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Sony attacking torrents to stop spread of stolen data

article published on 11 December, 2014

In an ironic twist, Sony Pictures is apparently trying to halt the spread of hoards of data stolen by hackers in November using a tactic commonly used by cyber criminals. According to a re/code report, Sony Pictures is essentially carrying out denial of service attacks aimed at torrents being used to share the leaked data. BitTorrent users trying to get their hands on the stolen information ... [ read the full article ]

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SAW_FIEND
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_ 		12. December 2014 @ 13:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Damn Sony. Ever since you all sued that hacker over PS3. Things for you guys have never been the same. Instead of offering him a job or offering him money for the details you all got too big headed and now it seems every hacker is out for Sony. Too bad.
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OH YES ... THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
Tarsellis
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_ 		14. December 2014 @ 16:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So we do this, we get fined or go to prison. You have 13 mean with fully automatic weapons storm your house at 3 AM with shoot to kill orders should any resistance be met.
But a corporation with lobbyists does it, and they get kudos.
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