- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 28th, 2014
Applanet Founder Fights Back Against US Department of Justice
His supporters have launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for his defense
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 7th, 2014
NBC Story About Everyone at Sochi Olympics Being Hacked Is Bogus, Expert Says
The Trend Micro expert who assisted NBC has promised to provide technical details
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 24th, 2014
YIFY-Torrents Becomes YTS as Founder Retires
The website will be moved to another domain, but movie releases will stay the same
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 9th, 2013
Operation Creative: 40 Illegal Websites Shut Down by British Authorities
City of London Police says that a total of 61 infringing sites have been identified
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 3rd, 2013
706 Domains Used to Sell Counterfeit Items Seized by International Law Enforcement
The US ICE, Europol and Hong Kong Customs have taken part in the operation
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 30th, 2013
VPN Provider Proxy.sh Admits Sniffing Traffic to Identify Hacker
The company did it based on its ethics policy, not because of a law enforcement request
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 16th, 2013
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit Launched in the UK
The launch has been marked with the arrests of two individuals
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2013
EFF Warns of the Effects of Barrett Brown’s Prosecution on Press Freedom
Linking to data leaks might be considered a crime
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2013
MIT Fears Hacker Attacks If Aaron Swartz Secret Service Files Are Released
The institute filed a motion to intervene hours before the DHS started releasing documents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 17th, 2013
Some Law Enforcement Agencies Don’t Know How to Identify IP Address Users
RIPE NCC has released a report on information requests from law enforcement
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 29th, 2013
UK to Launch New Unit to Tackle Online Piracy and Other Intellectual Property Crimes
The Intellectual Property Office hopes to launch the unit in September
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 28th, 2013
Chinese Company Accused of Stealing Software Source Code from AMSC
The losses caused to the US company are said to be around $800 million (€612 million)
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 28th, 2013
Over 9,000 Rogue Pharmacy Websites Shut Down by Authorities
58 people have been arrested and 9.8 million dangerous medicines have been seized
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 27th, 2013
US Authorities and Europol Seize 328 Domains Used to Sell Counterfeit Items
Law enforcement agencies from several European countries took part in the operation
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 1st, 2013
Operation in Our Sites: DHS Seizes 10 Domains, PayPal Accounts
The targeted websites were selling counterfeit bike equipment and apparel
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 19th, 2013
CISPA Passes US House of Representatives, Again
The bill passed for the second time with 288 votes in favor
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 22nd, 2013
Half of Software Publishers Report Being Impacted by Intellectual Property Theft
SafeNet and SIIA have published “The State of Software Monetization” report