Hacker who stole Celebrity Emails, Tapes, Movie Scripts Gets 5 Years in Prison

A hacker who was arrested last year for hacking into celebrities' email accounts to steal the unreleased movie and television scripts, their private messages, and tapes to sell them has finally been sentenced five years in prison. Alonzo Knowles, a 24-year-old Bahamian man, was convicted by U.S...

Kickass Torrents — Domain Names Seized! Owner Arrested! Website Goes Down!

The federal authorities have finally arrested the alleged mastermind behind the world's largest and most notorious BitTorrent distribution site Kickass Torrents KAT, the US Justice Department announced on Wednesday. After The Pirate Bay had suffered copyright infringement hardship, Kickass Torren...

The Pirate Bay Founder Ordered to Pay $395,000 Fine in Lawsuit he didn't even know about

One of the founders of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to pay a fine worth nearly US$400,000 to several major record labels after their content was shared illegally via the platform. The penalty has been imposed on The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde by a court in...

2016 Computer Security Predictions

Well, if you thought you had it rough in 2014 because of big, bad Poodles and an irritating case of Heartbleed, things only got worse this year. Rather than intrusions permeating our IT systems and stealing our data, attacks got a bit more personal in 2015. Not only were privacy and civil liberti...

130 Celebrities' Email Accounts Hacked; Hacker Stole Movie Scripts and Tapes

Breaking News: A 23-year-old Bahamian man has been arrested and charged with hacking into the email accounts of 130 celebrities and stealing the unreleased movie and TV scripts, tapes, explicit images and even the upcoming album of a famous A-List Celebrity. The hacker named Alonzo Knowles...

Kim Dotcom loses Fight Against Extradition to the US

Internet millionaire and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his three associates are eligible for extradition to the US to face criminal charges over massive copyright infringement on Megaupload now-shuttered, the court has ruled citing "overwhelming" evidence. On Tuesday afternoon, New Zealand...

Swedish Court — 'We Can't Ban The Pirate Bay'

The controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay will still be running in Sweden as the District Court of Stockholm on Friday ruled that they be unable to force the internet service providers ISPs to block the website from operating. The Pirate Bay is an infamous Swedish search engine...

Latest Microsoft Transparency Report Details Content Removal Requests

Microsoft launched a new transparency website this week that bundles reports detailing requests for data the company has received, including those from law enforcement, the government, and elsewhere. The page, which Microsoft is calling its Transparency Hub, is somewhat similar to what Apple did...

Israeli Singer Jailed for Hacking Madonna Emails

An Israeli Singer and former contestant on a reality talent show has been jailed for hacking Madonna's online accounts and stealing songs from her unreleased music tracks. Adi Lederman, 39, who participated in Israel's version of American Idol called A Star Is Born, is set to spend his 14 months ...

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Proposed Change to ICANN Domain Anonymity Rule Worries Privacy Advocates

A proposed change to the way that registrars treat the private contact details for domain owners could make it easier for anyone to get information on people who use proxy services. The potential change comes in the form of a document from a working group of the Generic Names Supporting...

The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Swedish Prison

Fredrik Neij, the third and the last founder of the infamous file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, was released on Monday from a Swedish prison. Neij, who goes by the online moniker "TiAMO", was arrested by Thai immigration authorities at the end of November 2014 while he was trying to cross the...

The Pirate Bay Goes Down Again and Again... and Then Once Again

Since its return over a month ago, The Pirate Bay — the infamous peer-to-peer file sharing website that has provided only the finest in illegal torrents for more than a decade — has suffered a lot to keep the ship afloat. But, now TPB is experiencing yet more downtime. The Pirate Bay TPB torrent...

File Hosting Service RapidShare Shutting Down

Remember RapidShare? Once one of the world's most popular and first ever one-click online file hosting and cloud storage website on the Internet. The company has announced that it will shut down its business at the end of next month. RapidShare file hosting service announced its shut down Tuesday...

Reddit Publishes its First Transparency Report

Reddit on Thursday published its first transparency report, joining the litany of technology and online service providers who have already shed light on their privacy practices, and the extent to which governments makes requests for user information. Reddit thrives on user-submitted content...

'The Pirate Bay' Goes Down After Swedish Police Raid Server Room

The Pirate Bay — an infamous Torrent website predominantly used to share copyrighted material such as films, TV shows and music files, free of charge — went dark from the internet on Tuesday after Swedish Police raided the site's server room in Stockholm and seized several servers and other...

The Pirate Bay's 3rd and the Last Founder Arrested After 4 Years On The Run

Fredrik Neij – known online as "TiAMO", third and the last founder of the popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested driving across the border of Laos and Thailand. The 36-year-old fugitive Fredrik Neij was convicted by a Swedish court in 2009 of aiding copyright infringement a...

Google Search Algorithm to Demote Piracy Sites In Search Results

The Search Engine giant is not going to spare the Pirated content providing sites. Google is ready to fulfill its commitment to downgrade the search rankings of ‘notorious’ piracy sites globally that often rank above legal and commercial sites. Google and the Copyright holders are, to some extent...

Adult Magazine Sued LeaseWeb for Hosting Pirated Websites, claiming $188M in Damages

Perfect 10, an Adult Magazine Publisher who previously accused Google, Amazon, RapidShare, Deposit File and many more companies for Copyright Infringement, has sued LEASEWEB Hosting provider this time. LEASEWEB is the former hosting provider of File Sharing website 'Megaupload', and Perfect 10...

Suit Filed Against NSA, Obama Over Surveillance Program

A group of people, including a former federal prosecutor and the parents of a Navy SEAL sniper killed in action, have filed a class-action law suit against the National Security Agency, Verizon and President Obama over the NSA’s collection of cell phone data. The suit says the order that enabled...