Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
Sep28

Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens

Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ERC20 tokens to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap. The cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin was hacked on September 25, 2020, and early estimates said the trading platform lost around $150 million. On...

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Greek Pirate Site Blockade Expands With Hundreds of Pirate Bay, YTS, and 1337x Domains
Sep28

Greek Pirate Site Blockade Expands With Hundreds of Pirate Bay, YTS, and 1337x Domains

ISP blocking has become a prime measure for the entertainment industry to target pirate sites on the Internet. The practice has been around for over a decade and has gradually expanded to dozens of countries around the world. This is also the case in Greece, where the first blockades were issued in 2018. The Greek blocks are overseen by the IPPC, a special commission at the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports that acts following...

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Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 09/28/20
Sep28

Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 09/28/20

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have one new entry in the list. Netflix’s depiction of Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown, is the most downloaded film this week. The movie was released...

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Google Received Copyright Takedown Notices For 3 Million Unique Domains
Sep28

Google Received Copyright Takedown Notices For 3 Million Unique Domains

Over the past few years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove billions of links to allegedly pirated content. At one point, the search engine processed close to three million links per day. A dazzling number to say the least. In recent years this number has slowly declined. This is in part due to Google’s active policy to make pirate sites less visible in its search results. After years of complaining, these efforts were well...

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Operator of Popcorn Time Information Site Receives Conditional Sentence
Sep28

Operator of Popcorn Time Information Site Receives Conditional Sentence

Popcorn Time, the application that became known as the ‘Netflix for Pirates’, first appeared in 2014. It was a massive success and arguably paved the way for the dozens of similar piracy apps currently available on the Android and iOS platforms. In its various guises, Popcorn Time itself managed to attract the negative attention of copyright holders who were determined to reduce the availability and visibility of the popular piracy...

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