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Major scamware creator fined $163 million by U.S. authorities

Major scamware creator fined $163 million by U.S. authorities
  • Posted October 4, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Software scam artist Kristy Ross has been fined $163 million by U.S. authorities for running an unscrupulous "scareware" operation. The Federal Trade Commission had been following Ross since 2008 in hopes of closing in on her dealings and the judgment includes…

Video footage reveals armed raid on MegaUpload founder's home

Video footage reveals armed raid on MegaUpload founder
  • Posted August 9, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web With Video
  • New Zealand-based news channel 3News has released new video footage of the armed raid launched against Kim Dotcom, MegaUpload's former head man. The video was courtesy of an "elite officer" involved in the operation and supports Dotcom's criticism of the…

Demonoid shut down by Ukrainian authorities following DDoS attack

Demonoid shut down by Ukrainian authorities following DDoS attack
  • Posted August 6, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Demonoid, the Internet's largest combined BitTorrent site and tracker, has been shutdown in one of the biggest BitTorrent-related busts in recent times, according to TorrentFreak. ColoCall, the Ukrainian datacenter who hosts Demonoid, was forced to relinquish Demonoid's data to local…

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