MediaDefender Internal Email Leak Confirms Plans To Launch Honeypot File Sharing Network
from the oops dept
Back in July, there was a report that MediaDefender, a company that works for the MPAA and RIAA polluting file sharing networks with fake files, was working on a fake file sharing network that would trick users into downloading some spyware that could then be used to send details back to the entertainment industry for use in various lawsuits. After the news broke, MediaDefender denied that this was the intended purpose of the project, and said it was just an internal project that was accidentally made public. Speaking of internal stuff accidentally made public, late Friday the news began to spread that a bunch of MediaDefender's internal emails were now available on file sharing systems, and looking through them seems to indicate not only that MediaDefender was spending an awful lot of time on this fake site (called MiiVi.com) but even after it was exposed, the company was still working on it, while trying to find a new name that wouldn't be connected to MediaDefender. Of course, we should point out that hacking MediaDefender to get its internal emails (and phone calls, apparently) is not very smart. It makes MediaDefender start to look like the victim and opens up a very real (and reasonable) possibility of a lawsuit against whoever got (and then leaked) the emails. MediaDefender was a company that would have collapsed on itself eventually anyway. There's no reason to help push them over the edge -- especially using illegal or unethical means.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: data leak, email, p2p
Companies: mediadefender
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Juicy!
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MPAA and RIAA?
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Re: MPAA and RIAA?
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MediaBlunder
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they can't do much for torrents
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I thought for a long time that a few of them already were, LOL. Especially Limewire. Dang, too bad I was wrong!
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dang
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Legallity?
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Fight Fire with Napalm
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Entrapment
Maybe even detect and publish the Ports being used by MD to the greater web, I am sure there are lots of folks that can find something to do with them.
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Virus
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Made the WSJ
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What a joke!
MiiVi.com??
Mii = me
Vi = #4 = D
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MeeDee
Oh, suuuuuure! No one will ever figure out who MeeDee is...
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Roman numerals aren't your strong point, eh?
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Re:
You were off by 1 digit.
I'll let you guess if it's +/-
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MediaDefender
da ball iz in ur c0urt.
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