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Strike one for the Pirates

Krop | 19.09.2007 11:48 | Other Press | Technology

Anti file-sharing organisation, MediaDefender, is outed through leaked emails.

650Mb of MediaDefender's internal company emails have been leaked onto BitTorrent and Emule file sharing sites. They include staff members social security numbers, IP addresses, and personal telephone numbers. They also show the practices that anti-P2P organisations employ, from promoting fake pornographic emule servers, editing MP3 files to make them sound shoddy, inserting sex-clips into video files, to the setting up on video-sharing sites that allow users to upload pirated material in order to track their online activities. Particularly damaging will be staff members' attitudes towards their big business clients, and lax attitudes towards security. The hacker group behind this "MediaDefender-Defenders" said they had also been tapping phone calls at MediaDefender for over 9 months.

For more information visit:

 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070916-leaked-media-defender-e-mails-reveal-secret-government-project.html

and

 http://torrentfreak.com/more-mediadefender-leaks-070916/

and

 http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=37857&sid=a45b83f89dd857275ca92dd3408e6e35&start=150

Krop

Additions

Update: Source Code Leaked

20.09.2007 21:46

The entire source code for MediaDefender's attacks on file-sharers has been leaked to P2P networks. This include code for the following applications:

AresDataCollector, AresLauncher, AresProtector, AresSupernode, AresUDPDataCollector, AutoUpdater, AutoUpdaterSource, BTClient, BTDataCollector, BTDecoyClient, BTInflationDest, BTInterdictor, BTIPGatherer, BTPoster, BTRemover, BTScraper, BTScraperDLL, BTSearcher, BTSeedInflator, BTTorrentGenerator, BTTorrentSource, BTTracker, BTTrackerChecker, CVS, DCMaster, DCScanner, DCSupply, DistributedKazaaCollector, DllLoader, ED2KSupplyProcessor, EdonkeyIpBanner, FastTrackGift, FastTrackGiftDecoyer, GnutellaDecoyer, GnutellaFileDownloader, GnutellaProtector, GnutellaSupply, KademliaProtector, KazaaDBManager, KazaaLauncher, KazaaSupplyProcessor, KazaaSupplyTaker, KazaaSwarmerDest, KazaaSwarmerDistributedSource, KazaaSwarmerDownloader, KazaaSwarmerSource, MediaMaker, MediaSwarmerDest, MediaSwarmerSource, MetaMachine, MetaMachineHashSetCollector, MetaMachineSpoofer, MI-GnutellaSupply, MovieMaker, NameServer, NetworkMonitor, OverNetLauncher, OvernetProtector, OvernetSpoofer, P2PFileIndexer, PioletDC, PioletPoisoner, PioletSpoofer, SamplePlugIn, SLSKSpooferDLL, SoulSeekClient, StatusDest, StatusSource, SupernodeCollector, SupernodeController, SupernodeDistributer, SupplyProcessor, TKCom, TKFileTransfer, TKLauncher, TKProjectManager, TKSyncher, UsenetPoster, UsenetSearcher, WatchDogControllerDestination, WatchDogControllerSource, WinMxDC, WinMxLauncher, WinMxProtector, wma generator

In their own words, the hackers, MediaDefender-Defenders state:

-={ MediaDefender-Defenders }=-
Date: 2007-09-20

MediaDefender-Defenders proudly presents the source code
that MediaDefender use.

The source is complete for their operations regarding
Kazaa, bittorrent, gnutella etc. This system is now
released for the public in order to identify the decoys
they set up.
A special thanks to the MD employee that gave this to us.

-={ MediaDefender-Defenders }=-


See:
 http://www.slyck.com/story1587_MediaDefenders_Source_Code_Released

for more information or download the source code torrent direct from The Pirate Bay at:
 http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3812960/MediaDefender.Source.TrapperKeeper-MDD

Krop

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total childish bollox !

19.09.2007 14:40

Good one !

After all why should writers, music producers, DJ's, actors or broadcasters have any protectioon over their work. Far better that they are unable to earn an income isn't it so that a some prats can rip off other peoples music without paying for it !!!!!

sarcastic bastard

if they

19.09.2007 15:33

were the ones loading those 186 kb files they fooled no one.when mp3 are round 3.5 meg

Donk

split

19.09.2007 21:38

P2P send the info around in chunks....... probably 128kB, so your MP3 is 'chunked' into smaller packets. If they swamp the swarm with a shit packet or 2 then the whole file effectively becomes crap!

bob

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