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Ärende: MPAA accused of hacking!!!
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>

If true, it would be nice to see some MPAA officials share a prison cell over
this.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/25/torrentspy_lawsuit/

The company behind the TorrentSpy search engine has countersued the Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA) over allegations that it hired a hacker
in order to spy on it.

Valence Media claims the MPAA paid an unspecified individual $15K to break into
its systems and snoop for intelligence, SecurityProNews reports.

The hacker was given carte-blanche to obtain "dirt" on Valence Media by
whatever means at his disposal by an intermediary acting on behalf of the MPAA,
Valence Media alleges in a lawsuit

http://rdir.securitypronews.com/cgi-bin/frame.cgi?http://www.techfirm.com/ts-mp
aa.pdf

  filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California.

The hacker was supposedly promised he would never be held accountable for
actions, which allegedly came as part of a wider "dirty tricks" campaign.
According to the lawsuit, the MPAA's agent told the hacker that the MPAA planed
to pay private investigators to rummage through the garbage of TorrentSpy
founder Justin Bunnell and leading executives at Valence Media.

The hacker allegedly went on to obtain an Excel spreadsheet detailing
TorrentSpy expenses covering the first half of last year along with
confidential emails and details of invoices sent to clients.

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