Report: Suspicious Transactions at Korean Exchange Coinrail Months Before Hack
Following the announcement by South Korean crypto exchange Coinrail that it has been hacked, a local publication reported that some banks had identified suspicious transactions at the exchange and stopped providing services to company months before the incident. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Suspicious Transactions Detected South Korea’s seventh-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinrail,...
A New Cryptocurrency Radio Broadcast Launches on Boston’s FM 104.9
Over the past six months, cryptocurrencies have been steadily entering the mainstream world more and more by being featured on billboards, newspapers, radio broadcasts and television shows. Now, this July residents from the New England region will be able to hear a weekly radio broadcast called Cryptomania which aims to educate the masses about the benefits of cryptocurrencies and broadcasts every Saturday on Boston’s FM radio...
Crunchyroll Addon For Kodi Hit With Fatal Copyright Complaint
The ever-popular Kodi media center is in the press every week, usually due to complaints from the entertainment industries that it poses a threat to their businesses. Nevertheless, enthusiasts know that Kodi has plenty of other uses, not least that it can bring the consumption of legal content under one roof. Through the use of innovative addons that are not designed to infringe copyright, Kodi users can enjoy many legitimate services...
DeUHD Beats ‘New’ AACS 2.1 UHD Blu-ray Disc Protection
The ongoing battle between copyright holders and pirates is often described as a cat and mouse game, especially when it comes to content protection. Hollywood studios release their movies with copy protection. Pirates break it. New protection is released. Pirates break it again. And so forth. With UHD Blu-rays, copyright holders have long had the upper hand in this game. The discs are protected with AACS 2.0 encryption which was long...
Anti-Piracy Lawyers Sentenced to Years in Prison For Defrauding Copyright Holders
In the early 2000s, international and Danish entertainment industry groups joined forces to tackle the rising threat of piracy affecting movies, TV shows, music, and similar products. The result was the anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen (now RettighedsAlliancen / Rights Alliance), an organization dedicated to tackling the problem of unlicensed sharing. Like all such operations, Antipiratgruppen needed legal representation and local...
