract over a million dollars (£636,758.22) from alleged file-sharers since its operation started. On average, 30% of the victims who were targeted paid up, and this money was divided between the law firm, the copyright holder and the monitoring company.30% actually paid up? No wonder he's rolling in it!
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