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Video: How People Are Tracked Using BitTorrent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-f47S5Cb8
Written by enigmax on January 14, 2008 http://torrentfreak.com/video-how-people-are-tracked-using-bittorrent-080114/

Being tracked by anti-piracy organizations and receiving infringement notices on file-sharing networks is becoming more common.
A security project manager has just released a short video showing how it’s done. A common question from BitTorrent users is how
anti-p2p outfits trace and trace file-sharers in order to send infringement notices. We’ve reported on one techniquein the past and
now, thanks to Dan Morrill, a Security Project Manager with VMC Consulting in Redmond Washington, we have a short video illustrating
another basic technique which is easy to understand. Dan’s example involves him downloading a large file with the popular Azureus client,
while giving a commentary on the various types of information offered by the client, a brief overview of how BitTorrent works, how it’s
possible to be tracked and how the gathered information could be processed. He also touches on anonymity and the use of blocklists.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:53:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
RIAA wiped off the net
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/21/riaa_hacktivism/
By John Leyden
The Register
21st January 2008

A lack of security controls allowed hackers to "wipe" the Recording
Industry Association of America's (RIAA) website on Sunday.

The existence of an SQL injection attack on the RIAA's site came to
light via social network news site Reddit. Soon after hackers were
making merry, turning the site into a blank slate, among other things.

The RIAA has restored RIAA.org, although whether it's any more secure
than before remains open to question, TorrentFreak reports.

The RIAA's high-profile lawsuits against file sharers have made it a
prime target for hack attacks, so its apparent failure to apply
rudimentary security controls looks especially dumb even though, as with
most such attacks, little damage was actually caused.
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