Daniel Emery reports the latest in a breach that started when a U.K. law firm pursuing file-sharers was hit with a DDoS attack as part of “Operation: Payback is a Bitch.” During the process of recovery from the attack, the firm leaked sensitive e-mail on the web concerning thousands of adult porn viewers who had…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Public figure joins footballers in getting ‘super-injunction’ over sex life
Martin Beckford reports: A high-profile public figure has been granted a “super-injunction” to prevent publication of claims by a woman who was trying to blackmail him over his sex life. The man obtained a High Court ruling stating that his name and details of his alleged relationship with the woman should not be published, nor…
India’s Surveillance Plan Said to Deter Business
Vikas Bajaj and Ian Austen report: In the United States, law enforcement and security agencies have raised privacy concerns with a new proposal for electronic eavesdropping powers to track terrorists and criminals and unscramble their encrypted messages. But here in India, government authorities are well beyond the proposal stage. Prompted by fears of digital-era plotters,…
Pirate Bay a man down as trial opens
The appeals court trial of the four men behind the file sharing website The Pirate Bay opens on Tuesday, without Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who had not shown up at the opening of proceedings. The four men – Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundström – were all convicted in April 2009 on…