Free Airline Miles, Hotel Points, and User Data Put at Risk by Flaws in Points Platform
Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks. Powered by...
DataCamp: Pirate IPTV “Scam Judgment” Worth Millions Aimed to “Terrorize” Hosting Companies
Filed in February 2022, a DISH Network copyright infringement lawsuit demanded $32.5m in damages from UK-based CDN company DataCamp. The complaint alleged that DataCamp failed to take appropriate action against 11 pirate IPTV services flagged by DISH as repeat infringers, through the sending of more than 400 DMCA notices to DataCamp. Similar lawsuits have become fairly common in recent years and when copyright holders prevail, damages...
Pirate Site Not Impressed by Global DNS Blocking Order
Founded in the last millennium, CannaPower must be one of the oldest pirate sites still around today. The site currently indexes more than 50,000 audio releases, which are shared through external hosting platforms. CannaPower Blocking Efforts With roughly a million monthly visits, mostly from Germany, the download portal is large enough to appear on the music industry’s radar. In fact, it’s become one of the prime enforcement targets...
