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Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Porn Torrent Fraud Charge
A US lawyer, indicted on charges of entrapping torrenters by producing and uploading pornographic films then threatening tracked downloaders with copyright lawsuits, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money in a Minnesota Federal court. John L. Steele, 45, was operating on…
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Two Attorneys Indicted for Porn Torrent Extortion Scheme
Two US lawyers have been indicted for engaging in an elaborate extortion scheme which involved deliberately seeding copyrighted materials they owned to torrent sites so that they could sue anyone who downloaded and shared them, according to the Washington Post. California attorneys Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele, who…
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DDoS Extortionists Are Getting Paid Without a Single DDoS Attack
DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks are on the rise, with more and more people suffering from the online attack. These attacks tend to hit companies and businesses sites, or even gaming networks and result in people losing access to their favourite sites or even the ability to talk to their…
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New Ransomware Does The Unforgivable – Forgets How To Unlock Your Files
Ransomware is a whole new level of problems for computer users. Previously malicious software, or malware for short, would spread causing chaos and destruction wherever it could, but ransomware is a little more targeted. Ransomware is designed to stop you from accessing your files and in order to gain access…
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Hundreds of Wikipedia Editors Caught Promoting Brands
Hundreds of Wikipedia editors have been banned from the online encyclopaedia after being found promoting products and brands within articles for pay. Wikipedia’s CheckUser team has been investigating suspected brand promotion for a number of months, and banned 381 editors between April and August, with suspicions that companies had been…
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Silk Road Investigator Guilty of Stealing From Site
The head of the Baltimore task force that was investigating the Silk Road black market website has pled guilty to using the site to extort money, and even admitted to agreeing a $240k deal for the movie rights to his investigation with a major Hollywood studio. Carl Mark Force has…
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