File-Sharing Site Was A Year-Long Pirate Honeypot

Luke [flabbyrabbit]
11 years ago

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[quote=TorrentFreak]A site founded by a former moderator of one of the most popular file-hosting and uploader hangouts has admitted today that his site was a honeypot setup to capture data on pirate activity. WDF, a former senior staff member at popular discussion forum WJunction, says that in the 12 months since his site went online hes been grabbing information about uploaders and file-hosts. I suckered shitloads of you, he said today as he announced the acquisition of his site by a U.S.-based anti-piracy company.[/quote]

Read more: http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-site-was-a-year-long-pirate-honeypot-131024/

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Pinkponyprincess
11 years ago

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Whats interesting is how much info people give away, thank you flabbyrabbit , this story doesn’t seem to be popping up on any of my usual news channels , and i would not have stumbled upon it otherwise .

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