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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 28th, 2014
Applanet Founder Fights Back Against US Department of Justice

Applanet Founder Fights Back Against US Department of Justice

His supporters have launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for his defense

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 7th, 2014
NBC Story About Everyone at Sochi Olympics Being Hacked Is Bogus, Expert Says

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • January 24th, 2014
YIFY-Torrents Becomes YTS as Founder Retires

YIFY-Torrents Becomes YTS as Founder Retires

The website will be moved to another domain, but movie releases will stay the same

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • December 9th, 2013
Operation Creative: 40 Illegal Websites Shut Down by British Authorities

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • December 3rd, 2013
706 Domains Used to Sell Counterfeit Items Seized by International Law Enforcement

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 30th, 2013
VPN Provider Proxy.sh Admits Sniffing Traffic to Identify Hacker

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 16th, 2013
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit Launched in the UK

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit Launched in the UK

The launch has been marked with the arrests of two individuals

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 20th, 2013
EFF Warns of the Effects of Barrett Brown’s Prosecution on Press Freedom

EFF Warns of the Effects of Barrett Brown’s Prosecution on Press Freedom

Linking to data leaks might be considered a crime

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 19th, 2013
MIT Fears Hacker Attacks If Aaron Swartz Secret Service Files Are Released

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 17th, 2013
Some Law Enforcement Agencies Don’t Know How to Identify IP Address Users

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 29th, 2013
UK to Launch New Unit to Tackle Online Piracy and Other Intellectual Property Crimes

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 28th, 2013
Chinese Company Accused of Stealing Software Source Code from AMSC

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)

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 28th, 2013
Over 9,000 Rogue Pharmacy Websites Shut Down by Authorities

Over 9,000 Rogue Pharmacy Websites Shut Down by Authorities

58 people have been arrested and 9.8 million dangerous medicines have been seized

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 27th, 2013
US Authorities and Europol Seize 328 Domains Used to Sell Counterfeit Items

US Authorities and Europol Seize 328 Domains Used to Sell Counterfeit Items

Law enforcement agencies from several European countries took part in the operation

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 1st, 2013
Operation in Our Sites: DHS Seizes 10 Domains, PayPal Accounts

Operation in Our Sites: DHS Seizes 10 Domains, PayPal Accounts

The targeted websites were selling counterfeit bike equipment and apparel

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • April 19th, 2013
CISPA Passes US House of Representatives, Again

CISPA Passes US House of Representatives, Again

The bill passed for the second time with 288 votes in favor

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • March 22nd, 2013
Half of Software Publishers Report Being Impacted by Intellectual Property Theft

Half of Software Publishers Report Being Impacted by Intellectual Property Theft

SafeNet and SIIA have published “The State of Software Monetization” report

 
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