The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment. Powered by...
The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
A ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon. Powered by WPeMatico
“Insane” IPTV Blocking System “Will Solve Digital Piracy” But Not Yet
It’s hard to say how many times the movie, music, and more recently live sports industries have survived imminent piracy-inflicted apocalypses. They have though, possibly since those issuing the warnings usually have ideas about how to prevent them. More often the solution lies in new legislation that allows rightsholders to do something the law currently disallows. The proposals can be radical but to a background of industry X or Y...
Selling ‘Handmade’ USB Drives with Pirated Movies is a Thing
Pirated content exists in many shapes and forms. In the early 90s cassettes and floppies were popular, but they were later replaced by CDs and other forms of mass storage media. While these shifts were taking place, Internet-based piracy was taking off. From Napster, through Kazaa, to torrents and streaming services; piracy entered nearly every household at some point. Nowadays, most pirates have grown used to the convenience of...
