Hackers Have Stolen $100 Million From Defi Projects This Year
Hackers have stolen $100 million from decentralized finance (Defi) projects so far this year, according to a new report. Defi accounted for 50% of all hacks and thefts in the second half of the year. Defi Hacks on the Rise A new report by cryptocurrency forensics and blockchain threat intelligence firm Ciphertrace shows that $100 million have been stolen from decentralized finance (Defi) this year. The company detailed on Monday: In...
Swiss Police & Europol Shut Down Pirate IPTV Service in First-of-a Kind Action
After years of criticism, earlier this year the US Trade Representative removed Switzerland from its annual piracy “Watch List.” The development came as a direct result of the country’s revised copyright law which introduced a “stay down” policy for infringing content while allowing rightsholders to track pirates. Downloading pirated movies and music for personal use remained legal, but offering such content to the public is a...
5,500 Pirate IPTV Servers Shut Down By 700 Police Officers Around Europe
In Italy, piracy-enabled set-top devices are often referred to using the term ‘pezzotto’. In common with many regions, these cheap devices are used by huge numbers of consumers hoping to gain free or cheap access to pirated movies, TV shows, and live sports. Following a massive operation now being reported by Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, successfully operating such a device in Italy and...
Twitter Takes Down Trump’s ‘YMCA Dance’ But Leaves Original Online
When President Trump took office in early 2017, copyright holders hoped to have found a new ally in their fight against piracy. The Copyright Alliance made this very clear in a public letter stressing that few presidents, if any, have had a more sizable and diverse copyright portfolio. Today, nearly four years later, Trump is better known for the copyright infringement allegations that have been made against him than the policy he...
Test GNOME apps on this Linux reference platform
I’m very excited about GNOME 3.38. The new version of the Linux desktop environment includes lots of new features and a noticeable performance boost. But in the background, mostly unnoticed, is another neat new thing about GNOME: the development of GNOME OS. read more Powered by...
