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A Startup called Pirate Pay, funded by Microsoft, is launching attacks on swarms downloading Russian films (illegally, as it were). There are also other companies doing the same (on other swarms)..
The war is officially on torrenters now, and shyt is going to get ugly starting this summer unless the legality of this shyt get put under raps, man. My advise would be to stick to private trackers, and going even further, skip all private trackers that allow membership from donations, too.
Story on Torrent Freak
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The security experts have observed a massive spike in activity compared to 2011, originating from centralized locations in Russia, Canada, China, Australia and the USA.
The CERT group operates a system that scans for online threats and the attack on BitTorrent triggered several of their honeypot sensors. These attack sources send data packages that appear to be legitimate, but the IP-addresses they send are forged.
The security researchers, who say these poisoning attacks are happening on a massive scale, observe that they are targeted at specific BitTorrent swarms sharing Russian movie releases.
One of the likely explanations for these poisoning attacks is that anti-piracy outfits are utilizing them to protect their clients movies. For example, these outfits could overload BitTorrent swarms with corrupt data or disconnect messages while masquerading as legitimate downloaders.
This is exactly what the Microsoft funded startup Pirate Pay appears to be doing although other companies may also use similar methods. A company called ICM is currently listed as protecting the Russian film that was the subject of the attacks identified by CERT.
The security researchers dont make any conclusive claims about the origins of the attacks, but they do note that anti-piracy groups are a possible source.
The war is officially on torrenters now, and shyt is going to get ugly starting this summer unless the legality of this shyt get put under raps, man. My advise would be to stick to private trackers, and going even further, skip all private trackers that allow membership from donations, too.
Story on Torrent Freak
Excerpt -
The security experts have observed a massive spike in activity compared to 2011, originating from centralized locations in Russia, Canada, China, Australia and the USA.
The CERT group operates a system that scans for online threats and the attack on BitTorrent triggered several of their honeypot sensors. These attack sources send data packages that appear to be legitimate, but the IP-addresses they send are forged.
The security researchers, who say these poisoning attacks are happening on a massive scale, observe that they are targeted at specific BitTorrent swarms sharing Russian movie releases.
One of the likely explanations for these poisoning attacks is that anti-piracy outfits are utilizing them to protect their clients movies. For example, these outfits could overload BitTorrent swarms with corrupt data or disconnect messages while masquerading as legitimate downloaders.
This is exactly what the Microsoft funded startup Pirate Pay appears to be doing although other companies may also use similar methods. A company called ICM is currently listed as protecting the Russian film that was the subject of the attacks identified by CERT.
The security researchers dont make any conclusive claims about the origins of the attacks, but they do note that anti-piracy groups are a possible source.
they taking the fun out of the internet...
