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HughPickens.com writes:
Lily Hay Newman reports at Slate that Sony is counter-hacking to keep its leaked files from spreading across torrent sites.
According to Recode, Sony is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute a denial of service attack on sites where its pilfered data is available, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Sony used a similar approach in the early 2000's working with an anti-piracy firm called MediaDefender, when illegal file sharing exploded.
The firm populated file-sharing networks with decoy files labeled with the names of such popular movies as "Spider-Man," to entice users to spend hours downloading an empty file. "Using counterattacks to contain leaks and deal with malicious hackers has been gaining legitimacy," writes Newman. "Some cybersecurity experts even feel that the Second Amendment can be interpreted as applying to 'cyber arms'."
HughPickens.com writes:
Lily Hay Newman reports at Slate that Sony is counter-hacking to keep its leaked files from spreading across torrent sites.
According to Recode, Sony is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute a denial of service attack on sites where its pilfered data is available, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Sony used a similar approach in the early 2000's working with an anti-piracy firm called MediaDefender, when illegal file sharing exploded.
The firm populated file-sharing networks with decoy files labeled with the names of such popular movies as "Spider-Man," to entice users to spend hours downloading an empty file. "Using counterattacks to contain leaks and deal with malicious hackers has been gaining legitimacy," writes Newman. "Some cybersecurity experts even feel that the Second Amendment can be interpreted as applying to 'cyber arms'."