Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws
German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards. Powered by...
Cheat Seller Appeals $3.6m DMCA Violation Loss Against Bungie
Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. The same accusations were also made against Phoenix Digital Group, the alleged creators of the ‘Destiny 2’ cheating software. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked...
70% of Russian Gamers Are Pirates Following Western Publisher Exodus
Many events have contributed to the rise and fall of online piracy rates over the past 20 years but few – if any – can match the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Western companies’ partial or complete withdrawal across all entertainment sectors has profoundly affected content availability. Pre-2022 content libraries remain accessible in some cases but fresh releases of movies, music, and videogames are mostly a thing of the...
Highly Anticipated Movie Piracy Lawsuit Settled On The Eve of Trial
Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of copyright cases in U.S. federal courts. These lawsuits target people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. Rare File-Sharing Trial Many of these cases result in private settlements and are never heard of again. On occasion, however, a defendant decides to push...
Telefónica & Nagra Team Up to Identify & Disrupt Pirate IPTV Networks
Three-ish plus decades ago, telecoms companies were best known for installing analog telephones in people’s homes and sending paper bills through the mail to be paid by check. Many later branched out into the lucrative mobile phone market, but as operators of wired telephone networks, major phone companies all over the world would soon become the gatekeepers of a brave new world – the internet. While that was exciting for a while,...
