Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case | CNET News.com: One interesting part to this case is that the MPAA paid a third party (a former business associate of TorrentSpy’s founter) for copies of emails from TorrentSpy’s executives. A U.S. District judge found the that MPAA did not violate the Federal Wiretap Act.
(Via Slashdot.)
Spamhaus off the hook for $11 million judgment: After being sued by an alleged spammer that Spamhause had placed on it’s blacklist, Spamhause chose to ignore the lawsuit saying that the US court had no jurisdiction over a UK entity. The judge then awarded a default judgment, which was just overturned by an appeals court.
Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting) The Register: A Swedish security consultant posted login and password combinations for individuals at 100 foreign embassies in order to make a point about lax security practices. Strangely, the actual security vulnerability was not disclosed although the usernames and passwords were posted on the weblog. The consultants weblog is currently offline.
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